Conciliation
Finding Conciliation: ADRAC Discovers Quiet Achievers

In a major study on conciliation, the Australian Dispute Resolution Advisory Council (ADRAC) is finding that conciliators make up one of the largest, quietest and most diverse groups of dispute ... Read More
Mediation Culture And The Next Generation

A short insight into national education and development in mediation around the world from four former participants of IBA-VIAC CDRC - the Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition Vienna, representing Lebanon, Georgia, ... Read More
CDRC Vienna – A Year On

One year has already passed since my journey at the IBA-VIAC Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC), held in Vienna. It was a year of exciting opportunities, hard choices and fulfillments, ... Read More
How To Kick-Start Civil Mediation: The Italian Experience

The year of 2016 scored the highest number (20,237) of civil mediation agreements ever reached in Italy. But with a rate of success of 11%, much lower than in 2011 ... Read More
Lok Adalat: India’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Scholars and academics throughout the world have noted a spike in the popularity of alternative dispute resolution. Commercial contracts, sports, family disputes and even intellectual property rights disputes are now ... Read More
Is The Enforceability Of Mediated Settlements Holding Back Commercial Dispute Resolution?

The early voting data from the first 10 Global Pound Conference (GPC) Series events has revealed that both the user and advisor stakeholder groups share a view that the future ... Read More
The GPC Enters Its Final Stages

The Global Pound Conference is now kicking into high gear, with events scheduled in 16 cities between now and the conclusion on 6 July 2017 in London. At a time ... Read More
The Geneva GPC – Does The Future Lie In Mediation?

On 29 September 2016, various stakeholders from the judicial and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) community – arbitrators, mediators and judges, in-house counsel, external lawyers, policy-makers as well as representatives of ... Read More
Answering The Call For A New York Convention On Conciliation

Alternative methods of dispute resolution are a topic on the legislative agendas of a large number of countries as states actively work to promote their use. A reoccurring issue related ... Read More
Chart Of Dispute Resolution Stages And Steps

Today, because of the flexibility, adaptability and versatility of ADR, Users of dispute resolution processes have available to them a wide variety of techniques that can be used to prevent, ... Read More
Choosing the Right Tools

A short guide to the different forms of dispute resolution. International dispute resolution (and dispute prevention) tools provide an alternative or a supplement to litigation within national legal systems which ... Read More