The film concerning the use of mediation to resolve generations-old disputes between communities and corporations in Luzon, Philippines, has been completed and released. It is available for free viewing at www.BASESwiki.org.
Thanks to the indefatigable Paul Lurie for posting, on his arbitration/mediation Listserve, the news of the recent release of the Annotated Code of Arbitrator Ethics.
The Revised Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes was released in 2004 by the American Bar Association and the American Arbitration Association. This newly released version of the Code provides citations to judicial decisions and other writings that cite the 2004 Code (or its 1977 predecessor) from 1981 through July 2010. Read more »
Over the transom from our good friends at the International Mediation Institute comes this announcement:
The Inter-Cultural Taskforce of the IMI Independent Standards Commission (ISC), after a year of meetings and consultation, is publishing for comment Draft Criteria for the planned IMI Inter-Cultural Competency Certification of Mediators.
Organisations approved by the ISC as an Inter-Cultural Qualifying Assessment Program (ICQAP) will assess mediators for their mastery of inter-cultural dynamics and qualify mediators for IMI Inter-Cultural Certification. The launch of this new initiative is planned for late 2011 following a public consultation period and testing of the criteria in a pilot program.
This is the first I heard of this initiative, and all I know is what I read. From what I read…. Read more »
The 15th meeting of the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centers was held March 11-12 in Athens. About 130 people attended, many of them Greek attorneys, by far the largest assembly in this group’s history.
The meeting took place about a month after the enactment in Greece of a mediation law consistent with the provisions of the European Directive, making it timely for the many Greek lawyers who attended.
Here are brief reports on some of the panels at the Forum: Read more »