中国批准《新加坡调解公约》的挑战与因应

Challenges and Responses to China’s Ratification of the Singapore Mediation Convention

《新加坡调解公约》为国际和解协议的跨境执行提供了法律框架。我国出于为"一带一路"争议解决提供法律支撑、提升我国调解制度的公信力以及建设国际争议解决中心的需要积极参与和推动公约制定。鉴于我国国内调解立法对调解员的范围和资质以及和解协议的执行等问题与公约规定的不一致对我国批准公约带来了挑战,我国有必要加强与他国的跨国法律对话、提升我国调解员素质、扩大调解员的范围以引进境外优秀调解员参与、强化和解协议的执行机制和建立"一站式"国际争议解决平台等方式来与公约接轨。

The Singapore mediation convention provides a legal framework for the crossborder enforcement of international settlement agreements.In order to provide legal support for the"Belt and Road"dispute resolution,enhance the credibility of China’s mediation system and build an international dispute settlement center,China actively participated in and promoted the formulation of the convention.In view of China’s domestic legislation on the scope and qualifications of the mediator and the execution of the settlement agreement do not consistent with the convention that brought challenges for China to ratify the convention,it is necessary for China to strengthen the transnational legal dialogue with other countries,improve the quality of Chinese mediators,expand the scope of mediators to introduce excellent foreign mediators to participate,strengthen the enforcement mechanism of settlement agreements and establish a"one-stop"international dispute resolution platform to integrate with the Convention.