2023 INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION COMPETITION RULES THAILAND ARBITRATION CENTER: THAC

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPETITION

Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) has its objective to promote, develop, and disseminate knowledge in alternative dispute resolution mechanism, including mediation. To ensure that the THAC dispute resolution services are widely recognized, the THAC has deemed it necessary to organize the International Mediation Competition. This competition aims to enhance understanding and knowledge of the mediation process, in accordance with the THAC's rules and regulations on mediation. The Competition is scheduled to take place between July 19th and 21st, 2023, at Bhiraj Tower, the 26th floor and will be the International Mediation Competition for the year 2023.

We are only Accepting Individual Application for this Competition.

TYPE OF TEAM  - Negotiator Team

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

Negotiator Team

To participate, each Negotiator Team shall have a minimum of 2 but not exceed 4 members. However, the Negotiator Team must include at least one undergraduate law student to serve as the team's legal counsel during the competition.

Applicants must be undergraduate students who have completed at least two years of study, with no restriction on the faculty/department, each member of the team is not required to be enrolled in the same educational institution.

Applicants must not be older than 25 years of age at the time of the application.

Each team may have a coach with a minimum age of 25 years old (at the time of the date of application) and no more than 2 coaches per team. In case that the coach is a university professor, he/she may coach multiple teams, but only those from the university where they are affiliated.

 

COMPETITION DAYS

 For negotiation, the competition will be divided into 5 rounds:

Round 1: Each negotiator team competes twice to select the top 8 teams with the highest scores to advance to Round 2. 

Round 2: The 8 teams with the highest scores from Round 1 compete in a knock-out format to select the top 4 teams to advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The 4 teams with the highest scores from Round 2 compete in a knock-out format to select the top 2 teams to advance to the finals.

Final Round The first round will consist of a 2-problem competition, while the other round will consist of a 1-problem competition.

 

ACTIVITY SCHEDULE

- Competition Dates: 19th July 2023 - 21st July 2023 (Bhiraj Tower, the 26th floor)

- First Round knock-out system / First Round Announcement:19th July 2023

- Second Round knock-out system / Second Round Announcement: 20th July 2023

- Semi-finals knock-out system / Semi-finals Announcement: 20th July 2023

- Grand Final / Grand Final Announcement : 21st July 2023

 

REGISTRATION FEE

The registration fee is 1,000 Baht per team.

In case that more than one coach is assigned to the team, a registration fee of 2,000 Baht must be paid before the competition day.

 For more information, refer to the brochure here.

Application Procedure-  The interested students before filling out the participation form MUST apply at soladr@ddn.upes.ac.in and cc to  anwesha.pathak@ddn.upes.ac.in and hartejs.kochher@ddn.upes.ac.in with all necessary details (including Internal Ranks, Contact number) latest by 9th July 2023 before 11:59 PM. In case of any query, contact team ADR but kindly do not upload wrong information; for the application shall be rejected outright if any discrepancy is found.