A mediação extrajudicial de conflitos na cidade de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

The present text deals with the expansion of extrajudicial mediation of conflicts in the city of Juiz de Fora / MG, which in 2011 had only two nuclei, and currently (2018) has eight nuclei. What is observed is that extrajudicial mediation of conflicts enters the scenario through Resolution nº 125 of the National Council of Justice of 2010, as a new mechanism for the resolution of conflicts, forming part of one of the waves of access to justice, as a form of provide more appropriate means for resolving conflicts. Interviews were conducted with those responsible for the mediation centers. Respondents raised the need to move from a litigation culture to a culture that promotes dialogue. In this way, mediation foresees a new way of seeing the conflict, which is now considered as something common and proper to society and to live among individuals in society. What is observed is that in the city of Juiz de Fora extrajudicial mediation is a field dominated by Law professionals, who found in it the opportunity to expand its field of action. Conflict mediation is considered as a set of techniques and a knowledge that must be learned by its professionals through courses, in addition to supervised practice. As noted in the interviews, being something very new and recent, people who use this service still have a bit of fear in using it.