International Commercial Mediation in the Context of the Singapore Convention

International Commercial Mediation in the Context of the Singapore Convention Abstract The thesis deals with the topic of mediation in private international law, focusing on the enforceability of mediation agreements arising from international commercial disputes. The thesis is focused on the Singapore Convention, which was signed in August 2019, and marginally on the related UNCITRAL Model Law on Mediation. Although the success of the Singapore Convention will depend largely on the political actions and motivations of individual states, in order for it to be used by private actors, an analysis of the construction of the international norm in question is necessary. The aim of this work is to answer the question whether the regulation of mediation in international commercial law has its justifiable importance. In order to answer this question, the an analysis of the current legislative framework and the conditions for the performance of mediation agreements in international conventions and other international source sis performed, in relation to the EU and the Czech law. At the same time, unclear issues of the legislation in question are highlighted, also with regard to the transposition of EU regulations into Czech legislation, and possible ways of bridging them. A comparison of the sources of legislation..