AIADR is dedicated to promoting the practice of ADR through affordable and accessible education and development of the profession commencing from the Asian and African Continents and reaching out across the globe.
AIADR endeavors to spur the economic growth by avoiding or reducing disputes through creating awareness, networking among users of ADR services and practicing professionals. AIADR is the all-inclusive think-tank of the future for support the development of jurisprudence related to swift and private settlement of disputes.
AIADR as Champion of Future Growth
Unlike regional centric, national or historical institutions, often promoting domestic or protectionist agendas with little or no emphasis on developing and least developed economies, AIADR will bring these economies to the forefront through education and training, with due respect to respective cultural values of doing business and resolving consequential disputes.
AIADR will build bridges and eradicate disparities, typically overlooked or maintained by existing ADR related institutes and societies.
AIADR aims to accelerate the shift of commercial focus to the East, as Asia, Central Americas and Africa become the motors of world’s economic growth, with the added impetus by the Belt & Road Initiative which is set to connect Asia, Africa and parts of Europe through land and sea infrastructure development.
AIADR Offers:
Affordable and Accessible Education
Credentialing Integrity
ADR Knowledge Database
Inclusiveness
Benchmarking Quality
Career Counselling
Panels of Certified Practitioners
Discounts
The AIADR is endorsed by the AALCO, which comprises 47 member states from Asia and Africa, including China, Indonesia, Malaysia and many other countries in East Asia. It has been developing slowly but steadily since launched. Now from the Year 2019 onward, AIADR has passed its infancy stage and is going through a fast track development.
The AIADR though incorporated in Malaysia but it shall be the Global Institute with coverage across Asia and rest of the world. The AIADR is currently undergoing fast-track development and has membership of more than 600 from around the world.
The Secretariat is temporarily located at Bangunan Sulaiman, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Kuala Lumpur 50000 Malaysia, and satellite offices in Asia are being developed to serve the membership across the continent.
AIADR is established primarily for “Promoting Global Trade and Delivering Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution Forums” worldwide other than resolution by Courts, and the following: –.
- Promoting commerce and industry;
- Promoting social cohesion amongst practitioners and non-practitioners in the Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) field; and
- Promoting education and research.
Our Vision
The AIADR shall be a repertoire of global jurisprudence, formed by professional membership, recognized by international institutions, striving for the advancement of alternative dispute resolution methodologies, for amicable conflicts management and effective dispute resolution.
Our Mission
Make Membership Affordable
Neutral, Nonaligned and Quality Legal Knowledgebase
Multilingual Professional Development and Training Courses
Promote Cost Effective ADR Forums
- Mediation
- Adjudication
- Expert Determination and Expert Witness Services
- Arbitration
- Dispute Adjudication Board and Dispute Resolution Board
- Observer and Member of Working Groups at UNCITRAL, WIPO, IMO and other Organs of the United Nations
Network of Branches
Support for User Industries of ADR Services
Mentoring Programs
- Shipping, Maritime and Offshore Segments
- Oil & Gas Exploration and Exploitation
- Palm Oil Industry Professionals
- Medical and Pharmaceutical Professionals
- Banking, Finance and Islamic Financing Professionals
- Commodity Trading
- Foreign Direct Investment and Treaty Based Dispute Resolution
- Sports and International Competitive Sporting Events
Core Values
Governance Structure
Members of AIADR are invited to submit the names of suitable distinguished leaders in their respective jurisdictions, Asia, Africa, Arabian Gulf and rest of the world, willing to lend support for the causes of AIADR.
The position of the Patron of AIADR is currently vacant. The members will be invited during the next AGM to propose the suitable Patriarch of ADR Forums to be invited and pave the way forward for AIADR to achieve its goals and fulfill the Vision.
Message from the President
I hope that you and your loved ones continue to be safe and healthy.
First and foremost, I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year 2022! Despite a very challenging 2021 which surely impacted us on a personal and professional level, I believe that we should always have faith and hope that a brand new year is like a brand new beginning of a cycle. As Thomas Carlyle once said, “He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything.”
On a similar note, as a membership organisation fully funded by its members, the Institute relies exclusively on our members’ contributions in the form of membership fees. As such, we would be obliged if you would extend your support to the Institute by renewing your membership for the new 2021 term if you still have yet to do so. This would enable you to continue enjoying the benefits of membership including the use of post nominals letters and possession of the membership certificate.
You may log in to our website or click the links below for direct online payment to renew your membership. You could also get in touch with our Secretariat (aiadr.membership@aiadr.world) if you have any queries or in need of any assistance.
Once again, I hope that you would continue to support our Institute and together, we would strive to enhance the professional quality of the ADR fraternity.
