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Session 1 of the MANE Forum: #UNCITRAL Secretary Anna Joubin-Bret and Rimsky Yuen SC form the panel "The UN Convention & Cross-Border Mediation in our Global Landscape". Moderator Prof Nadja Alexander. #mediation #singaporeconvention @SingaporeConv

Ms Joubin-Bret refers to the helpfulness of an IMI-administered survey in informing development of the #SingaporeConvention. #mediation

We have just launched the IMI Biennial #Survey: surveymonkey.com/r/IMI2019

Mr Rimsky Yuen, SC, describes the #SingaporeConvention as a human milestone in dispute resolution. #mediation #ADR @SingaporeConv

"Mediation legislation is one potential impact" of the Singapore Convention - Mr Rimsky Yuen SC

#mediation @singaporeconvention #ruleoflaw

"Mediation is going to be highly-regarded in the Belt and Road Initiative", especially given the number of diverging legal cultures and systems involved. - Mr Rimsky Yuen, SC.

#mediation #singaporeconvention @SingaporeConv

"Judges are going to be the gatekeepers for implementation of the Convention. If we are to have consistency, and...harmonisation, judges should be talking to each other...There should be a dialogue platform so that judges can exchange views on implementation of the Convention."RY

ABY - "Online dispute resolution is yet another animal." "I'm not completely sure, given the importance of the mediator and the[ir] role... and the way the mediator lives and builds on trust ... whether we're talking about exactly the same thing with ODR" #odr #mediation

ABY: An exception to enforcing the #SingaporeConvention is "when the mediation has not been carried out as it should have been". Points to the "role of the mediator" as vital.
#mediation

Important to embed mediation standards and code of conduct? imimediation.org/cpc

ABY: The model law being published alongside the #SingaporeConvention does talk about the #mediation process.

@SingaporeConv

Nadja: There are no requirements as to who may and may not mediate?

ABY: No, with a view to party flexibility and autonomy, there is no mandatory requirement or qualification for the mediator.

#singaporeconvention #mediation @SIDRASingapore

imimediation.org/certify

RY: Trial is the most lucrative part of a litigator's work. Mediation requires change of mindset in people's work and culture.

#mediation #adr #singaporeconvention

"To promote mediation, we need to persuade [parties] that mediators are qualified with the proper expertise, and available to handle disputes quickly - even quicker than arbitration." Mediation is another option. - Mr Rimsky Yuen SC

#mediation #adr #singaporeconvention

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