La mediación comunitaria como experiencia en Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia y Chile.

Abstract

Community mediation has been applied since ancient times by the leaders of the tribes, religious institutions and countless figures that have been mutated along the years. Several conceptions with different visions and at different moments have been determined and it makes necessary to consider the experiences of some Latin American countries, that have understood the perspective of community mediation in different ways, with different social, economic and cultural problems that have been occurred over the years, and that this alternative method of dispute resolution has been helpful to solve community or neighborhood conflicts. It is also inevitable to explore the nature of community mediation, its advantages, its characteristics, its objectives, and to accurately discern its essence; its work for collective benefit, citizen participation and the preserve of social ties, enabling a clear vision of community mediation and its application as an ideal and effective method to maintain peaceful coexistence and harmony within communities and neighborhoods.