MEDIATION AND SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES IN THE ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTION OF CIVIL DISPUTES

Abstract

The article analyzes alternative forms of out-of-court and pre-trial resolution of civil disputes, in particular, the importance of mediation, negotiation and settlement procedures in accelerating civil proceedings. Based on the experience of the USA, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, France, Italy, Israel and Canada, the organizational and legal mechanisms of conciliatory resolution of disputes, requirements imposed on mediators, the powers of courts to facilitate reconciliation, as well as issues of procedural economy are examined. The existing reconciliation mechanisms in Uzbekistan are also analyzed, and proposals aimed at harmonizing them with the acceleration of civil proceedings are developed.