Tahkimin Hayatta Kalmasının Ardındaki Sır: Öz Düzenleyici Mekanizma

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 93 - 116, 23.01.2023

Bihter Kaytaz Eker

Öz

Bu makale, tahkimin tarih boyunca karşılaştığı başlıca güçlüklere karşı ayakta kalmasında, öz düzenleyici bir yapı gelişiminin rolünü incelemektedir. Devletlerin müdahaleci yaklaşımları ve COVI9-19 salgını olmak üzere, tahkimin karşılaştığı iki güçlük ele alınmaktadır. Tahkim, öz düzenleyici bir sistem olmaya doğru gelişmesiyle birlikte devlet denetiminden büyük oranda özgürleşmiştir, böylelikle de ilk zaferini kazanmıştır. Bunun yanında, tahkim, salgının etkilerine kapalı kalamamış ve söz konusu sistem, tahkimin salgın koşullarında ayakta kalmasında önemli rol oynamıştır. Salgınla mücadele kapsamında devletlerce uygulanan karantina tedbirleri sebebiyle yaşanan iletişim güçlükleri, gelişen öz düzenleyici mekanizmanın önemli bir ayağı olan tahkim kurumlarınca atılan ve tahkimi salgın koşullarında etkin ve canlı tutan elektronik başvurunun ve duruşmanın teşviki, kuralların güncellenmesi ve kılavuzların ve tedbirlerin üretilmesi gibi çeşitli adımlarla aşılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

tahkim, öz düzenleyici sistem, milli hukuk ve mahkemelerin kontrol ve denetimi, COVID-19 salgını, tahkim kurumları

The Secret Behind The Survival of Arbitration: Self-Regulating Mechanism

Öz

This Article explores the role of development of a self-regulating mechanism in arbitration on the survival of arbitration against difficulties in its history. It focuses on two major challenges in the history of arbitration, namely the interventionist attitude by States towards arbitration and the COVID-19 pandemic. It indicates that arbitration has liberalized itself from the control of States to great extent through its development towards becoming largely self-regulating system, thereby gaining its first victory. Besides, arbitration could not remain immune to the effect of the pandemic and such mechanism has played a crucial role in the survival of arbitration as a dispute resolution method under the pandemic circumstances. The difficulties on the way of communication among arbitration community because of the quarantine applied by the countries with various degrees of strictness to deal with COVID-19 have been quickly addressed by arbitral institutions, one pillar in the self-regulating mechanism in arbitration, in various forms, namely promoting electronic filings and hearings, amending rules, producing guidelines and measures, which have overall kept arbitration alive and efficient against the circumstances presented by the pandemic.

Anahtar Kelimeler

arbitration, self-regulating system, control and supervision of national laws and courts, COVID-19 pandemic, arbitration institutions

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