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The Government presented an initiative aimed at the establishment and development of the Mediation Institute, as well as the lightening of the court overload.

Amendments and addenda are proposed in the law on Mediation and in a number of enclosed laws. The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Grigor Minasyan presented the item for debate in the first reading at October 4 NA sitting.

Before applying to court on some family cases with designing regulations a condition of carrying out compulsory mediation was set, particularly, compulsory mediation demand will be designed before applying to court on some family cases. The parties will be able to apply to court only after preserving extrajudicial order. Some exceptions were proposed on the mentioned rule, for example, if it will not be possible to appoint mediation, then the party will be able to apply to court with obstacle.

“In terms of the establishment of the compulsory Mediation Institute, it is important to note that the parties are not deprived of the right to judicial protection and have an opportunity to apply to court after the execution of the extrajudicial order of the solution of the dispute, which is also consonant with the judicial practice of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR),” the Deputy Minister said.

A possibility for the implementation of the online mediation was set by the use of video-audio communication means. The electronic order of the election and appointment of the Mediator’s candidate and the legal regulations aimed at the improvement of the mediators’ qualification process were established. The occasions and the bases of making disciplinary responsible the Mediator, the features of the disciplinary proceedings were envisaged.

Referring to the question of the deputy Heriknaz Tigranyan on the possibility of the licensed mediators’ re-licensing, Grigor Minasyan informed that the working mediators will have an opportunity to renew the license by training during 6 months. In case of refusing the training the latter will be deprived of license.

The Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs endorsed the item: the deputy Arpine Davoyan informed about this.