Publications

Now and then… Watching the evolution of international arbitration in the last four decades has been fascinating, including the evolution in the Arab region. “One should speak, when discussing the subject at large, of ‘arbitrations’ in the plural, for otherwise the sense of diversity may be lost” wrote a famous…

“Online justice” is considerably untapped and lagging behind all types of administrative, civil and commercial services, which have been available online since the mid-1990s. This article presents an overview of the various aspects involved in settling disputes online and some of the reasons that have prevented online dispute resolution (ODR) from succeeding to…

The trend of the virtual space has succeeded to make its way through the dispute resolution community which was rather opaque to using technology and move procedures or parts of them online. The sudden viral outbreak has been the triggering event that has generated popularity in the use of technology…

Although innovation and technological advancements are occurring at a constantly rapid pace, services to resolve disputes online remain extremely limited or almost non-existent. The absence of such services providing access to justice can potentially end up in a denial of justice. The use of technology in the legal process and…

When we moved from snail mail to telex, and later to telefax and then to email, such changes did not create a buzz. This sudden viral outbreak may well be the triggering event that is generating popularity for virtual hearings. The unexpected noise has had many benefits including bringing to…

This article is the English translation of the article published in French "Autant en emporte le vent...de l'arbitrage". It is a history about how the field of dispute resolution has evolved in the past 40 years. The author shares personal views and observations about the changes and evolutions in this…

Force est de constater que l’environnement de l’arbitrage a changé depuis les années 70 et que l’arbitrage a connu un succès croissant. Certains changements furent des évolutions nécessaires, d’autres semblent parfois discutables selon le point de vue des personnes qui les évaluent. La dualité est en toute chose. Elle est le…

ODR related

The only way to measure change is to collate and publish statistics year after year. In spite of the extremely slow progress that the author has criticised when discussing on various occasions the evolution of female representation in the last thirty years, progress has been increasingly visible in recent years…

Two important services are currently missing in the dispute resolution processes and which are desperatly needed: first, dispute resolution organisation need to offer a platform to their users to conduct their procedures in an online secure environment; second, dispute resolution stakeholders need to address the resolution of consumer disputes.

The 2017 GAR Awards shortlist for Best Innovation marked a pivotal moment for international arbitration by spotlighting initiatives that advance transparency and diversity. In this context, the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge emerged as a pioneering global effort aimed at addressing the longstanding under-representation of women in the field, with…

The launch of the Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge on 18 May 2016 in London marks a historic moment in international arbitration. The Pledge is a call to the international dispute resolution community to commit to increase the number of female arbitrators on an equal opportunity basis. All players…