Mediation and Court in Ukraine: Perspectives on Interaction and Mutual Understanding
Summary: 1. Introductory Remarks on Mediation Development in Ukraine. – 2. The Theory and Legal Regulation of Mediation. – 3. How Courts Interpret Mediation in the Ukrainian Case-law. – 4. Some Reflections and Final Remarks.
Abstract
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In this note, the authors identify some problems concerning the introduction of mediation in Ukraine in terms of its use in the consideration and resolution of court cases. Despite the lack of clear legal regulation for mediation, courts in Ukraine still try to use this mechanism of pre-trial dispute resolution. Particular attention is paid
to the law enforcement activities of courts in criminal and administrative cases, in which courts try to equate the conciliation procedure with the mediation procedure. These approaches clearly follow from the Resolutions and Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the settled case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) since, back in 1975, the ECtHR in its decision Golder v. The United Kingdom ruled that it is unlikely that the rule of law can be imagined without access to justice. However, the presumption that the courts are the main institution for resolving disputes continues to be undermined by the proliferation of alternative forms of dispute resolution, both agreement-based and judicial.
About Authors
Drozdov Oleksandr
Dr. Sc. (Law), Assoc. Prof., Criminal Proceeding Department,
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine
o.m.drozdov@nlu.edu.ua
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1364-1272
Rozhnov Oleh
PhD (Law), Assoc. Prof., Civil Proceeding Department,
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine
o.v.rozhnov@nlu.edu.ua
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7217-8153
Mamnitskyi Valeriy
PhD (Law), Assoc. Prof., Civil Proceeding Department,
Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Ukraine
v.yu.mamnytskyy@nlu.edu.ua
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1455-3883
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to express their endless gratitude to the reviewers of their contribution for their remarks and recommendations.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest or competing interests exist.
CONTRIBUTORSHIP
The authors contributed jointly to the intellectual discussion underlying this note; Oleksandr Drozdov is responsible for the literature exploration and writing; Oleh Rozhnov and Mamnitskyi Valeriy are both responsible for the data collection, analysis, and interpretation; all the co-authors take responsibility for the content of the paper. The content of the note was translated with the participation of third parties under the authors’ oversight.
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O Drozdov, O Rozhnov, V Mamnitskyi ‘Mediation and Court in Ukraine: Perspectives on Interaction and Mutual Understanding’ 2021 3(11) Access to Justice in Eastern Europe 181–190. DOI: 10.33327/AJEE-18-4.3-n000082
