Introduction

Concerns relating to greater diversity, inclusivity and representation in global soft law-making are set against a backdrop of uneven representation in global institutions. To re-assess what is the current situation, in the context of formation of transnational dispute settlement norms, Professor Shahla F. Ali brings to us the first study of its kind exploring decentralised soft law-making through the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (UNCITRAL RCAP) which was established in the year 2012.