Mediation in the APR

This section is under development, so for now, please read a brief historical background on the Association’s participation in various international events dedicated to mediation issues.

05.05.2022

SEMINAR

Today, the President of the Association, N.A. Lykova, took part as a listener in a Seminar on Investment Mediation, which was held within the framework of the Forum for Further Preparatory Work on Investment Mediation of the UNCITRAL Working Group III on ISDS Reform, organized by the United Nations UNCITRAL, Asian Academy of International Law, Department of Justice, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China.
During the seminar, the speakers discussed draft new rules, draft model regulations, draft guidelines, new procedural rules, a draft settlement agreement, issues of the relationship between confidentiality and openness of the dispute resolution process between the parties of the conflict, the relationship between the use of direct negotiations, mandatory mediation and arbitration, etc.

03.12.2021

SEMINAR

Today, the second international seminar «Understanding and Utilization of the Singapore Convention on Mediation was held, organized by the Korea International Mediation Centre. The President of the Association took part in the seminar as a debater from Russia.

A booklet of the seminar with presentations is attached.

19.11.2021

ROUND TABLE

Today, the President of the Association took part as a listener in the framework of an online round table «Understanding the UNCITRAL ADR Instruments in the Nepali Context», dedicated to Nepal’s inaugural UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Day event co-organized with Kathmandu University School of Law (KUSL) and Nepal International ADR Center (NIAC). The event aims to enhance Nepali students, scholars, and public and private stakeholders’ understanding of the UNCITRAL framework on arbitration and mediation.

05.11.2021

CONFERENCE

Today, the President of the Association took part as a listener in the framework of the Tenth Asia-Pacific Virtual Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution, organized by the UN UNCITRAL, Ministry of Justice Korea, KCAB International, International Chamber of Commerce, Seoul International Dispute Resolution Center.

29.10.2021

MEETING

Today, the President of the Association, Natalia Lykova, took part as a listener in the framework of the inter-sessional online seminar of Working Group III of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
The meeting was organized by the United Nations UNCITRAL, Asian Academy of International Law, Department of Justice, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China.
The seminar discussed the use of mediation in the settlement of disputes between investors and the state, in particular, overcoming barriers and capacity building.
Day two.

28.10.2021

MEETING

Today, the President of the Association, Natalia Lykova, took part as a listener in the framework of the Inter-sessional online Meeting of the Working Group III of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
The meeting was organized by the United Nations UNCITRAL, Asian Academy of International Law, Department of Justice, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China.
During the meeting, issues of reforming the initial mediation projects and other forms of alternative dispute resolution were discussed, questions were raised on model contractual provisions on mediation, and opinions were exchanged between representatives of various international organizations.
Day one.

08.10.2021

FORUM

Today, the President of the Association took part in the plenary session of the VI Pacific Law Forum «Law, Its Application and Implementation in the Era of Global Challenges and Changing Reality». The Association acted as a co-organizer of this legal Forum.

08.10.2021

CONFERENCE

Today, the International Scientific and Practical Conference of the Asia-Pacific Region Mediators «The role and potential of mediation and negotiations in the peaceful settlement of international and private disputes in the Asia-Pacific region» was held at the Far Eastern Federal University.
In 2021, the conference turned out to be the largest mediation conference in Russia with the participation of representatives of various countries.
The conference is organized by the Association of Mediators and Intermediaries of the Asia-Pacific Region, the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports of Primorsky Krai, the Korean International Mediation Center, FEFU.
The conference raised issues of developing and strengthening global and private partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region through mediation and negotiations. Discussed the modern international system for resolving military, criminal and private disputes in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the role and potential of mediation and negotiations in the peaceful settlement of global and private disputes in the Asia-Pacific region. Modern technologies and techniques used in mediation and negotiations in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the use of mediation in arbitration in various legal systems of the Asia-Pacific countries were considered.
The Conference was attended by:
Athita Komindr – Republic of Korea (Head of the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific UN);
Lapitsky Igor Konstantinovich – Russia (First Secretary of the Representative Office of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Vladivostok);
Talabaeva Lyudmila Zaumovna – Russia (Russian politician, Senator of the Russian Federation);
Khrabrov Viktor Alexandrovich – Russia (Head of the Main Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Territory);
Natalia Egorova Alexandrovna – Russia (President of the Primorsky Regional Notary Chamber, Notary of the Vladivostok Notary District);
Prof. Nohyoung Park – Republic of Korea (Chairman of the Board of Directors, Korea International Mediation Centre; Professor, School of Law, Korea University (International Economic Law, International Law, Negotiation and mediation, Cybersecurity and Data Protection);

