Concept of Conciliation

Abstract

Conciliation is "a process in which a neutral person meets the parties to a dispute that may be resolved; a relatively unstructured method of dispute resolution in which a third party facilitates communication between the parties in an attempt to help them resolve their differences." This consists of an effort by a third party appointed by the litigants to reconcile them either before or after they resort to action (either before a judge or arbitration). In general, the effort to conciliate is based on explaining the opposing sides of the conflict to each side, in order to get each side closer and to find a compromise. Section 61 of the 1996 Act provides for the conciliation, contractually or not, of conflicts arising out of a civil arrangement and of all associated prosecutions. There should be no objection, since its enactment, to the inability of the parties to enter into a conciliation arrangement with respect to the resolution of future conflicts.