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TIERS IMPARTIAL [2 records]

Record 1 2015-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Sociology
CONT

[The author] divides social mediation into three main categories: (a) conventional (non-judicial) mediation which usually deals with neighborhood disputes; (b) mediation carried out in association with a specific project designed to treat conflict before it arises or to ensure the minority groups are not excluded from mainstream French society; (c) so-called mediation carried out by young welfare and community workers ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie urbaine
DEF

Processus de création et de réparation du lien social et de règlement des conflits de la vie quotidienne, dans lequel un tiers impartial et indépendant tente, à travers l'organisation d’échanges entre les personnes ou les institutions, de les aider à améliorer une relation ou de régler un conflit qui les oppose.

OBS

médiation sociale : Ce type de processus a connu une expansion considérable au cours de la dernière décennie et ce, dans une pluralité de contextes sociaux. Il est désormais utilisé dans plusieurs secteurs : social, scolaire, organisationnel, familial, pénal et civil, pour ne nommer que ceux-là.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

In mediation, an impartial third party, with neither decision making authority nor the power to impose a resolution, works with the disputants to help them reach a mutually acceptable resolution to all or some of the issues in dispute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

La clause de résolution de conflits contient généralement... un mécanisme prévoyant la nomination d’un tiers impartial.

Spanish

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