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, SPEAKER AT A CIARB NORTH AMERICA WEBINAR ON “EXPEDITED INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION : APPROACHES AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES (PART II)” ON 11 DECEMBER 2024
On behalf of the EDRS, Dr Herman Verbist (as EDRS Executive Committee Member) welcomed the more than 40 attendants to the second event of the European Dispute Resolution Society (“EDRS”) on 18 November 2024 in Brussels on the topic “EU Trade Sanctions in Context”.
Very pleased that I could attend the 80th session of UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) in Vienna in the week of 30 September-4 October 2024 where “Explanatory Notes” to the UNCITRAL Model Clauses on Specialized Express Dispute Resolution (SPEDR) were adopted and where the Working Group started to discuss the topic of the recognition and enforcement of electronic arbitral awards.