Thank you and sincerely,
Datuk Professor Sundra Rajoo
President of Council Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute ResolutionDatuk Professor Sundra Rajoo
PJN, FMIArb, FICA, FACICA, FRICS, MAE, FCABE, FPAM, APPM
President
Datuk Rajoo’s roll of honour includes being Founding President of the Society of Construction Law, Malaysia and the Past President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Grouping (APRAG), which is a federation of nearly 40 arbitral institutions in the Asia Pacific region. He is Past Worldwide President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a member of the Monetary Penalty Review Committee under the Financial Services Act 2013. He is also the past President of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Grouping (APRAG), which is a federation of nearly 40 arbitral institutions in the Asia Pacific region. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Law Faculty of University of Malaya, Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Built Environment, University of Technology Malaysia and past Visiting Professor at the Law Faculty, National University of Malaysia.
Datuk Rajoo has been appointed as the Chairman of the ADNDRC effective 1st January 2017 and has also been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of Adjudicatory Chamber of FIFA’s Independent Ethics Committee.
Datuk Rajoo is an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. He is also a Professional Architect and Registered Town Planner. He has had numerous appointments as arbitrator either as chairman, co-arbitrator of three-man panels and sole arbitrator in international and domestic arbitrations.
Dr. Hu Li
Commission Member and Deputy Secretary General, CIETAC; Vice Chairman, CMAC
Vice President
Dr. Hu Li is also Arbitrator of International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) designated by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, and also a Panel Member (Arbitrator) of international organizations such as Asian International Arbitration Center (AIAC) (Kuala Lumpur Regional Center for Arbitration KLRCA) and Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), as well as a Panel Member (Arbitrator) of regional or national institutions such as Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC), Chinese Arbitration Association (Taibei), National Arbitration Forum (NAF, USA), the International Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa (AFSA) and International Commercial Arbitration Court and Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC and MAC at the UCCI) as well as Mongolian International and National Arbitration Center (MINAC).
Man Sing Yeung
Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Adjudicator, Accredited Mediator, Quantity Surveyor & Legal Counsel
Vice President & Honorary Secretary; AIADR Governance Council Member- Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan Region
Mr Yeung graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying and completed a Master of Laws at the University of Hong Kong. Mr Yeung was admitted as solicitor of the HKSAR in 1993 and had since been involved in alternative dispute resolution services in respect of construction and international investment.
Mr Yeung was the past Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (East Asia Branch), and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre’s Hong Kong Mediation Council. He was once a member of the Steering Committee on Mediation of Department of Justice, HKSAR. Mr Yeung is now the Chair of the Law Society’s Arbitrators Admission Committee, and serving the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK.
As a practicing arbitrator for a fair nos. of cases since 2000, Mr Yeung is with arbitral panels in Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Malaysia, India, Japan, mainland China, Taiwan and England. Being on the mediation panels with different jurisdictions, Mr Yeung is also a practicing mediator in cases involving construction related and cross border investment disputes.
Dr. Christopher Malcolm
Secretary General, Jamaica International Arbitration Centre Limited (JAIAC)
Vice President; AIADR Governance Council Member- Caribbean Region
He is an alumnus of Munro College, the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, the Norman Manley Law School, the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University London, and the UNCTAD Virtual Institute, in collaboration with the Universities of Barcelona and Chile, where he examined Legal Instruments of Economic Law and Regional Integration.
Dr Malcolm is admitted to practice in Jamaica, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Lucia and Belize. His expertise and practitioner-academic interests include Arbitration and ADR, Banking and Finance, Construction and Real Estate, Administrative and Employment, Corporate and Commercial, Regional Integration and Economic Development. Dr Malcolm’s many publications include the Jamaica Chapter in the World Arbitration Reporter.
Dr Malcolm has represented both public and private sector persons and entities generally, as well as more specifically in relation to Arbitration and ADR. Insofar as Arbitration and ADR is concerned, while the scope of services that Dr Malcolm has offered as arbitrator, mediator and counsel is broad, he has maintained special interest in matters involving Banking and Finance, Insurance and Securities, Corporate and Commercial, Construction and Real Estate, Administrative and Employment, Trade and Investment, Regional Integration and Economic Development, and general Contracts.
Samrith Kaur
Managing Partner · Messrs. Samrith Sanjiv & Partners
Honorary Treasurer
She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom and with the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators. She was past Vice Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Kuala Lumpur Branch (2012-2014), Past President of Sports Law Association Malaysia (SLAM) (2020-2023) and currently the Vice President of Malaysian Society of Adjudicators. She was appointed as a panel of three-member arbitrators for the first time in the history of the SEA Games during the 29th SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur in 2017.
