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Event 

Title:
International Arbitration and ADR: The Impact on the Rule of Law
When:
05.04.2011 - 07.04.2011 
Where:
Mauritius -
Kategorie:
Czechyearbook

Description

Czech Yearbook of International Law® and the Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration® are proud sponsors of the
World Juris Association International Arbitration and Alternative Dispute resolution (ADR) - Impact on the Rule of Law

April 5th  to April 7th 2011

program:

Tuesday 05 April 2011

09.00 - Departure of international delegates from Grand Baie International Conference Centre (GBICC) to Sir Seewwosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Gardens, Pamplemousses - Entrance fee, Alternatively, visit to L’Aventure du Sucre [in case of wet weather] – Entrance fee Rs 350 per person

11.30 – 12.00 - Snacks for International delegates at GBICC

13.00 – 13.30  OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome Remarks – Mr Valeriy Yevdokimov, President, World Jurist Association & Chair, Union of Lawyers (Ukraine)
Welcome Remarks – Mr Y K J Yeung Sik Yuen, G O S K, Chief Justice, Supreme Court (Mauritius) and Chair, WJA Mauritius Conference Host Committee
Keynote address – Mr Yatindra Nath Varma, Attorney General, Republic of Mauritius

13.30 – 13.45 Tea Break

13.45 – 14.45 
PANEL SESSION I – INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION WITHIN A HYBRID CONTINENTAL AND COMMON LAW LEGAL SYSTEM: NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN MAURITIUS
MODERATOR: Mr K P Matadeen, Senior Puisne Judge (Mauritius)
Mr Marc Hein – Barrister (Mauritius) – Using Mauritius as a Jurisdiction of Choice for Arbitration of Cross Border Disputes
Mr Justice Satyabhooshun Gupt Domah - (Mauritius) – International Arbitration within the Hybrid Legal System of Mauritius
Mr Matthias Kuscher, Legal Counsel, Head of the Office of the PCA in Mauritius - The Role of the Permanent Court of Arbitration: Ensuring Efficiency, Transparency and Neutrality

Interventions from the Floor

14.45 – 16.00 
PANEL SESSION II –THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND ADR TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
MODERATOR: Prof Ved Nanda, Director, International Legal Studies Program, University of Denver (USA)
Mr Franklin Hoet-Linares, WJA President for the Americas; Attorney (Venezuela) – The Importance of International Arbitration and ADR to Developing Countries
Mr Justice Deon van Zyl, WJA President for Africa; Judge (South Africa) – Mediation as a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution in South Africa, with Particular Reference to the Mediation of Disputes in Correctional Centres
Mr Patrice Doger de Spéville, Senior Counsel (Mauritius) – The need for strong international Arbitration and ADR Regional Centres in the developing world and the aspiration of Mauritius in that context
Mr Barlen Pillay, Manager, Legal and Business Facilitation Division, The Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Mauritius) – International Arbitration and Economic Development

Interventions from the Floor

16.00 – 16.15 Tea Break

16.15 – 17.30
PANEL SESSION III – THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY – PERSPECTIVES FROM THE COURTS
MODERATOR: Mr Y K J Yeung Sik Yuen, G O S K, Chief Justice of Mauritius
Mrs Béatrice Brenneur, Mediator to the Council of Europe, Former President of Appeal Court, Founder and vice-President of GEMME (European Association for Judges), President of the International Conference of Judicial Mediation (CIMJ) – Mediation in individual employment conflicts brought before the Court of Appeal in Grenoble
Mr Justice Shaheed Bhaukaurally (Mauritius) – Competence Competence in Arbitration [Part I]
Mr Anwar Moollan, Barrister (Mauritius) – Competence Competence in Arbitration [Part II]
Mr Justice Song Jianli, Supreme Court (China) – Judicial Mediation in China
Mr Mohammed Amir-Ul Islam, Barrister-at-Law, Senior Counsel and Head of the Chamber Amir & Amir Law Associates (Bangladesh) – Courts' Intervention in Arbitration: A Help or a Hindrance

Interventions from the Floor

18.00 – 19.30 - Meeting of the WJA Board of Governors at GBICC

Wednesday 06 April 2011

9.00 – 10.30
PANEL SESSION IV – THE ROLE OF THE STATE – NATIONAL SECURITY CLAIMS TO RESTRICT ARBITRATION
MODERATOR: Sir Hamid Moollan, Q C (Mauritius)
Prof. Karel Klima, WJA National President & Professor of Law, University of West Bohemia (Czech Republic) – Constitutional Law, Ordre Public and Arbitration
 Mr B. Madhub, Deputy Solicitor-General (Mauritius) – A State or State Entity and Arbitration – the Vexed Question of Immunity
Mr Iqbal Rajahbalee, Senior Counsel (Mauritius) – National Security Claims under Bilateral Investment Agreements

Interventions from the Floor

10.30 – 10.45 Tea Break

10.45 – 12.15
PANEL SESSION V – TRANSPARENCY AND CONFIDENTIALITY – UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERNS
MODERATOR: Mr Justice A Caunhye (Mauritius)
Ms Justice Yue Yang, Senior Judge of PRC and Vice Chief Judge, Shengyang Intermediate People’s Court, Liaoning Province (China) – The Report of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) regarding Research on the Connection of Litigation and ADR Systems in China from the Perspective of Courts
Ms Lucie Barron, President, ADR Services Inc. (USA) – Establishing Confidence in the System: Growth of Mediation (Conciliation) and Private ADR Company Services
Mr. Ravind Chetty , Senior Counsel (Mauritius) – Transparency in Arbitration Proceedings Mr Kailash Dabeesingh, Chartered Arbitrator (Mauritius) – Confidentiality in Arbitration: Fact or Fiction

