Key Words / Mots-clés - by type of dispute resolution process / par processus de résolution

Any private or public entity, be it a legal or physical person, which is informally entrusted by the parties to help them in resolving a dispute.

N'importe quelle entité, privée ou public, qui intervient de manière informelle  pour aider les parties à résoudre le litige.

The decision of an arbitral tribunal (Glossary of Arbitration and ADR Terms and Abbreviations, 4th ed., Swiss Arbitration Association, June 2009).

La décision d'un tribunal arbitral .

Voluntary structured binding dispute resolution by a neutral third party or body (Glossary of Arbitration and ADR Terms and Abbreviations, 4th ed., Swiss Arbitration Association, June 2009).

Structure obligatoire de résolution du litige par un ou plusieurs tiers neutre(s) à laquelle les parties se soumettent volontairement.

A lawsuit in which the court authorizes a single person or a small group of people to represent the interests of a larger group (Black’s Law Dictionary, 9th ed., 2009).

Procédure judiciaire dans laquelle le tribunal autorise une personne ou un groupe restreint de personne à représenter les intérêts d'un groupe plus important.

The “process whereby, subject to their prior consent, the parties concerned submit their dispute with respect to restitution or return of cultural property to a constituted organ for investigation and for efforts to effect an amicable settlement of their dispute” (Article 2 of the Rules of Procedure for Mediation and Conciliation in accordance with Article 4, Paragraph 1, of the Statutes of the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to Its Countries of Origin or Its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation, CLT-2010/CONF.203/COM.16/7, October 2010).

The intervention of one or more State officials in the dispute resolution process in support of either the interests of the State or of one of the disputants.

L'intervention d'un ou de plusieurs membres officiels d'un État dans un processus de résolution dans le but de défendre les intérêts de l’État ou de un des disputants.

Any public body, be it a national or international institution, which has been instituted by law to help the parties resolving a dispute falling within their competences.

N'importe quelle institution publique, nationale ou internationale, instituée par la loi dans le but d'aider les parties à résoudre un différent pour laquelle elle est compétente.

A legal action brought in a court of law.

La saisine d'un tribunal.

The determination by a court of law on matters submitted to it.

The “process whereby, with the prior consent of the parties concerned, an outside party intervenes to bring them together and to assist them in reaching an amicable solution of their dispute with respect to the restitution or return of cultural property” (Article 2 of the Rules of Procedure for Mediation and Conciliation in accordance with Article 4, Paragraph 1, of the Statutes of the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to Its Countries of Origin or Its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation, CLT-2010/CONF.203/COM.16/7, October 2010).

The primary, voluntary and non-binding alternative dispute resolution mode that allows disputants to create win-win solutions without involving third parties.

Mode alternatif de résolution de litige le plus immédiat qui permet aux parties de trouver une solution d'entente à leur litige.

An accord reached by the parties of a dispute by means of negotiation, mediation or conciliation.

Un accord adopté par les parties ensuite d'une négociation, d'une médiation ou d'une conciliation.

The spontaneous undertaking of the possessor of a disputed cultural object aimed at its restitution to the legitimate owner.

Une démarche dont l’initiative originaire revient au possesseur d’un bien culturel.