Samrith is a Certified Mediator and is on the panel of Bar Council Malaysian Mediation Centre (MMC) and as Arbitrator, Mediator and Adjudicator on the panel of Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR), Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), SIDREC, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Thai Arbitration Institute (Office of the Judiciary), Thai Arbitration Centre, Brunei Darussalam Arbitration Centre and recently a panellist with Borneo International Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (BICAM). She is also a Domain Name Dispute Resolution Panellist with AIAC and Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre in Hong Kong.
Besides actively employing her mediation skills in her legal practise, Samrith frequently delivers talks and lectures to professional bodies and at international conferences. She is also actively involved in providing training to several professional bodies on ADR. She has co-authored a handbook on Practice & Procedure of Mediation and published several articles in law journals.
Committtees & Sub-committees
The Committees and Sub-Committees of AIADR (the “Institute”) are formed and regulated by the Governing Council (“GC”), in accordance with the Clause 103 to 105 of the Constitution, to support the GC for the governance and management of the Institute.
Permanent Committees of the Institute
- Membership Development Committee (“MDC”)
- Professional Development & Education Committee (“PDEC”)
- SC-1: Programs Sub-Committee
- SC-2: Standards, Accreditation & Examination Sub-Committee (“SSAE”)
- Disputes Resolutions and Appointments Committee (“DRAC”)
- Events Development & Management Committee (“EDMC”)
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Marketing and Communications Committee (“MCC”)
- SC-1: Editorial Sub-Committee (“ESC”)
- SC-2: Internet & Web Content Management Sub-Committee
- SC-3: Fund Raising and Promotions Sub-Committee
- Business Development & International Relations Committee (“BDIRC”)
- Audit Committee (“AC”)
Applications are invited from the Members and Fellows of the Institute to join the above committees by filling up the EOI here.
Organization Structure
Annual Reports
In accordance with the Constitution of the AIADR and the Companies Act, the Annual Reports will be presented to the members during each AGM.
Downloadable files
Newsletter
The Newsletter is named appropriately with the core objective of AIADR as “ADR Centurion”.
It contains contributions from its Members and Non-Members from around the world. The focus is on interesting news and views of happenings at AIADR and its members’ jurisdictions, the premier Institution for enhancing global ADR Forums and dispute avoidance.
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Downloadable files
ADR Centurion Volume 2, Issue 12 - June 2021
ADR Centurion Volume 2, Issue 11 - April 2021
ADR Centurion Volume 2, Issue 10 - January 2021
ADR Centurion Volume 1, Issue 9 - December 2020
ADR Centurion Volume 1, Issue 8 - October 2020
ADR Centurion Volume 1, Issue 7 - August 2020
ADR Centurion Volume 1, Issue 6 - June 2020
ADR Centurion Volume 1, Issue 4 - October 2019
ADR Centurion Volume 1, Issue 3 - August 2019
ADR Centurion Volume 1, Issue 2 - April 2019
ADR Centurion Volume 1, Issue 1 - March 2019
Invitation for Contribution
All articles can be submitted to: aiadr.editor@aiadr.world
About Us
Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolutions (AIADR) was incorporated on 17 April 2018 as a Not-for-Profit Company Limited by Guarantee, in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. AIADR is the first not-for-profit member-based Asian Institution for the development and advancement of ADR forums.
AIADR is dedicated to promoting the practice of ADR through affordable and accessible education and development of the profession commencing from the Asian and African Continents and reaching out across the globe.
AIADR endeavors to spur the economic growth by avoiding or reducing disputes through creating awareness, networking among users of ADR services and practicing professionals. AIADR is the all-inclusive think-tank of the future for support the development of jurisprudence related to swift and private settlement of disputes.
AIADR as Champion of Future Growth
AIADR aims to serve as a platform for members in converging international practices, building capacity, and providing opportunities for all stakeholders of the economy in resolving disputes and seeing projects and investments through – with a initial focus on emerging Asian, African and Central & South American economies.
Unlike regional centric, national or historical institutions, often promoting domestic or protectionist agendas with little or no emphasis on developing and least developed economies, AIADR will bring these economies to the forefront through education and training, with due respect to respective cultural values of doing business and resolving consequential disputes.
AIADR will build bridges and eradicate disparities, typically overlooked or maintained by existing ADR related institutes and societies.
AIADR aims to accelerate the shift of commercial focus to the East, as Asia, Central Americas and Africa become the motors of world’s economic growth, with the added impetus by the Belt & Road Initiative which is set to connect Asia, Africa and parts of Europe through land and sea infrastructure development.