Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Advantages Of ADR Mechanism

Advantages of ADR mechanism

Alternative Dispute Resolution is based on more direct participation by the disputants rather than being run by lawyers and Judges. This type of involvement is believed to increase people’s satisfaction with the outcome as well as their compliance with the settlement reached. Most ADR processes are based on an integrative approach. They are most co-operative and less competitive than adversarial court based methods like litigation. For this reason, ADR tends to generate less escalation and ill-will between parties. This is a key advantage in situations where the parties must continue to interact after settlement is reached, such as in matrimonial cases or Labour-management cases. Following are the advantages of ADR :

1. It can be used at any time, even when a case is pending before a Court of Law.

2. It can be used to reduce the number of contentious issues between the parties; and it can be terminated at any

Many of these design factors are common to all USAID program design strategies. It describes some of the particular considerations necessary in applying these design factors to ADR programs, and suggest ways of designing successful ADR programs under more or less favorable background conditions. Because of the diversity of ADR programs and their institutional and cultural settings, it is impractical to define a standard set of ADR procedures or guidelines. On the other hand, an ADR program will be more likely to meet USAID development objectives and gain popular and political support if the design guidance provided here is followed wherever is practical and possible. Each design recommendation should be considered within the context of the background conditions of the country and the specific objectives of the program. While each recommendation should be correct in the absence of countervailing indications, in some cases, However exceptions may be