• Professor Wang, Guiguo – Hong Kong (LLM (Columbia), JSD (Yale), President of Zhejiang University Academy of International Strategy and Law and University Professor of Law, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; President of International Academy of the Belt and Road; Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the People’s Supreme Court of China; Eason-Weinmann Chair of International and Comparative Law Emeritus, School of Law, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA, Chairman of the Hong Kong WTO Research Institute, Chairman of the National Committee (HK) and Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, former Dean of School of Law and Director of the Centre for Judicial Education and Research, City University of Hong Kong, Vice President of the Chinese Society of International Economic Law, and an arbitrator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Beijing Arbitration Commission, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Panel of Arbitrators of Korean Commercial Arbitration Board and Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei);
• Professor Rajesh Sharma – Australia (Senior Lecturer, Legal and Dispute Studies, Criminology and Justice, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, Adjunct Professor at Academy of International Dispute Resolution and Professional Negotiation (AIDRN), Associate Director of the Hong Kong WTO Research Institute, a member of Asian WTO Research Network; a panel arbitrator of Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB), a panel arbitrator at Indian Institutes of Arbitrators, a member and secretary of Hong Kong Basic Law Education Association, a member of the Centre for Global Studies and a Researcher at China-Latin America Legal Research Centre, Shanghai, Research Fellow of the International Academy of Belt and Road, a member of the Drafting Committee of the Dispute Resolution Rules for the Belt and Road, a member of the Working Group for the establishment of Asian Regional Mediation Organization (ARMO) and a member of the Drafting Committee for the Rules of Mediation for ARMO and lead drafter of the Arbitration Rules of Asia Pacific Centre for Arbitration and Mediation, the International Expert Mediator at the Hong Kong-Mainland Joint Mediation Centre and Japan International Mediation Centre-Kyoto, Associate Member of Academy of Comparative Law);
• Robert Rhodes QC – Great Britain (Member of the Bar Council of England & Wales, Master of the Bench of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, Member of numerous arbitration/mediation panels worldwide, including: Bar Council panels of arbitrators, mediators and experts, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Business Arbitration Scheme, Court of Arbitration for Art, Rotterdam, Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Mediation Center, Hong Kong, International Dispute Resolution & Risk Management Institute, Beijing Arbitration Commission, Panel of Mediators of the International Commercial Mediation Center for Belt & Road Initiative, Beijing, Japan International Mediation Center in Kyoto (“JIMC-Kyoto”), AABD (Brunei), Chinese Arbitration Commission, Taipei, Thailand Arbitration Institute, Arbitration & Mediation Court of the Caribbean, International Court of Arbitration for Sport, Switzerland);
