ADRJ: UNCITRAL Convention – Mediation’s Big Bang: Can Mediation Challenge Arbitration’s Dominance?

By Sala Sihombing

In August 2019, 46 countries signed the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (“Singapore Convention”). The Singapore Convention may provide mediation with an opportunity to challenge the hegemony of arbitration for the resolution of international commercial disputes. This development presents mediators with an opportunity to provide a differentiated process to arbitration with the same level of credibility for the outcome.

This Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal article examines some of the issues that mediators may wish to consider, including: what challenges may mediation encounter and how could mediation positively embrace this development.