According to the principle of party autonomy, the disputant parties may choose the law applicable to the merits of international commercial arbitration. In the absence of the parties’ choice, the arbitral tribunal shall determine this law. This article discusses the applicability of ‘rules of law’, namely the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (UNIDROIT Principles) to the merits of the dispute. It shows whether the UNIDROIT Principles can be selected by the disputant parties or the arbitral tribunal to govern the subject of the dispute under the Arbitration Laws of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries as well as the Constitution and the Arbitral Rules of Procedure of the GCC Commercial Arbitration Center (GCCCAC).

根据当事人意思自治的原则，争议当事人可以选择适用于国际商事仲裁案情的法律。在当事方没有选择的情况下，仲裁庭应确定该法律。本文讨论的“法律规则”的适用范围，即国际统一私法协会国际商事合同（的原则统一私法协会原则）争端的是非曲直。它显示了争议方或仲裁庭是否可以根据海湾合作委员会（GCC）国家的《仲裁法》以及《宪法》的《宪法》和《仲裁程序规则》选择UNIDROIT原则来管理争端的主题。海湾合作委员会商业仲裁中心（GCCCAC）。