Bahrain’s ‘Global Justice Bay’ highlighted at Riyadh forum

TDT | Manama

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Professor Marike Patrani Paulsson, Secretary General of The Council for International Dispute Resolution of the Kingdom of Bahrain, participated as a speaker on a distinguished panel at the 7th Arab Lawyers Forum held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. During the session, Professor Paulsson highlighted Bahrain’s launch of the Global Justice Bay initiative, announced during the King Hamad Forum for Neutral Justice on 5 November.

She described the initiative as a significant step in strengthening Bahrain’s position as an international centre for dispute resolution and legal cooperation, bringing leading global institutions together under one platform to support the justice ecosystem at both the regional and international levels.

Prof. Paulsson also discussed Bahrain’s notable progress in the field of international commercial adjudication, including the establishment of the Bahrain International Commercial Court (BICC), one of the first courts in the Arab world to operate bilingually in Arabic and English, with the unique feature of allowing its judgments to be appealed in another jurisdiction, namely the Republic of Singapore.

She additionally reviewed Bahrain’s pioneering contributions within the Working Groups of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), particularly her involvement in Working Group II on electronic arbitral awards.