At the opening ceremony of the Mauritius International Arbitration Conference 2010 (MIAC), this morning, the Prime Minister, Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP, said that this Conference will launch the new platform created by the Government of Mauritius for international commercial and investment arbitration, and is the culmination of five years of co-operation between Mauritius and the leading institutions.
The Mauritius International Arbitration Conference 2010 is jointly organised by the Government of Mauritius the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the International Centre for Settlement Centre of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration and the London Court of International Arbitration. Some 300 participants, local and international, are attending this two-day event.
Dr. Ramgoolam pointed out that this Conference provides a platform that brings together international and regional leaders in the field, and is the first step aimed at turning Mauritius into a centre of expertise and training in the field for the African continent and beyond.
The Prime Minister recalled that Mauritius adopted in November 2008 state-of-the-art legislation based on the UNCITRAL Model Law, adapted to best serve the interests of international users, and concluded in April 2009 a Host Country Agreement with the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague pursuant to which the PCA has appointed a permanent representative in Mauritius. Mauritius is now co-operating with a leading institution in the field of international arbitration to open a dedicated and state-of-the-art regional Centre for international Arbitration.
During this Conference, panels under the chairmanship of the heads of the co-hosting institutions will use the new framework created in Mauritius as a blank canvas against which to rethink the cornerstones of international commercial arbitration and of investment arbitration.
The agenda for the working sessions over the two days at the Intercontinental Mauritius Resort Balaclava, where the Conference is being held, includes two panels on investment arbitration, chaired by the ICSID and the Permanent Court of Arbitration will aim to rethink the negotiation of investment treaties and the degree of deference which investment treaty tribunals should pay to the regulatory or judicial acts of a Host State. Four dedicated panels on international commercial arbitration, chaired by eminent practitioners will aim to rethink issues of jurisdiction, arbitrability, Court intervention and the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
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It was great being in the conference and I have to say that the panel discussions were very informative.
I especially liked the discussions on international commercial arbitration moderated by Corrine Montinerri.
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