tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75777957973749129862014-06-14T02:24:07.482-07:00Exploring Restorative Conferencing - Honoring 正義 Justice as a Cross-Cultural MediatorSeigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593107701860141584noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577795797374912986.post-26189610645973846822013-04-11T20:44:00.002-07:002013-04-11T20:44:16.054-07:00

We are constantly faced parties at mediation having to take critical decisions. Not always can the parties have their cake and eat it, rather it will be an either/or choice. Are all decisions are taken from the angle of benefit? If the choice is between Scylla and Charybdis*, is it fair to assume parties generally tend to opt for the lesser evil? Alternatively, if there is a choice

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Face to Face (2011) The release of Micheal Rymer's low budget film of an adaptation of the acclaimed Australian play write  David Williamson - Face to Face could not have been better timed considering some of the recurring debate in Australia over overly simplistic "tough on crime" criminal sentencing sought by  shock-jocks and political factions. Face to Face conducts an insightful

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My friends at LEADR posted this in preparation for the upcoming National Conference Once upon a time... there was a woman named Abigail who was in love with a man named Gregory. Gregory lived on the shore of a river. Abigail lived on the opposite shore of the river. The river which separated the two was teeming with man-woman eating alligators. Abigail wanted to cross the river to be with

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Recently a federal judge from Orlando, Florida, brought the children’s game of Rock, Paper, Scissors commonly known in Japan as Janken-pon じゃんけんぽんto national attention... Rather than deciding the matter, Judge Presnell ordered each attorney to the steps of the federal courthouse on June 30, 2006, accompanied by a paralegal witness, to play one dispositive round of rock, paper, scissors –

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"Hostility between the Stevens and the Drapers was sparked by an argument on the basketball court. It involved Jade Draper and Sarah Stevens. The precise subject of the argument is lost in time.... Various accounts were given by different interviewees. Rivalry about who was the best player; who was the best looking; disloyalty in changing basketball teams; stealing players from one team to play

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I was recently gifted a lovely copy of When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town (1955) (orig. Norwegian Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by) written and illustrated by Thorbjørn Egner, which tells the crime spree in the peaceful town of Kardemomme (Cardamom Town). They story revolves around the three robbers, Casper, Jasper and Jonathan who regularly stole things from the town of Cardamom until they

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As a practitioner we are always challenged by our bias, values and even tempted to persuade outcome for the parties.I have been noticing these clever ads (for a bank that I am in not consciously trying to endorse) posted around the airports lately - how do the pictures talk to you?

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Having just returned 2010 National Mediation Conference in Adelaide with much to reflect upon ... I personally felt that there was small but positive recognition at a national level of the truly solid work that our mediators are doing on a daily basis. Much to the credits of the organisers by introducing Justice Albie Sachs as key note who challenged much of the audience with honoring the

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An interesting question was raised today at a seminar ... can mediation be used for every type of dispute? Much is available on-line about where it can be used. Between School Kids - yes; Between a convicted murder and the victims family - yes; mining company and indigenous people - yes; between 2 political parites - shoud happen more often; between two warring nations - yes; Mel Gibson and his

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Bit of a light hearted break for today! In galaxy-not so far far away ....in Australia more than 70,000 people (0.37%) declared themselves members of the Chruch of the Jedi according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 census.   Whilst I concede that it is unlikely that I will ever get to mediate clones - Yoda does come up with some excellent quotes that mediators I work with have (in a

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National Standards - mediators 'shopping around' for National Accreditation? Scenario: a person completes the training at an Recognised Mediation Accrediation Body (RMAB) they fail or they are unable to sit the assessment they approach you - another RMAB organisation - to sit the assessment component only Do you accept their request to sit assessment with you? Or let's look at the other

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Should there be more legislation to mandate mediation confidentiality? Or...should the focus be placed on mediator quality assurance and consumer protection through National Accreditation rather than further than punitive measures? Again - this is not to be considered legal advice... read on. The Mediator Practice / Approval Standards are explicit in terms of the procedural issues for

