More disputes in Georgia settled through mediation
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Since October 2013 a total of 143 cases have been applied to mediation. Photo: N. Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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A growing number of people are using mediation to settle legal and financial conflicts, reports the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Mediation, as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution, a way of resolving disputes between two or more parties with concrete effects.
Since October 2013 a total of 143 cases have been applied to mediation, shows the statistics from the Tbilisi City Court Mediation Centre, during which 70% of the cases were settled.
Legal and property disputes were the most common cases solved through mediation, show statistics.
A mediator attempts to help parties to a lawsuit come to a compromise and resolve their differences without going to trial.
Georgia’s State National Bureau of Enforcement reports that over the last four years the number of the cases solved through the mediation and reconciliation has increased by 80pecent.
EU and Georgia agree to enhance use of mediation
More than 100 leading experts and practitioners of mediation from around the globe are now in Georgia to attend a two-day international conference ‘Mediation Days 2018’ that kicked off in Tbilisi today.