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On May 22, in Nha Trang ward (Khanh Hoa province), the Ministry of Justice organized a workshop to comment on the draft Law on Grassroots Mediation (amended). Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Ngoc, Head of the Drafting Team of the Law on Grassroots Mediation (amended) chaired the workshop. Download Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Ngoc, Head of the Drafting Team of the Grassroots Mediation Law project (amended), chaired the workshop. Photo: BTP Speaking at the opening of the conference, Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Ngoc said that the Grassroots Mediation Law (amended) has been included in the 2026 Legislative Program of the National Assembly. The Ministry of Justice is assigned to preside over drafting a draft law to submit to the Government in June 2026 and the Government will submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the 2nd Session of the 16th National Assembly in October 2026. This is an important law project to create a legal framework to innovate grassroots conciliation work in association with the Partys major policies and orientations in strategic resolutions issued by the Politburo. Carrying out assigned tasks, the Ministry of Justice has urgently researched, summarized practices and deployed activities to serve the development of policy documents according to the process of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents. To date, the policies of the Law on Grassroots Mediation have been approved by the Government in Resolution No. 134/NQ-CP dated May 21, 2026. The workshop aims to continue promoting intelligence and recording contributions from agencies, organizations, and people working in practice at the local level, especially grassroots mediators - those who are directly affected by the law project. According to a report of the Department of Dissemination, Legal Education and Assistance. Legally, after more than 12 years of implementation, the Law on Grassroots Mediation in 2013 and its guiding documents have created a complete and comprehensive legal basis for mediation activities to be orderly, unified and effective; Many small conflicts and disputes among the people were resolved promptly right from the grassroots, contributing to limiting prolonged complaints, reducing pressure on judicial agencies, consolidating great national unity and social stability. However, practical implementation also shows that some provisions of the law have revealed limitations and are no longer consistent with the requirements of socio-economic development in the new context. Therefore, studying and amending the Law on Grassroots Mediation in 2013 is necessary to meet state management requirements and social needs; At the same time, institutionalize the Partys policies and guidelines on grassroots reconciliation work; consistent with the two-level local government model. Currently, the draft Law on Grassroots Mediation (amended) is built with 5 chapters and 35 articles. Download Ms. Ngo Quynh Hoa, Deputy Director of the Department of Dissemination, Legal Education and Legal Aid (Ministry of Justice). Photo: BTP At the conference, delegates focused on giving comments on 5 key policy groups, including adding regulations on appointing mediators and the rights and obligations of mediators at the grassroots level; clearly define the scope of participation, rights and obligations of the person invited to participate in mediation; regulations on requirements for recognition of successful conciliation results at the grassroots level; applying information technology and digital transformation in grassroots conciliation work; regulates the responsibilities of agencies and organizations in grassroots conciliation work. Many opinions from representatives of the local justice sector, commune-level civil servants and grassroots conciliators have closely reflected the practice of conciliation activities in the community. Delegates proposed clarifying the rights, obligations and roles of people invited to participate in mediation to overcome current shortcomings, contributing to improving the quality and effectiveness of mediation work at the grassroots level. Raising the legal status and position for the work of Mediation at the Grassroots level 5 policies of the Law on Grassroots Mediation (amended) to meet new development requirements. Concluding the workshop, Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Ngoc highly appreciated the enthusiastic, responsible, and close-to-practice opinions. of the delegates. This is an important basis for the Drafting Committee to absorb, research and complete the draft Law on Grassroots Mediation (amended), aiming to overcome the inadequacies of the current law; At the same time, fully and promptly institutionalize the Partys policies and guidelines on promoting democracy, building a rule-of-law State, promoting administrative reform and digital transformation; At the same time, creating a complete, unified, and modern legal framework, contributing to improving the quality, efficiency and sustainability of grassroots conciliation work in the new development phase of the country. Dieu Anh
