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Conflict Insight ·  Middle East

Mediation in the United Arab Emirates

How to cite this journal: Author, Date of the post, WMO Conflict Insight, Title of the post, ISSN: 2628 6998, https://worldmediation.org/journal/ ABSTRACT * This article surveys mediation in the United Arab Emirates, situating it within the long tradition of sulh, or amicable settlement, whose roots reach back to pre Islamic Arabia. The author emphasises party autonomy as mediation’s distinguishing feature: where a judge or arbitral tribunal weighs evidence and applies law, mediating parties set their own terms and remain answerable for them, retaining control over time, cost and outcome while preserving

commercial and social relationships that years of litigation would damage. The paper describes the institutional framework, including the…

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Withdraw from Contract / Vertrag widerrufen