Interventions from the Floor

12.15 – 13.30 Lunch Break

13.30 – 15.00
PANEL SESSION VI –BALANCING THE INTERESTS OF INVESTORS AND HOST STATES – HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
MODERATOR: Mrs Justice Rita Teelock (Mauritius)
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bĕlohlávek, WJA First Vice President, Host of the 24th Biennial Congress on the Law of the World & Lawyer, Law Offices of Bĕlohlávek (Czech Republic) - The Publicity and Non-Publicity in International Investment Arbitration
Mr Satyajit Boolell, SC, Director of Public Prosecutions (Mauritius) – Rule of Law as Key Guarantee for Investors
Mr Robin Sivakumaren Mardemootoo, Attorney-at-law (Mauritius) – Rent-a-Judge and Pay-As-You-Go Courts: Defying Traditional Limits of ADR in Cross-Border Investments

Interventions from the Floor

15.00 – 15.15-Tea Break

15.15 – 16.45
PANEL SESSION VII – ISSUES TO CONSIDER IN DRAFTING AN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRAL/ADR AGREEMENT
MODERATOR: Mr Justice David Chan Kan Cheong (Mauritius)
Mr. Ronald M. Greenberg , WJA Immediate Past President & Counsel, Dykema (USA) – Considerations in Preparing International Arbitration Agreements
Mr Désiré Basset, Senior Counsel (Mauritius) – Issues to consider in drafting an International Arbitration/ ADR Agreement (Part I)
Mr Antoine Domingue, Senior Counsel (Mauritius) – Issues to consider in drafting an International Arbitration/ ADR Agreement (Part II)
Ms Narghis Bundhun, Barrister (Mauritius) – Is the choice of the seat of arbitration the single most important clause to an arbitration agreement?

Interventions from the Floor

18.20 - Departure of International Delegates from GBICC to Domaine Anna, Flic-en-Flac

19.30 - Dinner – Hosted by Mr Y.K.J. Yeung Sik Yuen, G O S K, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mauritius
VENUE: Domaine Anna, Flic-en-Flac

Thursday 07 April 2011

9.00 – 10.30
PANEL SESSION VIII – ENFORCING AN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AWARD
MODERATOR: Mr. Justice A R Hajee Abdoula (Mauritius)
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bĕlohlávek, WJA First Vice President, Host of the 24th Biennial Congress on the Law of the World & Lawyer, Law Offices of Bĕlohlávek (Czech Republic) – Ordre Public and the Enforcement of an International Arbitration Award
Mr. Justice Wan E’xiang, Justice and Vice President, Supreme Court (China) – Judicial Review over International Arbitral Awards in Chinese Courts
Mr Rishi Pursem, Senior Counsel (Mauritius) – The enforcement of an annulled international award
Interventions from the Floor

10.30 – 10.45-Tea Break

10.45 – 12.15
PANEL SESSION IX – UNDERSTANDING THE UNCITRAL RULES ON ARBITRATION – AMENDMENT 2010
MODERATOR: Mr Justice Eddy Balancy (Mauritius)
Mrs. Dra. Monica Grill, WJA National President for Argentina; Professor of Private International Law at Buenos Aires University (Argentina) – The UNCITRAL Rules on Arbitration – Amendment 2010
Mr. Rashad Daureeawo, Senior Counsel (Mauritius) – Understanding the UNCITRAL Rules on Arbitration – Amendment 2010

Interventions from the Floor

12.15 – 13.00-Lunch Break

13.00 – 14.30
PANEL SESSION X – CROSS-CULTURAL ADR AND ARBITRATION – EXAMPLES FROM THE FIELD
MODERATOR: Mrs Justice A F Chui Yew Cheong (Mauritius)
 Ms. Enrica Maria Ghia, WJA President for Europe & Attorney, Studio Legale Ghia (Italy) – Mediation in Italy: A Fresh Start to Save the Italian Judicial System
Dr. Ann Brady, WJA National President; Barrister and Mediator in Rougemont Chambers UK, and a member of the Civil Mediation Council (United Kingdom) –Mediation Developments within the European Union and in England and Wales
Ms. Alexia Solomou, Attorney, International Court of Justice (The Netherlands) – Alternative Dispute Resolution in Land Use Disputes – Two Continents and Two Approaches
Mr. Eric Ribot, Senior Counsel (Mauritius) – “Si fueris Roma, …. Si fueris alibi”

Interventions from the Floor

14.30 - 15.00 CLOSING CEREMONY
Closing Remarks by Mr Y K J Yeung Sik Yuen, G O S K, Chief Justice of Mauritius
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bĕlohlávek, WJA First Vice President & Host of the 24th Biennial Congress on the Law of the World

15.15 - Departure of International Delegates from GBICC to State House [Réduit]

17.00 - State House Ballroom Reception – Hosted by His Excellency, The Right Honorable Sir Anerood Jugnauth, G C S K., K C M G., Q C, President of the Republic of Mauritius – [by invitation only]


Venue

Mauritius
Venue:
Mauritius