Enhancing Human Rights And Rule of Law Around the Globe Through Peaceful Dispute Resolution

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Pitzer College

Saturday, June 8, 2019
1:45pm-2:15pm

In this presentation, Vic Schachter, the president of The Foundation for Sustainable Rule of Law Initiatives (FSRI), will discuss his journey from Silicon Valley litigator to founder of an NGO created to promote the establishment of dispute resolution centers around the globe in countries with heavily backlogged courts cases, and thereby provide access by underserved populations to fair, timely and peaceful resolution of their claims and preservation of their human rights. He will share some of his experiences, spanning from Asia, the Balkans, and South America to Africa.

Vic Schachter

Vic Schachter is the founder and president of The Foundation for Sustainable Rule of Law Initiatives (FSRI), an NGO dedicated to establishing sustainable mediation centers globally to achieve timely, fair and peaceful conflict resolution in countries with backlogged court systems. He has served extensively as a mediator, and as an advocate representing clients in numerous mediations and arbitrations over his fifty year career. In addition, he has led rule of law and related educational initiatives promoting judicial reform, alternative dispute resolution and judicial case management in India, Brazil, Liberia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Republic of Georgia, Turkey and Malaysia, among other countries. Mr. Schachter has been honored as a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year for his service in judicial reform, rule of law and mediation building. Previously, he was a litigation partner at Fenwick & West LLP in Silicon Valley, California for 17 years.

Email: vschachter@fsriadr.org
Website: fsriadr.org