CISG by jurisdiction
Guatemala
Status under the CISG:
Non-Contracting State
No reservations are in effect for Guatemala.
Further information:
On 19 April 2018, Decree No. 7-2018, containing Guatemala's accession to the CISG, was published in the Guatemalan Official Gazette.
Congreso de la República de Guatemala, Decreto No. 7-2018, Diario de Centro América of 19 April 2018 (in Spanish)
Guatemala deposited its instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations in accordance with Art. 91(3), (4) CISG on 11 December 2019.
Published CISG cases adjudicated by courts in Guatemala:
0 decisions
0 cases
Published CISG cases worldwide involving parties from Guatemala:
0 decisions
0 cases
Parties from Guatemala most frequently settled their CISG disputes in:
Goods most frequently traded under the CISG by buyers and sellers from Guatemala:
Parties from Guatemala were involved in CISG transactions:
as seller: 0 = 0 %
as buyer: 0 = 0 %
in other roles: 0 = 0 %
CISG decisions by courts in Guatemala:
CISG decisions in arbitrations administered by institutions based in Guatemala:
Arbitral awards rendered in arbitrations with seat in Guatemala:
Bibliography:
Pedro Mendoza, 'Contractual remedies for breach of contract under the CISG and a comparison to Guatemalan law', 3 The Treaty Examiner (TTE) (June 2020), 107–128 [– in English]
Pedro Mendoza Montano, 'The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods as reference to interpret or supplement Guatemalan law', in: Rishi Gulati, Thomas John & Ben Köhler (eds.), The Elgar Companion to UNCITRAL, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (2023), 328–338 [– in English]
Pedro Mendoza Montano & Enrique Martínez Guzmán, 'The Vienna Convention in Guatemala', in: Iacyr de Aguilar Vieira & Gustavo Cerqueira (eds.), La Convention de Vienne en Amérique: 40e anniversaire de la Convention des Nations Unies sur les contrats de vente internationale de marchandises / The Vienna Convention in America: 40th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, Paris: Société de législation comparée (2020), 219–238 [– in English]