• Lykova Natalia – Russia (President of the Association of Mediators and Intermediaries of the Asia-Pacific Region, General Director of Vincere LLC, Mediator of the Korean International Mediation Center, arbitrator of the Russian Arbitration Center of the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration, arbitrator of the fifth Harbin Arbitration Commission, professional mediator, expert of the Office of the Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs’ Rights in the Primorsky Territory, member of the Mediation Commission of the Primorsky Regional Branch of the Association of Lawyers of Russia);
• Dr. Aman Hingorani – India (Advocate & Mediator, Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court; Arbitrator, PHD Chambers of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi; Member, Board of Mentors, Masters (Executive) in Mediation & Conflict Resolution, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai; International Advocacy and Mediation Skills Trainer; Author, Unravelling the Kashmir Knot (SAGE));
  Avv. Giovanni Catanzaro – Italy (Studio Legale Avv. Giovanni Catanzaro- Attorney at Law);
• John Chigbu, Esq – USA (Managing Partner of Chigbu & Co, LLP);
• Mr. Şafak Herdem – Turkey (Managing Partner of HERDEM Attorneys at Law);
• Samantha Mathieu – Germany (Lawyer at the German Legal Bar of Berlin, Germany, AI Advocatur Lawyer in private practice Advises on Intellectual Property matters, specialist in CCM and M&A);
  Prisekina Natalia Gennadyevna – Russia (LL.M. (US), Ph.D. in Law, MCIArb, Vice Dean on Research and Innovations, School of Law, Far Eastern Federal University; Professor of International Public and Private Law, School of Law, Far Eastern Federal University; Partner and Head of the Russian Far Eastern Office of «Pepeliaev Group» law firm.);
• Federico Antich – Italy (LLM, MCIArb, IMI Certified Mediator and Mediation Advocate, CEDR International Mediator, Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators, President of the Italian Chapter of the Mediation Center of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East);
• Eric J. Jiang – China (LL.B., M.J.S., LL.M., J.D., Senior Partner, Jurisino Law Group, Licensed Lawyer (All Mainland Provinces/China), Attorney at Law (New York/U.S.A.), Barrister & Solicitor (Ontario/Canada), Notary Public (Ontario/Canada));
• Reema Bhandari – India (Dispute Resolution Consultant, Advocate & Mediator Supreme Court of India, Accredited Trainer for Mediators (under MCPC – Mediation & Conciliation Project Committee of Supreme Court of India), Assistant Treasurer, SAARC LAW (India), Ex-Executive Member of Supreme Court Bar Association);
• Professor Shusuke KAKIUCHI – Japan (Professor of Law, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo);
  Denis Stanislavovich Belkin – Russia (Head of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Primorsky Krai);
• Michael Åblad – Swedish (Master of Laws L.L.M., Founder and Senior Partner of Lawfirm Åblad, Member of The International Bar Association- IBA, Member of The Swiss China Law Association – SCLA, Member of Alpha Universal – World Trade Lawyers);
• Alessandra Nascimento S. F. Mourão – Brazil (Professor of Law – Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) and Católica Law School (Portugal));
• Jacob George Panickasseril – India (Assistant Professor School of Law, Bennett University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, LL.M., LL.B.);
• Natalia Chekhovskaya – Russia (business consultant of the Olga Statsenko Business Academy, psychologist of the Institute of Clinical Psychiatry and Psychology, Mediator of the Association of Mediators and Intermediaries of the APR);
• Katarina Piskunovich – Russia (Case Manager of Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration, member of the working group of the Russian Arbitration Center on Mediation, representative of Russia at the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations).

