Law of Ukraine ‘On Mediation’: Main Achievements and Further Steps of Developing Mediation in Ukraine
Summary: 1. Introduction. – 2. A Long Way to Legislative Regulation: Main Achievements of the Law ‘On mediation’. – 3. Mandatory Mediation and Constitutional Provisions. – 4. Integration of Mediation into Judicial Proceedings. – 4.1. Organisational aspects of integration. – 4.2. Procedural aspects of integration. – 5. Conclusions: Current Trends in the Development of Mediation in Ukraine.
Abstract
AJEE Collection of Articles on Mediation
Although mediation is considered one of the most popular ways of consensual dispute resolution, for many years, mediation in Ukraine had no legislative regulation. This was one of the obstacles that restrained alternative dispute resolution (ADR) development in Ukraine, even though the mediation community had been growing. Eventually, the Law of Ukraine ‘On mediation’ was adopted on 16 November 2021.
The article is devoted to distinctive features of the new Ukrainian legislative mediation regulation that are decisive for the national mediation model, such as the definition and principle of mediation, its principles and scope, requirements for mediators, etc. Special attention is paid to the perspective and challenges for the mandatory mediation in terms of the provisions of Art. 124 of the Constitution of Ukraine and European standards for access to court (para. 1 Art. 6 of the ECHR). The article addresses organisational and procedural aspects of integrating mediation into judicial proceedings. Different models of integrating mediation into the Ukrainian court system piloted in Ukraine are analysed. The authors define current trends in the development of mediation in Ukraine.
The authors conclude that the adoption of the Law ‘On mediation’ contributes to the ADR movement in Ukraine but needs some further steps, such as developing a national model of court mediation, the amendment of procedural legislation introducing a special procedure that would lead to the enforcement of agreements resulting from international mediation in commercial disputes, and the adoption of special regulation for integrating mediation into other jurisdictional activities (notariat, system of legal aid).
About Authors
Tsuvina Tetiana
Dr. Sc (Law), Associate Professor of Civil Procedure Department, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine
t.a.tsuvina@nlu.edu.ua
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5351-1475
Corresponding author, responsible for the conceptualization and writing original draft of the article. Competing interests: No competing interest were disclosed.
Disclaimer: Dr Tsuvina declares no conflict of interest of relevance to this topic, although she serves as a Managing Editor of the journal; thus, she was not involved in decision-making, and this note underwent the full process of peer review and editing. Although the author serves in AJEE, which may cause a potential conflict or the perception of bias, the final decisions for the publication of this note, including choice of peer reviewers, were handled by other editors.
Vakhonieva Tetiana
Dr. Sc (Law), Professor of Labor Law Department, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
vakhonieva@knu.ua
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3495-3622
Co-author, responsible for the data curation and editing.
Competing interests: No competing interest were disclosed.
Disclaimer: Dr Vakhonieva declares no conflict of interest of relevance to this topic
Copyright: © 2022 T Tsuvina, T Vakhonieva. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Managing Editor – Dr. Olena Terekh. English editing – Dr. Sarah White.
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Keywords
- mediation; court mediation; mandatory mediation; mediator; Ukraine
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- T Tsuvina, T Vakhonieva ‘Law of Ukraine ‘On Mediation’: Main Achievements and Further Steps of Developing Mediation in Ukraine’ 2022 1(13) Access to Justice in Eastern Europe 142-153. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33327/AJEE-18-5.1- n000104
