Every two years, the DIS honours Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, DIS Honorary Chairman, with a lecture named after him. The lecture series provides a platform for distinguished speakers to share their insights and engage in meaningful discourse. The 7th Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel Lecture will be delivered by Lucy Reed, former president of ICCA.
Modern mass claims commissions and projects have all taken different forms: for example, the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, the United Nations Compensation Commission or, most recently, the Register for Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine. All are based, however, on certain foundations: consent (or loss by one side in an armed conflict), jurisdiction and eligibility requirements, efficient and fair systems for claims collection and neutral claims evaluation, and a source of funding for administration and compensation.
In addition to being interesting in their own right as a form of international dispute resolution, there are lessons to be learned from such mass claims processes for the practice of international arbitration. The lessons include the importance of clear procedural rules, disciplined use of standards and burdens of proof, the challenge of balancing speed and efficiency with fairness and accuracy, alertness to possibly fraudulent claims, and the importance of reliable funding.
This event will take place as part of the Berlin Dispute Resolution Days.
For further information and registration please refer to the invitation or to our website.
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