The conference was held in full-time and in absentia. All sanitary and epidemiological precautions in connection with the prevention of the spread of covid-19 within the framework of the conference were observed.

07.09.2021

FORUM

The President of the Association of Mediators and Intermediaries of the Asia-Pacific Region, Lykova Natalia, took part as a listener in the UNCITRAL RCAP Incheon law & business Forum «Navigating the Storm: Helping MSMEs Set Sail with Legal Harmonization», organized with the support of the UNCITRAL RCAP.

31.03.2021

ONLINE SEMINAR

Day Two – The mediator of the Association Lykova Natalia Andreevna took part in the online seminar and the round table discussion titled «Dispute Resolution in the Digital Economy».

Organizers: UNCITRAL UNITED NATIONS, Ministry of Justice of Japan (MOJ), and the Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (JIDRC).

30.03.2021

ONLINE SEMINAR

Day Two – The mediator of the Association Lykova Natalia Andreevna took part in the online seminar and the round table discussion titled «Dispute Resolution in the Digital Economy».

Organizers: UNCITRAL UNITED NATIONS, Ministry of Justice of Japan (MOJ), and the Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (JIDRC).

11.12.2020

Report

The mediator of the Association, Prisekina Natalia Gennadievna gave a presentation on the topic “Current state and prospects for the development of mediation in Russia” in the framework of the International online conference “V Asia Pacific Mediation Conference” Current International Trends and Developments in Mediation “. Conference organizers: Korean Society of Mediation Studies, Fair Trade Commission, Seoul Bar Association.

04.12.2020

Report

Mediator of the Association, Prisekina Natalia Gennadievna made a presentation on “Entry into force of the Singapore Convention from practitioners and academic perspectives” at the International Online Conference “UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Day: Embracing legal harmonization as a panacea for the challenges facing international trade in the times of a global pandemic. “The conference was organized by UNCITRAL RCAP and the University of Macau.

13.11.2020

The welcoming speech

The welcoming speech was given by the mediator of the Association, Prisekina Natalia Gennadievna at the International Online Conference “The Inaugural Meeting of the Korea International Mediation Centre”. The organizer of the conference was KIMC.

09.11.2020

Meeting

The mediator of the Association, Lykova Natalia Andreevna attended the online pre-session meeting of the UNCITRAL working group III: The Use of Mediation in ISDS (Investor-state dispute settlement)”. The organizers of the working group are UNCITRAL UNITED NATIONS, Department of Justice, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Asian Academy of International Law.

13.02.2020

Report

Today the Honorary Member of the Association Melnikov Yuriy Borisovich took part in the XVII International Scientific and Practical Conference dedicated to the memory of M.I. Kovalev “Reconciliation in Law: Compromise or Concession?” and made a successful presentation on “Protecting the Rights of the Victim through the Prism of Reconciliation”.

09.11.2019

Competition “MEDIATION OF THE FUTURE”

Today FEFU Law School team stood second in the International Competition “MEDIATION OF THE FUTURE” (Minsk, Belarus).

The mediator of the Association Lykova N.A. received a special gratitude from the FEFU Law School for her immense contribution to train and prepare the Law School team for the competition.

04.10.2019

Fourth International Conference of Asia-Pacific Mediators

Today, for the first time in Russia, the Fourth International Conference of Asia-Pacific Mediators was held. It was initiated by the mediators of the Association.

It should be noted that the Conference was held in Vladivostok, Russia, where various forums, Conferences, International intergovernmental meetings are held annually, which are specifically aimed at developing and deeply integrating political, economic, social and scientific cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.

It is noteworthy that the Conference was attended by representatives of the Russian state authorities and rule-making organizations (Talabayeva Lyudmila Zaumovna – member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Berezhnaya Tatyana Aleksandrovna – Deputy Head of Vladivostok, Dorozhkina Violetta Aleksandrovna – Senior Assistant to the Prosecutor of Primorsky Krai, Khrushchev Igor Eduardovich – Director of the branch of Federal State Public Administration Institution “Directorate for Construction and Operation of Facilities of Rosgranitsa (Russian border)” in Vladivostok of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Melnikov Yuriy Borisovich – Commissioner for Human Rights in Primorsky Krai, Medvedeva Irina Petrovna – Commissioner under the Governor of Primorsky Krai for the rights of children of the apparatus under the Governor of Primorsky Krai, Elena Borisovna Romashko – Head of the Office of the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in Primorsky Krai, deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai, deputies of the Duma of Vladivostok, representatives of the Department for working with the municipal and educational institutions of the Vladivostok administration, representatives of other authorities) who are ardent supporters of such events and take a keen interest in the opinions and suggestions of participants and their activities.

At the Conference, the head of the UNCITRAL Regional Center for Asia, the Pacific Atita Komindr, as well as mediators from other APR countries, made a presentation on the Singapore Mediation Convention.          

As a result of the Conference, the participants agreed that mediators of the APR countries and International organizations will cooperate closely and actively take part in the assistance of the development of mediation in the APR countries. It was noted that there was a need to form and build a scientific base and training programs for international mediators in assisting to resolve international and private disputes, share practical experience, and also to hold more conferences of this kind in Russia.

