Entry into Force of the Singapore Convention on Mediation
The Convention enters into force on 12 Septembre 2020
On 12 September 2020 the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation entered into force. Opened for signature in Singapore on 7 August 2019, the Singapore Convention on Mediation has meanwhile been signed by 53 countries and ratified by 5 countries. Offering a common legislative standard for the enforcement of international commercial settlement agreements resulting from mediation, it makes mediation as dispute settlement method more efficient in an international context. Herman Verbist published an article on the Convention in 2019 in the periodical b-Arbitra, which is available on Kluwer Arbitration.
Herman Verbist was moderator of a panel discussion on the topic with the following speakers: Dr. Judith Knieper (UNCITRAL, Vienna); Mr. Ales Zalar (Director, PMAC, Ljubljana; Former Minister of Justice of Slovenia); Dr. Norel Rosner (EU Commission, DG Justice and Consumers, Brussels).
Herman Verbist taught from 2 to 5 June 2025 the course “Case Study Investment Mediation”
Herman Verbist attended the 41st Annual Conference of the European Lawyers’ Association from 29 May to 1 June 2025 in Porto and attended the legal conference on the topic of “The Regulation of AI: Technological Innovation in Times of Uncertainty” at the Law Faculty of the University of Porto.
