Beginning on 1st July 2015, Members of the ICC International Court of Arbitration are appointed for three-year terms, and meet four times a month in Paris. Members of the ICC Court are appointed by the ICC World Council on the proposal of national committees and groups (one member for each committee and group). Once appointed, Court members must remain independent from national committees in the performance of their functions. The Court’s Committee is composed of the Court’s President or one of the Vice Presidents and two members/alternate members of the Court to decide on all other issues not discussed at the Plenary Session. The Court holds a Plenary Session on the last Thursday of the month at the ICC headquarters in Paris. At the Plenary Session, the Court decides on the approval of all important draft awards (complicated and/or sensitive cases i.e. state entities) and deals with challenges of arbitrators and replacement of arbitrators.]]>