DIS MedR

DIS MedR  
DIS Mediation Rules (2010)

6.1 The mediator and the parties shall jointly agree on a meeting agenda and a time schedule. To prepare for the meeting, the mediator may gather information about the cause and subject-matter of the conflict in written form or in a preparatory meeting. The mediator shall prepare the meeting. He may make preparative remarks or suggestions to the parties.
6.2 The mediation meetings shall be conducted in the presence of the parties. Communications between the mediator and one party on the subject-matter are admissible only with the express consent of the other party. In the case of a one-to-one communication between the mediator and one of the parties, the mediator shall keep the information thus disclosed in confidence, unless the respective party expressly authorizes him to make certain information available to the other parties.
6.3 As a rule, the parties shall personally participate in the meetings. Legal persons as well as associations and organizations shall be represented by their organs or representatives, who are familiar with the dispute and authorized to settle the dispute amicably. Attorneys and other counsel may be involved.
6.4 The mediator is not obliged to take meeting minutes.
6.5 The mediation proceedings are confidential.
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