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The Association for International Arbitration (AIA) works towards the promotion of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) AIA focuses on arbitration as a means of dispute resolution and strives to bring together the global community in this field, including judges, lawyers, arbitrators, mediators and academics as well research scholars and students. With this unique blend of people, it is our goal to inculcate an interest in ADR in the professional sphere and among budding professionals in law schools and universities all around the globe.
The Association for International Arbitration (AIA) is not an arbitration institute and does not make any appointment.

Latest AIA Publication

The UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration: 25 years
This publication discusses the theoretical implications behind United Nations Conference on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The conference sought to measure the degree of unification which the Model Law has achieved and its contribution to the development of legal thinking on international arbitration. This book serves as review of the latest developments and perspectives on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration in the past twenty-five years. The reader will gain insight on certain provisions and rules of the Model Law as well as recent reforms by various countries.
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New EU Directive on Mediation in Cross-Border civil and commercial matters

"Directive 2008/52/EC of 21 May 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters" Association for International Arbitration - Logo
The objective of this Directive is to facilitate access to alternative dispute resolution and to promote the amicable settlement of disputes by encouraging the use of mediation. This Directive applies, in cross-border disputes in the EU (with the exception of Denmark), to civil and commercial matters except in regards to rights and obligations which are not at the parties’ disposal under the relevant applicable law. It shall not extend, in particular, to revenue, customs or administrative matters or to the liability of the State for acts and omissions in the exercise of State authority.