APMF conferences
2008: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The 4th Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Conference will be held from 16-18
June, 2008. he conference
was convened by the Harun M. Hashim Law Centre of the International Islamic
University Malaysia and will be
held at the campus in Kuala Lumpur. The conference theme is "Mediation in
the Asia Pacific: Constraints and Challenges."
2006: Suva, Fiji
The 3rd Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Conference was held June 26th – 30th, 2006. The conference
was convened by the University of the South Pacific (USP) and was
held at the USP campus in Suva, Fiji.
Papers from the conference will eventually be archived on this website. For
the details of the conference, the main website is at
www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=apmf
2003: Singapore
2nd Asia Pacific
Mediation Forum
Singapore, November 19-22, 2003
DEVELOPING A MEDIATION CULTURE
Introduction to conference
Most papers from
this conference are available from this website.
Modern mediation was introduced to Asia only recently because with an
oriental culture where social harmony and consensus predominate, informal
mediation has been the normal way of life with the reluctance for people to
go to courts to resolve their personal or community conflicts. However, once
introduced, mediation has taken a high profile and generated tremendous
interest among the community and the legal profession. The mediation
movement in Singapore, for instance, first started with the courts
introducing mediation as part of the judiciary process. Commercial,
community mediation and peer mediation were subsequently introduced. Within
a short period mediation has gradually become part of social and community
life in Singapore. This movement has now spread to various parts of Asia and
the Pacific region, and a mediation culture is being developed.
2001: Adelaide, Australia
The inaugural conference of the APMF was held in Adelaide, South
Australia, in November-December 2001.
Introduction to conference.
The papers for which presenters provided full
texts and/or Powerpoint presentations are available on this site.