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So you think you are on the home stretch having endured a marathon mediation session and the parties have reached heads of agreement they think they can all live with - now the parties are now seeking to formalise the agreement in writing. You write down the parties names on the top of the agreement and in dot points you write down the terms of the settlement whilst being careful to use their

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Concept of Face and Saving it in Asian Culture I refer to Professor Bee Chen Goh's article in the Bond Law Review  "Remedies in dispute resolution can differ from culture to culture. For instance, with the Chinese who tend to be relational, the idea of tea drinking and feasting can carry cultural significance, and play an important part in the resolution of disputes." and another Blog by

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Today I wanted to explore a particular scene from a film that captures what mediators witness that subtle but powerful moment when parties dynamics and the conflict suddenly transforms into solution in the  in the room. Paul Rusesabaginahas been internationally honored for saving 1,268 refugees during the Rwandan Genocide. He was the manager of the Hôtel des Diplomates, in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Have you heard of SCRAM? It's an interactive / inter-school, mediation role play competition which develops mediation skills in years 9 and 10 students. The aim is to develop in young people collaborative conflict resolution and leadership skills. Many accredited mediators will be familiar with the role plays that are conducted as part of the mediation training as it is a requirement under the

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A scenario The body of the deceased from a remote community is in the mortuary in under the control of the Coroner Family members contact the Coroner separately: The father of the deceased  seek release of the body to be buried according to tradition on the land of the deceased birth. The spouse of the deceased (who comes from another clan group) seeks the body of the

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It is not uncommon for parties you are in a high state of anxiety and may pick a fight with any one - even you as a mediator - because of the high level of anxiety as a reult of the conflict they are involved in. So does a mediator buy in to their conflict? 無心 Mushin  (Chinese wúxīn; English translation "no-mindedness") refers to the state of mind where one does not assume anything but is open

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How four suitcases of heroin turned a five-day dream holiday to Melbourne into 10 years behind bars and the important role  of culturally appropriate interpreters. As a person origainlly from NESB (non english speaking background) or now known as CALD (culturally and lingustically diverse) I can not emphasise the importance of using interpreters. I am also aware that interpreters in most

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Today, I was flicking reflecting on some of Dr Peter Adler's paper from the Keystone Centre who headed up the a Hawaiian mediation service much like the one I am currently employed in when I found a partucular section on Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness called Ho'oponopono that caught my attention.... "One of the things that I was learning from teachers and my training [was]

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Yesterday, the Ponki (Tiwi) mediators who participated in the CJC/NAAJA mediation workshop in Nguiu on Bathurst Is last November (graduation picture below) completed their first (multi-sessional) Correctional Centre Mediation Conferencing Program (program) that involved an offender who has spent the last 19 years behind bars for killing his wife and the family of the deceased. Several mediation

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The parties control the content - but the mediator controls the process You may recall hearing this phrase as part of the mediation training – or may have used this as part of the ‘welcome stage’ or in premeditation. So let’s have a look at a Japanese martial art called Aikido and compare the philosophy to mediation process. For those people not familiar with Aikido a useful starting point have

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I had often thought about how long an Agreement could literally (well at least in a physical sence) last ... One of the earliest recorded peace treaties was concluded between the Hittite and Egyptian empires after the ca.1274 BC Battle of Kadesh. Egypt and the Hittites with Ramesses II captured the city of Kadesh and Amurru in his 8th year as king. The peace treaty was recorded in two versions,

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Extra pages (on the right)  have been incorporated to search upcoming and past seminars. Seminars pending confirmation: Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference, Alice Springs, September 2010 Confirmed IIRP World Confernce, Hull, UK, October 2010 Linking Indigenous Policy with Service Delivery, Carins Queensland September 2010 National Rural/Regional Law and Justice

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