LEGAL BASIS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONCILIATION PROCEDURES IN CIVIL DISPUTES
Background: improvement of dispute settlement mechanisms, development and intro duction of new forms and methods of dispute resolution into legal practice is a priority direction of the state legal policy. To achieve this goal, various measures are being taken, one of which is the introduction of conciliation procedures in the system of mechanisms for protecting the rights and legitimate interests of citizens. Objective: research of the legal basis of conciliation procedures in the civil process, identification of gaps in their legal regulation, taking into account international standards of efficiency and justice, as well as trends in the further development of the organization of legal instruments and mechanisms for the implementation of conciliation procedures in the Russian Federation. Methodology: a set of dialectical and systematic methods of research. Results: the author’s position on the main trends of improving the legal regulation of conciliation procedures in the Russian Federation is formulated. Conclusions: improving the legal regulation of conciliation procedures should be carried out in the direction of the development of legal “instruments”, which includes various means that meet the needs of all participants interested in conciliation procedures, as well as in the direction of modernization of both pre-trial and judicial mechanisms for the implementation of conciliation procedures.