In addition to possessing one of the largest proven gas reserves worldwide, Qatar benefits from a strategic location between the East and West, forming an attractive destination for foreign direct investments. Law No. 1/2019 regulating non-Qatari capital investments provides investors with greater political and social stability along with a full range of benefits. The most significant among these benefits is the freedom offered by the legislator to resolve any dispute by choosing any type of settlement dispute. Hence, Article 16 of Law No. 1/2019 states that ‘unless it is a labour dispute, the non-Qatari Investor may agree to settle any dispute between them and others through arbitration or any other means of settling disputes in accordance with the law’. This article will discuss and analyse the other means of dispute settlement mechanism compatible with Qatar, especially when online dispute resolution has become more significant in the era of COVID-19.

除了拥有世界上最大的已探明天然气储量之一外，卡塔尔还受益于东西方之间的战略位置，成为吸引外国直接投资的目的地。规范非卡塔尔资本投资的第 1/2019 号法律为投资者提供了更大的政治和社会稳定性以及全方位的利益。这些好处中最重要的是立法者可以自由选择任何类型的和解纠纷来解决任何纠纷。因此，第 1/2019 号法律第 16 条规定，“除非是劳资纠纷，非卡塔尔投资者可以同意通过仲裁或任何其他依法解决纠纷的方式解决他们与他人之间的任何纠纷'.新冠肺炎-19。