Interactive Workshop on Arbitration at the Masaryk University in Brno

July 11, 2014February 16, 2015 JUDr. Martin SvatosPosted in ADR, Conferences, International Arbitration, Lectures, MediationTagged International Arbitration, Lectures, mediation

Brno Svatoš Mediace

On the 3rd of June 2014, Dr. Martin Svatos, Ph.D. gave an interactive workshop on arbitration and ADR at the Faculty of Law of the Masaryk University in Brno, (Czech Republic).

The main topics that was discussed was the impartiality and independence of the arbitrators, especially the correct application of the IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration. The actual issues of mediation and other ADR were, however, also addressed.

Masarykova univerzita mediace

The participants of the workshop were partly the graduated students of the Faculty of law (Ph.D. candidates), partly the members of different Czech legal institutions (such as High courts and Supreme Court).

Schedule

9:00-10:30 Impartiality and independence of arbitrators I.
10:30-10:40 Coffee Break
10:40-12:00 Impartiality and independence of arbitrators II.
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:00 Mediation, Dispute Boards and other ADR

Martin is one of the leading Czech mediators and arbitrators. He has acted in more than 200 both international and domestic cases in mediation (listed by the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic and by the Energy Community). His experiences in alternative dispute resolution were appreciated when he became the President of the Working group of the ICC Czech Republic for mediation. Martin has acted in several arbitrations both as chairman, member of the tribunal and of counsel (listed as arbitrator by the VIAC, Arbitration Court of the Czech Football Association, Czech Arbitration Court and Czech Commodity Exchange Arbitration Court). Martin lectures at the Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) and at the Seminar of European and Comparative Law in Urbino (Italy). He has been visiting professor at the University of the French West Indies in Guadeloupe. He also gave a course at the Faculté Libre de Droit Institut Catholique de Toulouse, at the Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia), at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law and at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (both PRC), Georgetown University (USA) and many others. In 2016, he acted as a member of the Czech delegation to the UNCITRAL WG II. He publishes and gives speeches at international conferences on regular basis. He is one of the co-editors of the EU Mediation Handbook (Kluwer International, 2017). As a speaker, he attended many international conferences all around the globe (the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, the IBA Annual Conference, the German Arbitration Institute Annual Conference, the Conference of the Mediators’ Institute of Ireland (Dublin) and YIAG conferences (Istanbul, Warsaw)...