Nearly 300 participants attended the webinar in French or the webinar in Dutch on the law of 19 December 2023 on conciliation and the generalisation of CRAs, organised simultaneously on 20 February 2024 by Gemme Belgium. The programme of the webinar in French was as follows: – Presentation by Cathérine Delforge, Professor at the Université…
The book “GEMME: 20 years promoting mediation in Europe” is now available. Today, March 19, 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the registration of GEMME’s Declaration as an Association at the Prefecture of Police in Paris. On this occasion we present the book that summarizes the most important milestones of GEMME in these first two…
Recording of the event “Restorative justice in Ireland: The role of the courts in maximising access” GEMME Ireland hosted an in person and online event at The Bar of Ireland on Thursday 21st March 2024. The event was of interest to members of the judiciary and court actors who wish to better understand the benefits…
GEMME’s German section now has its own website It is with great pleasure that we announce that GEMME Deutchland has a new website. A new site to provide information about GEMME’s activities (whether in Europe or in Germany) in German. We reproduce below the welcome letter of Camilla Hölzer, the first First Chairwoman of GEMME…
EUIPO creates a Mediation Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property matters The new Mediation Centre of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is the first of its kind and is based at EUIPO’s premises in Alicante (Spain). It will offer its services free of charge in different languages. The Mediation Centre’s services…
The draft law on the generalisation of out-of-court settlement chambers (CRA) has been adopted by the Belgian Parliament GEMME Belgium played a leading role in drafting the new law on the extension of chambers for out-of-court settlements (Chambres de Règlement à l’Amiable = CRA) to civil, commercial and social matters, which has just been adopted…