Excepted controversies.
Article 2
There are excepted from the stipulations of this treaty the following controversies:
- (a) Those which are within the domestic jurisdiction of any of the Parties to the dispute and are not controlled by international law; and
- (b) Those which affect the interest or refer to the action of a State not a Party to this treaty.
Article 3
Arbitration or tribunal to be designated by agreement. The arbitrator or tribunal who shall decide the controversy shall be designated by agreement of the Parties.
Procedure if no agreement reached. In the absence of an agreement the following procedure shall be adopted:
Each Party shall nominate two arbitrators, of whom only one may be a national of said Party or selected from the persons whom said Party has designated as members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. The other member may be of any other American nationality. These arbitrators shall in turn select a fifth arbitrator who shall be the president of the court.
Selection of fifth arbitrator. Should the arbitrators be unable to reach an agreement among themselves for the selection of a fifth American arbitrator, or in lieu thereof, of another who is not, each Party shall designate a non-American member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, and the two persons so designated shall select the fifth arbitrator, who may be of any nationality other than that of a Party to the dispute.
Article 4
Statement of subject matter, etc., to be formulated.
The Parties to the dispute shall formulate by common accord, in each case, a special agreement which shall clearly define the particular subject-matter of the controversy, the seat of the court, the rules which will be observed in the