Something important — and quietly transformative — is happening in the mediation world.The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has launched a new publication, the AAA Mediation Magazine, a digital…
Singapore is widely known as a leading centre on the map of international mediation.
On 7 August 2019, a signing ceremony for the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements…
On 29 January 2021, the European Union and Canada adopted four decisions providing for specific rules regarding the Investment Court System (“ICS”) agreed in the 2016 EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic…
On this day, the Singapore Convention on Mediation comes into force. You can view the ratification ceremony here..
At the time of writing, there are 53 State Parties to the Convention, six of which…
In recent years, mediation has been actively discussed for the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) regime, particularly as a means of reducing costs and delays. This interest is one reaction to…
The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“the New York Convention”) makes a huge contribution to the success of international arbitration by providing tools for…
Update: As this post was published, the Singapore Convention Bill was passed into law.
In previous blog entries, we have outlined the provisions of the United Nations Convention on International…
"Does the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation ("Singapore Convention") apply to investor-state disputes?" This intriguing question was…
The success of international arbitration, among others, is owed to the New York Convention, which provided tools for global enforcement of arbitral awards. To that end, international mediation has…
