Isa Lei LW 314
Isa lei, farewell, USP mediating
Fiji brings together - now comes forsaking
Litigation, mediation, arbitration
The consistent core of DR: negotiation
Not to overlook cultural wisdom
Bulibuli and panchayat customary tradition
DR needs abound in pacific island states:
For mediation courts are opening the Gates.
Amnesty reports on Fijian human rights
UN rapporteur on where laws discriminate
Trade and investment treaties to be refreshed anew
Fishing futures demand fresh deals with EU
Pacts need mending with neighbouring island nations
Through dispute prevention and facilitations
Basic DR techniques are simple yet profound,
Attend and reflect amidst clash of clamorous sound
Summarise and reframe, skills universal
Deployable at home, business and social
For student lawyers DR brings salvation - just in time -
New roles as problem-solvers have identities benign
But DR in the future? We divine not how it ends,
But know full well from flexi-school that, ‘It all depends.’
Isa lei, na noqu rarawa
Niko sana vodo e na mataka
Suva, December 2016