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Book launch and panel discussion organized by Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE highlights conciliation as flexible method for settling disputes
Publishing date: 26 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Conciliation as a flexible method for the peaceful settlement of disputes was the focus of a webinar held on 13 November 2020, and the launch of the book, Flexibility in International Dispute Settlement – Conciliation Revisited, which was edited by Christian Tomuschat (former President of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE and Member of the Court’s current Bureau) and Marcelo Kohen (Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva)...
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Emmanuel Decaux addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 4 March 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Professor Emmanuel Decaux addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 27 February 2020, where he invited signatory and third-party States to join the 34 States that are currently party to the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE...
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration meets the President of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
Publishing date: 17 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, Professor Emmanuel Decaux, met the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, during his visit to Strasbourg, France on 3 December 2019...
OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration publishes activity report for 2017–2019
Publishing date: 27 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, based in Geneva, published its activity report for the period 2017–2019 on 26 November 2019, following the completion of the mandate of the outgoing Bureau of the Court, headed by Professor Christian Tomuschat, last month...
Outgoing President of OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Christian Tomuschat hands over duties to successor Emmanuel Decaux
Publishing date: 15 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The new Bureau of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE met in Vienna on 6 November 2019, for the handover of current affairs by the outgoing President, Christian Tomuschat to his successor, Emmanuel Decaux...
Emmanuel Decaux elected President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Publishing date: 22 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Emmanuel Decaux of France has been elected as new President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration on 14 October 2019 after members of the Court, appointed by the States parties to the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, were invited to elect a new Bureau of the Court for a mandate of six years. Decaux succeeds Christian Tomuschat of Germany who served in the position from 2013 to 2019...
Albania, Finland and Poland appoint members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Publishing date: 12 June 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Albania, Finland and Poland have renewed the mandates or, alternatively, appointed new members to the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Court for new terms of six years after the previous mandates of their members expired. The appointments of the conciliators, the arbitrators and their alternates were made in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 of the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the OSCE, which was signed in 1992 in Stockholm...