Recent Amendments and New Mediation Law concerning the Enforcement of International Mediation

In December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (the “Singapore Convention”) and authorized its signing ceremony in Singapore on August 7, 2019. This convention offers a uniform and efficient framework for the enforcement and invocation of international settlement agreements resulting from mediation. Forty-six (46) countries signed it and it entered into force on September 12, 2020 when the third instrument of ratification was deposited on March 12, 2020. As of November 8, 2023, fifty-six (56) countries have signed the Singapore Convention and twelve (12) of those countries, including Japan, have ratified it..

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