REMOVING HANDICAPS TO THE WIDESPREAD USE OF MEDIATION IN MAJOR COMMERCIAL/INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES
China's Xi sidesteps SE Asia pressure over South China Sea disputes
Mediation can keep the peace between disputing neighbours
Parental alienation leaves bitter taste
Resolving domestic conflict in South East Asia: how to build a sustainable peace (WP1359)
Mediation In Hong Kong And The Global Pound Conference
Over the past 20 years mediation has been increasingly utilised as a most effective dispute resolution mechanism in commercial disputes (both international and domestic) in the AsiaPacific region. It has and can be used with equal effectiveness in both international and domestic disputes. The impetus...
Introduction Mediation is being used throughout the world because the existing litigation system and arbitration system are declining. Nowadays, the court procedure is complex and stereotypical. The process of trial and judgment is too lengthy. Submission of evidence takes too long a time and needs too much...
JAKARTA (Oct 3): Chinese President Xi Jinping showed no sign of bending to Southeast Asian pressure to resolve increasingly irascible territorial disputes over the South China Sea on Thursday, simply repeating calls for dialogue. Xi, in the first address by a foreign leader to Indonesian MPs, made no reference...
A GOOD neighbourhood is something everyone looks forward to in bringing up a family. It’s one that is safe and free from enmity and vengeance. Neighbourhood conflict is common but this does not mean that it must end up in court. Such disputes can be resolved through community mediation. This is where...
Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) supports conflict management and peacebuilding activities in South and Southeast Asia. Practitioners of MBBI and MBB Consulting have combined decades of experience in peacebuilding and alternative dispute resolution with deep experience working across the world...
PETALING JAYA: Man and (ex-)wife go to court. They battle it out in a divorce or custody case. It leads to parental alienation, the act of manipulating a child to reject one parent, even lying about the other party. This is a scene commonly played out in divorce and custody battles but the law remains...
In association with the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, Jakarta and the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta In partnership with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra Building on November 2013’s...
Julian Copeman, May Tai and Anita Phillips discuss their client research and the outputs of the recent Global Pound Conference to assess what is required to bring mediation into the mainstream for commercial parties in Hong Kong. Click here to access their article in Asian Disputes Review,...
By Varun Kareparambil, Chief Executive Officer at GRID 91 INTRODUCTION Bangladeshi Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina is slated to visit Delhi between 7-10 April. The visit follows a diplomatic trip to Dhaka by Indian Foreign Secretary S.Jaishankar in February during which he and his counterpart Mohammad...
Pakistan has welcomed the US offer to help de-escalate tensions with India, saying “any positive role” America plays to bring peace and stability in South Asia can serve the region well, according to a media report today. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s envoy to Washington, termed...
