SURVEY ON PROMOTION OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IS CARRIED OUT IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. “Involvement and promotion
of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms(ADR) in Armenia will
increase legal and administrative barriers and assist development
of business in the country.” Anna Minasian, the President of
“Advanced Social Technologies” NGO stated at the April 6 roundtable
dedicated to the representation of results of the research on ADR
development. According to her, for a country like Armenia, it is very
important to develop ADR as a way of democratic settlement of economic
conflicts among businessmen. According to A.Minasian, the goal of the
sociological research, carried out by the NGO in 100 small and middle
enterprises of Yerevan, Giumri, Yeghegnadzor and Abovian with the
help of “Euroasia” fund, was estimation of opportunities, existing in
Armenia, of ADR development. According to the results of the research,
most of responders doesn’t trust courts and prefers to solve arguments
out of court system. At the same time, as the research showed, there
is a number of obstacles for ADR development in Armenia. Among them
is: absence of standards of concluding treaties among businessmen,
considering that it is not necessary to follow the concluding
treaties. Besides, populations’ having no necessary information,
unclearmess of legal norms in this sphere are also obstacles for ADR
development. According to A.Minasian, though AMCSs are not aimed to
replace judicial processes, but this system cannot completely act in
conditions of absence of normal judicial system.