La responsabilidad del árbitro en Colombia: una aproximación desde los matices jurisdiccional y contractual del arbitraje

Abstract

The absence of a civil liability regime for arbitrators defined in the Colombian Arbitration Statute opens the way to the present research. This article examines the legal nature of arbitration based on the jurisdictional, contractual and autonomous theories, with an aim to establish the source of the arbitrator's obligations. From the first theory, State responsibility arises from failure of the justice administration service in the context of a judicial error. From the second one, the arbitrator responds under the general civil liability regime for breach of the obligations under the arbitrator contract. From the third theory, a civil liability arises from improper administration of justice not involving State liability. The author adopts the autonomous theory and presents the conclusions derived from it.