ISLP is pleased to also support Guyana’s efforts to enhance its international dispute resolution framework, a priority for the world’s fastest-growing economy that also has particularly high levels of foreign investment in the extractives sector. As part of the multi-jurisdictional program described above, next month ISLP volunteers from Chaffetz Lindsay and Winston & Strawn will deliver an in-person arbitration training in Georgetown, Guyana.
This training workshop builds on prior ISLP arbitration-related work in the country. Last year, at the Government’s request, ISLP engaged a volunteer team from Gibson Dunn to review a draft national arbitration law, a project led by Charline Yim, Ankita Ritwik, Marryum Kahloon, and Rose Naing. We were pleased to learn that the Guyanese Parliament recently passed the Arbitration Act No. 6 of 2024, which incorporates input from the Gibson Dunn team and builds upon the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law and on the Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean Project (IMPACT Justice) Model Arbitration Bill. This collaboration between ISLP and the Government of Guyana is part of a larger effort to strengthen the legal capacities of state counsels from various ministries and departments.