Knowledge and practice
of arbitration in Mozambique
02 · SOURCES
Mozambican legislation organised by subject, identifying provisions relevant to arbitration.
Start with the general framework or choose an area. The Arbitration, Conciliation and Mediation Law forms part of the general framework. Classification of other records guides consultation; it does not limit the legislation's scope or exclude common sources.
PDFs reproduce documents from the author's collection and may include other acts in the same issue of the Official Gazette. They are published texts, not consolidated versions incorporating later amendments. Editorial verification: 7 October 2026. Document languages are identified in each record; English descriptions are not official translations.
25 records available
Text republished with Law No. 11/2023 of 23 August
Constitutional framework for access to justice and dispute resolution mechanisms.
Access to courts and the judicial function.
The copy includes the 2023 revision. The date identifies republication, not the origin of the 2004 Constitution.
Law No. 11/99 of 8 July
General framework for arbitration, conciliation and mediation in Mozambique.
Arbitration agreement, tribunal, procedure, award and challenges.
Law No. 11/99 of 8 July · English translation
An aid for English-speaking readers. It must be checked against the Portuguese legal text.
The supplied translation has not been identified as official.
Law No. 8/2024 of 7 June
Framework for electronic proceedings in state courts.
Distinct scope from private arbitration. Institutional reference source already selected in the portal.
Resolution No. 10/92 of 25 September
Mozambique's instrument ratifying the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States.
An international investment arbitration source relevant across economic sectors. The PDF contains Mozambique's ratification resolution and does not replace the full Convention.
Law No. 11/99 is the central reference for commercial arbitration. Use common sources alongside the parties' chosen conventions and rules.
Arbitration, Conciliation and Mediation LawResolution No. 22/98 of 2 June
Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.
The 1958 Convention and the reciprocity reservation in Article 2 of the resolution.
A cross-cutting instrument: commercial classification guides consultation without restricting the Convention's scope.
Law No. 7/2014 of 28 February
Includes a specific administrative-law arbitration regime.
Chapter X, Articles 202–226: arbitral jurisdiction, agreement, tribunal, procedure and decision.
Law No. 15/2011 of 10 August
Framework law for contracting, implementing and monitoring these projects.
Complements the regulation supplied in the collection. Text available from the institutional source.
Decree No. 16/2012 of 4 June
Regulatory framework for projects, concessions and their contractual instruments.
Implements Law No. 15/2011. The decree is dated 4 June; the supplied Official Gazette issue is dated 4 July 2012.
Law No. 13/2023 of 25 August
Framework for resolving individual and collective labour disputes.
Articles 189–198: labour conciliation, mediation and arbitration.
Repeals Law No. 23/2007. Also consult judgments on the previous regime in Case law.
Decree No. 30/2016 of 27 July
COMAL operations and labour conciliation, mediation and arbitration procedures.
Read together with the 2023 Labour Law and the 2021 internal regulation.
Ministerial Order No. 24/2021 of 30 March
Internal organisation and operation of COMAL and the Labour Mediation and Arbitration Centres.
Repeals Ministerial Orders Nos. 108/2014 and 111/2015. Multiple copies in the collection have been combined in this record.
Ministerial Order No. 71/2024 of 19 August
Costs, administrative charges and fees in labour proceedings.
Resolution No. 16/2016 of 28 September
Framework for COMAL careers and professional classifications.
Institutional relevance; not a regulation of arbitral procedure.
Law No. 8/2023 of 9 June
Private investment guarantees and dispute resolution mechanisms.
Article 26(1)–(4): access to courts, notification of disputes, amicable settlement and recourse to out-of-court mechanisms, including arbitration, subject to the limits in paragraph 4.
Framework law for the regulation approved by Decree No. 8/2024.
Decree No. 8/2024 of 7 March
Procedures for registering and authorising investment projects.
Implements Law No. 8/2023; it is not a new Private Investment Law.
Law No. 12/2022 of 11 July
Framework law for the electricity sector, to be read with the 2024 amendment.
Article 13(k): dispute resolution in the concession agreement. Article 51: dispute resolution, arbitration and rules on evidence.
Article 51(4) was amended by Law No. 16/2024 of 3 September. The 2022 PDF retains the original wording and must be read with the 2024 amendment. See “Amendment to Article 51(4)” in this category.
Law No. 16/2024 of 3 September
Amends the provision on choosing the arbitration forum and procedural language.
Go to the provision's pageAmends Law No. 12/2022; the file is not the complete Electricity Law.
Law No. 8/2026 of 3 June
Petroleum-sector framework identified through verification of the official source.
Article 92: negotiation, arbitration and courts for dispute resolution.
Article 91: transitional provisions. Article 94: repeal of Laws Nos. 21/2014 and 16/2022. Article 95: entry into force on publication.
Law No. 7/2026 of 3 June
Mining-sector framework, including dispute resolution mechanisms to be provided for in mining contracts.
Article 23(2)(g): dispute resolution mechanisms in mining contracts, including conciliation, mediation, expert determination and international arbitration.
Articles 122 and 123: acquired rights and ongoing contracts. Article 124: repeal of Laws Nos. 20/2014 and 15/2022. Full 2026 text supplied by the author.
Law No. 20/2014 of 18 August
Previous mining-sector framework law.
Repealed by Article 124 of Law No. 7/2026 of 3 June. Consult the 2026 version for the current regime; this reference is retained for analysis across time.
Law No. 15/2022 of 19 December
Amendment concerning revenue allocated to local development.
Repealed by Article 124 of Law No. 7/2026. The 2022 amendment concerned local development, not arbitration. The PDF also includes Law No. 16/2022.
Law No. 16/2022 of 19 December
Amended Article 48 of Law No. 21/2014 on local development.
Repealed by Law No. 8/2026. This is not the complete Petroleum Law. Retained only for historical consultation and analysis across time.
Resolution No. 1/TS/GP/2021 of 2 December
Operation of judicial mediation services and coordination with courts.
Published in the Official Gazette on 22 February 2022. The publication date differs from the resolution's date.
Resolution No. 1/CJ/2017 of 25 August
Earlier instrument concerning the establishment of judicial mediation services.
Read together with the 2021 regulation. The relationship between the two texts requires separate analysis; express repeal is not presumed.
No legislation matches the selected filters.
Model Law, rules and international conventions.
Institutional source; confirm the applicable edition. Article 27 of the 2021 edition addresses third-party funding.