The Association expresses special gratitude to all participants and guests of the Conference for their productive work. It also expresses special gratitude for the support of Talabayeva Lyudmila Zaumovna – a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Ugarov Alexander Sergeevich – Acting Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Federal Institute of Mediation” of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, the Korean Community for Research in Mediation (Republic of South Korea), the Association of Asian Mediators (Republic of South Korea) and the FEFU Law School.

11.09.2019

Regional dimension

Today, our President took part in the International Scientific and Practical Conference Regional Dimension – Issues of Ensuring Human and Civil Rights and Freedoms, within the framework of which the issues of mediation were also discussed as a way to protect human and civil rights and freedoms.

02.08.2019

3rd Conference of Mediators

Natalia Gennadievna Prisekina took part in the 3rd Conference of Mediators of the Asia-Pacific Region and made a presentation in the section devoted to the strategy of Russia, China, Japan, and Korea at the Singapore Convention on Mediation. The conference was attended by mediators of the largest media organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region, UNCITRAL representatives, prosecutors, government officials, business representatives, and lawyers from South Korea, the People’s Republic of China, Japan, Russia, the United States of America, Australia, Singapore, Hong-Hong and other Countries.

29.03.2019

Article

“The practice and features of the development of mediation in the Far Eastern region of Russia” an article by our mediators Natalia Gennadyevna Prisekina and Natalia Andreevna Lykova was published in the first issue of the journal on mediation in the APR.

 08.11.2018

The Conference

Our mediators Natalia Gennadievna Prisekina, Natalia Andreevna Lykova, and member of the Honorary Council of the Association Yuriy Borisovich Melnikov took part in the 2nd Conference of Asian-Pacific Region Mediators. Natalia Andreevna Lykova was given the honorary right to be the first speaker and open the conference with the report “Current Trends in Mediation in the Asia-Pacific Region” (next phase). Natalia Gennadievna Prisekina was invited to be the first speaker and open the 4th section of the conference with the report “Training of mediators in the APR (including legal education)”. The conference was attended by mediators of the largest media organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region, representatives of UNCITRAL, prosecutors, government officials, business representatives, lawyers from South Korea, the People’s Republic of China, Japan, Russia, the United States of America, Singapore, Hong Kong and other countries.

Earlier in October 2017, our mediators, Natalia Gennadievna Prisekina and Natalia Andreevna Lykova took part in the 1st Conference of Mediators of the Asia-Pacific Region. In the first section, Prisekina Natalia Gennadievna spoke about “The practice and features of the development of mediation in the Far Eastern region of Russia”, a report jointly prepared with the assistance of Lykova Natalia Andreevna. It is thanks to the efforts of our mediators that the mediators of the Russian Far East have the opportunity to gain practical experience in resolving disputes from our colleagues of the Asian-Pacific countries. Mediators from the Khabarovsk Krai were also able to take part in the conference.

15.10.2018

Winners in a special nomination

For the first time, a team of FEFU students took part and won in the special nomination “Best Relationship Building with Another Team” in the International Competition for commercial mediation held by the Hong Kong International Chamber of Commerce. Our mediators, Natalia Gennadievna Prisekina and Natalia Andreevna Lykova acted as mentors and trainers for the FEFU student team.

02.10.2018

The Conference

For the first time in the framework of the IV Pacific Legal Forum, and by the initiative of the mediators of the Association, “Prospects for the development of legal science, practice and education in the APR” at the Far Eastern Federal University, a scientific and practical conference “Mediation and Arbitration Courts” was held. The Association took an active part and assisted in organizing the work of the Forum. The conference was moderated by our mediators Natalia Gennadievna Prisekina and Natalia Andreyevna Lykova. It was attended by mediators and arbitrators from Russia, the People’s Republic of China, and South Korea. They discussed the problems of the development of mediation and arbitration and shared their practical experiences. Our mediator, Natalia Andreevna Lykova made a presentation titled ”Difficulties in resolving disputes and conducting mediation procedures with the participation of citizens and companies from different states of the APR”.