Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Western Balkans

Prof. Marc Bungenberg is Director of the Europa-Institut and a professor of public law, European law, public international law and international economic law at Saarland University/Germany as well as permanent visiting professor at the University of Lausanne/Switzerland. His main fields of research are European law (common commercial policy, public procurement and state aid law) and international economic law, particularly international investment and WTO law, including trade remedies.Prof. Goran Koevski is a professor of Commercial Law at the ‘Ss. Cyril and Methodius’ University in Skopje, North Macedonia since 2000. He is currently Head of the LL.M. and Ph.D. Programs in Business Law at the ‘Iustinianus Primus’ Faculty of Law. His main fields of research are International Business Transactions, Company Law, Bankruptcy Law, and Competition Law. He is the President of the Macedonian Lawyers Association. He serves as a National Coordinator at the International Distribution Institute – IDI Project, Torino. He is a permanent member of the Government expert’s team for drafting the Macedonian Civil Code in the part of the business transactions.Bianca Böhme is a research associate and doctoral candidate at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University, Germany. Her research interests lie in particular in International Arbitration and International Investment Law. She holds an LL.M. degree in International Law, Investment, Trade, and Arbitration from the University of Heidelberg/Universidad de Chile and an LL.M. degree in European and International Law from the Europa-Institut in Saarbrücken, Germany.Dr. Ljuben Kocev is an assistant professor at the Department of International Trade at the Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He teaches Commercial Law and International Commercial Law. His main research fields are Commercial Law, Competition Law, and International Arbitration.Dr. Mareike Fröhlich is a research associate at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University and spezialized in European and International Economic Law. She studied law at the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn graduated in 2005. She holds a LL.M. in European and International Law of the Europa-Institut of Saarland University. She did her legal clerkship at the Land Rheinland-Pfalz and is a fully qualified lawyer. In 2021, she defended her doctoral thesis at Saarland University in the field of European and International Competition Law. Her main fields of research and teaching are European and International Economic Law as well as EU External Relations. She coordinates as a research associate several European and international projects. Dr. Neda Zdraveva is a Professor at the ‘Iustinianus Primus’ Faculty of Law at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University. She is one of the teaching staff of the subjects in the field of Law on Obligations (Contract Law, Tort Law, Consumer Law) and Intellectual Property Law of the law studies. Dr. Zdraveva is also Director/Secretary General of the Centre for South East European Law School Network (SEELS) and Editor-In-Chief of the SEE Law Journal. Prof. Dr. Neda Zdraveva is one of the co-editors of Springer’s Series “European Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World”.

• Zlatan Meškić, Challenges of Arbitration in the Western Balkans.- Mareike Fröhlich, The Nexus of the Rule of Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution: Who Boosts or Sets Back Whom?.- Greg Lourie, Capacity Building in and through International Arbitration.- Zinka Grbo & Sevleta Halilović, Some Pecularities of the Legal Framework on Commercial Arbitration in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Ljuben Kocev, Challenges in the Process of Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the Republic of North Macedonia.- Flutura Kola Tafaj & Silvana Cinari, Annulment of Arbitral Awards Rendered in Albania: Trends and Challenges.- Vlatko Tokarev, Promotion of the Rule of Law in the Western Balkans: The Impact of Investment Arbitration.- Bianca Böhme, Decentral Implementation of EU Investment Protection Policy and ist Implications for Countries in the Western Balkans.- Ilija Mitrev Penushliski, The Illegality Defence: Lessons from Investment Arbitrations involving the Western Balkans and Croatia.- Catharine Titi, Mediation of Investment Disputes under the ICSID Mediation Rules: An Overview.- Fahira Brodlija, Expanding the Dispute Resolution Toolbox for Investment Disputes: Opportunities for Dispute Prevention and Mediation in the Western Balkans.- Tatjana Zoroska Kamiloska & Milka Rakocević, Mandatory Initial Mediation Session: Evaluating the Effects of Compulsion in Dispute Resolution – The Case of North Macedonia.- Jadranka Dabovikji Anastasovska & Marjana Staninova, The Binding Nature of Mediation Settlements in North Macedonia: Aspects of Validity and Enforcement.- Dušan V. Popović, Mediation Mechanisms in Servian Intellectual Property Law: A Steady Progression.- Juraj Brozović, Exploring the New Croatian Mediation Framework: A Leap Forward or a Setback?.- Neda Zdraveva, The ADR for Consumer Disputes in the Consumer Protection Legislation of North Macedonia.- Ivana Kunda, Tech-Driven Justice: Navigating Schemes for the Resolution of Content-Moderation Disputes with Online Platforms.- Gordana Lažetić & Boban Misoski, Plea Bargaining and Guilty Plea as Negotiated Justice Instruments in Macedonian Criminal Trials.