The Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (Qicca) at Qatar Chamber will be holding Tuesday a distance seminar about ‘Current Challenges for Arbitration’, in co-operation with ‘Qatar Lawyers’, and the College of Law at Qatar University.
Qicca board member for International Relations Sheikh Dr Thani bin Ali al-Thani will moderate the seminar. Many experts, arbitrators, and lawyers will be key speakers of the seminar, the association stated in a statement Monday.
The seminar, which will be held through video conference technology, will touch on challenges faced by the arbitration community during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), as well as the future of arbitration after the pandemic ends.
For his part, Sheikh Thani said that the seminar would highlight many important topics relating to the spread of coronavirus and its impacts on commercial arbitration.
“It will answer enquiries about the holding of remote arbitration sessions, the legal requirements for holding sessions through video conference, the confidentiality of information of parties of the dispute and the circulation of the arbitral tribunal,” he added.
The Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration has been established in 2006 by virtue of a resolution of the Qatar Chamber‘s board of directors to create an efficient and swift mechanism to settle disputes between Qatari enterprises or between national companies and their foreign counterparts.
The centre seeks to follow the most recent trends in organising conciliation and arbitration procedures through its adoption of the model rules prepared by the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (Uncitral) as revised in 2010.
Qicca is part of Qatar Chamber and recommends to its members the use of some model clauses for conciliation and/or arbitration in their national or international contracts.
The centre maintains lists of conciliators, arbitrators, and experts of international reputation in different areas in order to choose from such lists by the interested parties.
It also aims to organise seminars, workshops, and conferences to prepare and to train future arbitrators and to encourage the use of alternative dispute resolution methods.
The centre is a full member in the International Federation for Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI).
The seminar, which will be held through video conference technology, will touch on challenges faced by the arbitration community during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), as well as the future of arbitration after the pandemic ends.
For his part, Sheikh Thani said that the seminar would highlight many important topics relating to the spread of coronavirus and its impacts on commercial arbitration.
“It will answer enquiries about the holding of remote arbitration sessions, the legal requirements for holding sessions through video conference, the confidentiality of information of parties of the dispute and the circulation of the arbitral tribunal,” he added.
The Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration has been established in 2006 by virtue of a resolution of the Qatar Chamber‘s board of directors to create an efficient and swift mechanism to settle disputes between Qatari enterprises or between national companies and their foreign counterparts.
The centre seeks to follow the most recent trends in organising conciliation and arbitration procedures through its adoption of the model rules prepared by the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (Uncitral) as revised in 2010.
Qicca is part of Qatar Chamber and recommends to its members the use of some model clauses for conciliation and/or arbitration in their national or international contracts.
The centre maintains lists of conciliators, arbitrators, and experts of international reputation in different areas in order to choose from such lists by the interested parties.
It also aims to organise seminars, workshops, and conferences to prepare and to train future arbitrators and to encourage the use of alternative dispute resolution methods.
The centre is a full member in the International Federation for Commercial Arbitration Institutions (IFCAI).
