The jurisdictional area of the Canary Islands is preparing to take another step in terms of mediation, in response to the growing demand and acceptance of this alternative means of extrajudicial conflict resolution.
All this thanks to the bill promoted by the Canarian Association for Mediation and Arbitration (ACMA), which registered in the Canarian regional Parliament a bill that advocates the creation of a mediation council for the entire Autonomous Community of Canary Islands.
What is the objective of the new law?
The purpose of the bill promoted by the ACMA is to develop an autonomous plan that generalizes and consolidates the extrajudicial resolution of conflicts, institutionalizing mediation and arbitration.
What would the Canary Islands Mediation Council consist of?
This council would be outlined as a sectoral council of associations dedicated to mediation, with the aim of collaborating with the Administration or by issuing reports and carrying out studies, promoting mediation and advising the regional Executive on this matter.
The new body would function, according to the proposed law, as a “space for meeting, debate and valid dialogue between the set of mediation actors of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands in everything that concerns mediation as an instrument for the peaceful resolution of disputes.” conflicts and controversies.
The ACMA proposal also proposes that local mediation councils be established by city councils, a measure that the councils could undertake with the island councils.
This initiative has been formally presented to be submitted for approval by all political parties in Parliament.
There is no doubt that mediation is finding its place in all areas of our country's jurisdiction. Mediation is managing to decongest the Spanish courts and speed up procedures, although the primary and distinctive value that makes mediation an ideal option is that the solution must arise from the consensus of the disputing parties, and not by imposition of the figure of a judge.
