On December 23, 2021, a two-day seminar for judges of local courts on the topic: “Fundamentals of mediation. Mediation in litigation”.
The workshop is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) as part of the project “Commercial Mediation in the Kyrgyz Republic Phase 2: Response to COVID-19”.
The Director of the Higher School of Justice, Elmira Baitikova, welcomed the participants of the seminar, noting the importance of developing mediation in the legal sphere.
Director of the IDLO branch Dilbar Maksimbekova informed that the second phase of the project for the development of commercial mediation in the Kyrgyz Republic has now begun, which includes a component on pilot mediation in courts.
“With project support, judges will send the parties to an information meeting with a mediator to resolve economic disputes. During the information meeting, the mediator will explain to the parties about the mediation procedure, and after receiving full information, the parties will have the right to choose or refuse mediation,” Maksimbekova said.
Experienced trainers were invited to train judges: Galina Sheremetova – leading expert of the Mediation Center of the Ural State Law University, mediator, associate professor of the Department of Civil Procedure of the Ural State Law University, Ph.D. and Judge of the Sverdlovsk District Court of Bishkek, Ph.D. Galina Shin.
International mediation trainer Galina Sheremetova says that the training of judges is an essential link in the development of the institution of mediation.
“The purpose of the training is to give knowledge about the essence of mediation, its principles, and differences from litigation; to teach how to determine the criteria for medialability of a situation, to interact with mediators and parties, to study the procedural rules for formalizing the transfer of a dispute for mediation, securing reconciliation in mediation, in general, the effect of mediation on litigation,” said Galina Sheremetova.
