Conference ‘Mediation Days 2018’:
EU and Georgia agree to enhance use of mediation
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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.
The conference focuses on alternative mechanisms of dispute resolution and ongoing reforms in the justice system of Georgia
EU and Georgia agreed to enhance the use of mediation. Through our projects, we support developing fair, high-quality and efficient mediation, as a real alternative for citizens to solve their disputes in an amicable, swift and win-win way”, said Peter Danis, Justice Programme Manager at the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia.
Tbilisi Mediation Days 2018 formed a platform for debate on civic mediation as well as the cases deriving from the criminal law. Panel discussions focused on gender in mediation, specifics of collective lawsuits related to the labour code and the perspectives of bringing mediation into employment disputes in the public service.
UN Head in #Georgia @LouisaVinton speaking at Tbilisi Mediation Days 2018: #SDG16 commits every country in the world to create an institutional structure that guarantees all people an equal opportunity to use the legal system to protect their rights, https://t.co/Y4yGSAKMMh pic.twitter.com/9gV150sl3c
— UNDP in Georgia (@UNDPGeorgia) November 21, 2018
The conference will conclude on 22 November with a workshop for Georgian mediators led by a British expert, the founder of the Mediation Academy, Aled Davies.
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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).
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.
Georgia’s western region of Guria now has a venue for “mediation of international standards”, Georgia’s national agency for crime prevention, execution of non-custodial sentences and probation announced on Thursday.