Mediation in Armed Conflict

Abstract

Mediation is one of the most commonly used methods for solving armed confl icts due to its fl exibility allowing parties to freely decide about their participation in the mediation, the choice of a mediator, and accepting or rejecting the conditions of confl ict resolution established during the mediation process. Th e article looks at various approaches to mediation, leading to an indication of the nature and attributes of this method of solving armed confl icts. It also analyses the motives of the main actors of mediation - the parties’ of the confl ict and the mediator, which are taken into consideration when they decide to start mediation. Th e research allows a better understanding of the complexity of mediation in an armed confl ict. It enables the motives of the confl icting parties and mediator which have an impact on the mediation process and result to be identifi ed.