BRICS Justice Ministers Adopt Declaration to Boost Mediation, Arbitration Cooperation
BRICS members agreed to expand mediation and arbitration training, share best practices and use digital tools to make dispute resolution more accessible.
- On Thursday, BRICS Justice Ministers gathered in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and reached consensus on a Joint Declaration aimed at strengthening Alternative Dispute Resolution through enhanced mediation and arbitration capacity building.
- The agreement followed a two-day Senior Officials' Meeting held on Wednesday, where representatives from BRICS Countries finalized the declaration text, reflecting a shared vision of developing resilient, innovative, and cooperative legal ecosystems.
- Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal described the ADR consensus as the "biggest achievement" of the Gandhinagar meeting, noting best practices will be shared to improve judicial training.
- Ministers agreed to adopt India's e-platform system, which enables judicial magistrates to upload release orders reaching the e-prison portal within 10 minutes, significantly reducing procedural delays in prisoner releases.
- Strengthening ADR systems aims to reduce case backlogs and foster a stable environment for trade and investment, with the Department of Legal Affairs planning collaborative projects to implement these commitments.
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