Palatai doimii sudi hakami, organi arbitraji baynalkhalqist. Dar asosi Konvensiyai halli osoishtai mukholifathoi baynalkhalqi, ki onro Konferensiyai 1-umi Gaaga (29 iyuli 1899) va Konferensiyai 2-yumi sulhi Gaaga (18 oktyabri 1907) qabul karda bud, tasis yoftaast. Qarorgohash dar Gaaga meboshad. Palatai rasmiyati ba sudi hakami murojiat namudand davlathoro osos karda, bo halli masalahoe mashgul meshavad, ki onhoro bo vositahoi diplomati hal kardan imkon nadorad.
Ba hayati palata shakhsone dokhil meshavand, ki tarafhoi ahdkunanda tain kardaand (na besh aa 4 nafar az har yak taraf). Hatman ba Palatai murojiat kardani davlatho shartiest, onho metavonand bomaslihat dat har sudi hakami tasis doda, ba vositai on masalahoi bahstalabi khudro hal karda girand. Palatai organi doimi nameboshad, Hayati muayyan ham nadorad, faqat. ruikhati muayyani ashkhos (mutakhassisoni sohai huquqi baynalkhalqi) hast, ki az jumlai onho in yo on hayati sudi hakami tashkil karda meshavad.
Organi doimii Palatai Byuroi baynalkhalqi buda, ba faoliyati on Soveti mamurii doimi rohbari menamoyad. SSSR ishtirokchii Konvensiyai Palata buda, az soli 1950 in jonib huquqshinosoni sovetiro ba azoii Palata tain mekunad. Ba hayati Palata inchunin 4- nafari huquqshinos az RSS Ukraina va RSS Belorussiya shirkat dorand.