Samenvatting

UNCITRAL has recently elaborated a number of new instruments in the field of mediation, both for commercial mediation and for investment mediation: Mediation Rules (2021), Notes on Mediation (2021), Recommendations to assist mediation centres and other interested bodies with regard to mediation under the UNCITRAL Mediation Rules (2022), UNCITRAL Model provisions for International Investment Disputes (2023), UNCITRAL Guidelines on Mediation for International Investment Disputes (2023). Some of these instruments need to be adopted by States in order to become legally enforceable, but other instruments do not need to be adopted by States and can be agreed between the parties. These different instruments are briefly outlined in this contribution.