Invitation to 'Moving Mediation’ (19.11.2009)
Invitation to
‘Moving
Mediation’
From mediation to a
customized approach
Thursday 19 November 2009
The Kurhaus, The Hague
We are pleased to invite you to the MOVING MEDIATION Conference on
Thursday 19 November 2009.
Why this conference?
Moving Mediation marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of
court-connected mediation in the Netherlands. Special attention will be paid
to customized dispute resolution, i.e. the choice litigants must make between
settlement, mediation and waiting for a court judgment. The aim of the
conference is also to promote the mutual exchange of knowledge and
experience, what can we learn from one another and how can we achieve
the best of both worlds? There will also be consideration of the dilemmas
posed by court-connected mediation.
The conference is being organized by the Council for the Judiciary, the Ministry
of Justice and the Netherlands court-connected mediation agency.
For whom is the conference intended?
This conference is intended specifically for judges (including members of
Gemme, the European Association of Judges for Mediation), lawyers,
mediators, academics and policy makers from all over the world.
Programme
09.00-09.30 Reception
09.30-09.45 Opening by Geert Corstens
President of the Dutch Supreme Court
09.45-10.45 10 years’ experience of court-connected mediation
Lecture given by Machteld Pel, director of the Netherlands
court-connected mediation agency
11.00-12.30 First round of workshops
12.30-13.30 Lunch with theme discussion
14.00-15.30 Second round of workshops
15.45-17.15 Plenary conclusion
Chaired by Hazel Genn, Dean of the Faculty of Laws,
University College London
18.00-20.00 Reception hosted by the Mayor of The Hague
Workshops
The following workshops will be held on this conference day:
Workshops Thursday 19 november 2009
1. Analysing the dispute, designing the process
Dispute diagnosis, customized dispute resolution and management, e.g. through research
and experience of pilot projects.
Moderators:
- Martin C. Euwema, Full Professor of Organizational Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belgium
- Jacques A.Th.M. de Waart, certified mediator (NMI, ACB, IMI), trainer, attorney at law.
‘De Waart Mediation’, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
- Suzan Verberk, researcher at the Dutch court-connected mediation agency and PhD
candidate
2. Mediation’s role in a public justice system
Moderators:
- Donna Stienstra, senior researcher, Federal Judicial Center, USA
- Nancy Welsh, Professor of Law, Penn State University, USA
3. Mediators, can users rely on their competence?
Moderators:
- Michael Leathes, chairman of the International Mediation Institute
- Daan de Snoo, director of the Dutch Mediation Institute (NMI)
4. Conflict culture, escalation and dealing with conflicts
How do conflict management and mediation fit in with the dynamics of escalation?
Glasl’s contingency approach to mediation explored.
Moderators:
- Friedrich Glasl, Trigon Entwicklungsberatung, Austria
5. Court-connected mediation: where are we and how did we get there?
Court-connected mediation was introduced in the Netherlands in 1999. Now all courts
provide a customized service which helps parties to find their way to a mediator. This
‘referral to mediation’ system has proved a very useful and frequently applied method of
resolving legal disputes. The subjects of this workshop are: the introduction of and
background to court-connected mediation in the Netherlands, the organization of this
form of mediation and best practices so far.
Moderators:
- Thoma Sleeswijk Visser-de Boer, judge at the District Court of The Hague and former
manager of The Hague mediation team
- Nicolien Verkleij, vice-president at the District Court of The Hague and mediator
6. Mediation in criminal cases: an unbeaten track for the courts?
The Dutch courts do not yet have the possibility of referring criminal cases to a mediator.
In this interactive workshop we propose to discuss with the participants how mediation
in criminal cases is organized, formally and in practice, in other countries.
Moderators:
- John Blad is Associate Professor in Criminal Law Studies at the Erasmus University
Rotterdam and editor of the journal Tijdschrift voor Herstelrecht
- Robin Linthorst, mediator
- Nicolien Verkleij, vice-president at the District Court of The Hague and mediator
7. Towards global standards - fertilizing the soil: UNCITRAL conciliation rules, Uniform
Mediation Act, EU mediation directive
The value and use of the European directive and other (international) rules and
legislation on mediation.
Moderators:
- J.M.Bosnak, attorney at law, NMI-certified mediator, CMS Derks Star Busmann
8. Crossborder mediation in child abduction cases
Moderators:
- Sir Mathew Thorpe, head of international family justice for England and Wales
- Robine de Lange-Tegelaar, vice-president of the District Court of The Hague, president of
the youth and family law department, liaison judge for international child protection.
What are the costs?
• Registration fee: € 200
• During the conference you will be served lunch, coffee, tea etc.
You must arrange transport and accommodation yourself. After registration we will send you
information about hotels etc.
Registration
You can register at english.justitie.nl/movingmediationINT
When doing so, please specify which 3 workshops you would like to take part in. You will then
be assigned to 2 workshops. We would recommend that you register as quickly as possible,
as you will then have a greater chance of attending the workshops of your choice.
The closing date for registration is 15 September 2009. Before this date you should also
transfer the registration fee of € 200 to the following account:
Account holder: Rechtbank Arnhem
Address of the account holder: Postbus 9030, NL 6800 EM ARNHEM
Bank: Rabobank International
Address: Postbus 17100, NL 3500 HG UTRECHT
Bank account number: 0192300717
BIC (Swift code): RABONL2U
IBAN number: NL59 RABO 0192 3007 17
Quoting: LBM Moving Mediation Conference 19/11/2009.
SSR course
We would draw your attention to the fact that the SSR (Dutch Training and Study Centre for
the Judiciary) will be holding a ‘Course in conflict diagnosis and intervention techniques’
on 18 November under the leadership of Machteld Pel. The course is intended primarily for
judges. More information about this can be found in the enclosure.
Working language
English will be the working language of the conference. There will be no simultaneous
interpretation.
Information
For more information about the conference, please contact Yvonne Brinkhoff,
communication officer at the Netherlands court-connected mediation agency,
, tel. +31 26 3593822.
We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 19 November 2009!
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