摘要
《新加坡调解公约》是国际争议解决领域的重要条约。公约为经调解而达成和解协议的执行提供了全球性的制度基础。本文作者蒂莫西·施纳贝尔代表美国参与了这项里程碑式条约的谈判。以谈判者的视角,本文首先介绍了公约的目的,即通过新立公约在国际社会中推广调解制度。其次,本文介绍了联合国国际贸易法委员会里上演的辩论过程。该过程呈现了各国谈判代表是如何从起初的分歧重重转向后来达成重大共识的。而后,本文披露了经过谈判但最终未写入条约的内容,譬如是否在制定公约的同时制定示范法、经调解而达成的和解协议在公约下的权利地位、公约是否涵盖金钱救济以外的内容等。最后也是最重要的,结合谈判文件和公约正文,本文全面评述了公约,包括但不限于对“经调解”“国际性”“商事”“排除范围”“当事人对于公约的义务”,以及“拒绝执行理由”等一系列议题的理解。
Singapore Convention is an important treaty in the field of international dispute resolution.The Singapore Convention establishes a global regime for the enforcement of mediated settlement.Timothy Schnabel,author of the article,represents U.S.for the negotiation and deliberation of this milestone Convention.From the perspective of a delegate,this article firstly shows the purpose of the Convention,which is to promote mediation in the global community via a newly formed treaty.Then,this article shows the course of debate in UNCITRAL,which reviews how delegates gradually seek major common grounds while shelving the differences.After that,this article reveals those non-textual issues resolved in the negotiations.For instance,whether to develop both a Convention and a model law simultaneously,how to accord the status of mediated settlements under the Convention,and whether the Convention applies to non-pecuniary remedies.Lastly and most importantly,this article,by referring to travaux préparatoires and treaty text,conducts a comprehensive annotation on the treaty.Topics covered include without limitation the proper interpretation and understanding of“mediated”“international”“commercial”“exclusions from scope”“the obligation of parties to the Convention”and“grounds for refusal”.
出处
《国际法研究》
2020年第6期105-126,共22页
Chinese Review of International Law
