Accreditation, Cross-cultural, Developing the Field, Evaluative Mediation, Future of mediation, Hong Kong, mediation models

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Greg Bond’s recent post on mediation cultures reminded me of an encounter I had with a group of mediators several years ago. Allow me to share with you my recollection of what happened. I was conducting a workshop on international and intercultural approaches to mediation for 15 freshly-minted mediators from a European country — all…

ICC Mediation Competition, mediation as a career, Mentoring, Young Mediators

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Today I want to encourage all mediators who are at the beginning of their quest for mediation excellence! I am by no means “there yet”, but I accomplished a professional milestone this year and would like to share how. “Mediation does not equal meditation” In 2010, I learnt about mediation when my classmate told me…

Commercial Mediation, Dialogue, Economics, Environmental disputes, Environmental Mediation, Public Policy

(NZ Centre for ICT Law & School of Law, Auckland University)/ /Leave a comment

Previous blog entries on this theme of water have focussed primarily on the process and stalled progress of the Land and Water Forum [LWF] in New Zealand. This was a process intended to bring together most if not all of the stakeholders on questions of water allocation and quality. As we’ve seen earlier, what looked…

Dialogue, Mediation Practice, Mediation Users/Clients, Workplace Mediation

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One of the principles of mediation as it is trained and practised around the world is that participation is voluntary. The parties decide for themselves if they wish to mediate their dispute. The mediator is only needed if that is what they decide. Of course, this is not quite that clear cut, and there are…

Dispute Resolution, Environmental disputes, Environmental Mediation, Future of mediation, India

( O.P. Jindal Global University, Jindal Global Law School)/ /2 Comments

The judgment by the Uttarakhand High Court granting entities such as the River Ganga, River Yamuna and more recently the Yamnotri [1] Mohd.  Salim v. State of Uttrakhand and Ors, W.P.PIL No.  126 of 2014  and Gangotri glaciers [2] Lalit Miglani v. State of Uttarakhand, W.P.PIL No. 140 of 2015 the status of legal personality under…

ADR, Communication, Creativity, Dispute Resolution, Efficiency, Language, mediated settlement agreement, Negotiation, Stages of mediation, War Stories

(FORARB/Charles University)/ /1 Comment

The parties left my office much later in the afternoon than I would have foreseen in the morning. As I was accompanying them to the exit, the package was already attending me on the front desk: It was the very typewriter I am now writing this blog on. As I was unpacking it, I was…

ADR, Arbitration, Europe, European Law, Governments/Public Sector, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), International Mediation, Mediation Institutions and Rules, Mediation Users/Clients, Reform, Regulation, Uncategorized

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The European Commission has recently published a consultation document on the ‘Prevention and amicable resolution of disputes between investors and public authorities within the single market’. Industry associations, practitioners (e.g. lawyers, arbitrators, and mediators), civil society organizations, as well other citizens and organizations are invited to submit their contributions through an online questionnaire by November…

Confidentiality, Developing the Field, Dialogue, Dispute Resolution, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.)

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We agree sometimes to engage in a simple dialogue or in a mediated conversation with other people, but do we necessarily mean the same thing when thinking about dialogue? Are there significant process impacts induced by our perspectives and expectations? And could the dialogue process be more effective should these differences are clarified beforehand? What…

Bias, Causes of Conflict, Cognitive Bias, General, Impasse, Perception, Practical Challenges for Mediators

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I had the privilege of running a workshop with Marcus Lim (Executive Director, Singapore International Mediation Institute) at CDRC Vienna. For those of you who are unfamiliar with CDRC Vienna, it is a law school competition which focuses on components of negotiation, mediation advocacy and mediation. It is in its third year of running, and…

Brazil, Business, Creativity, Dispute Resolution, Future of mediation, Negotiation, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR), Online Mediation, Uncategorized

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In 2011, a computer gained fame as a celebrity. Its name was Watson*, of IBM. This was right after taking part in a very popular Q&A show on American TV (Jeopardy), in which Watson, with its ability to understand our language using only information recorded in its memory, and working offline, managed to successfully overcome…