FROM THE JUDICIARY TO SCHOOLS: SCHOOL MEDIATION PROGRAM FOR THE COURT OF JUSTICE FROM RONDÔNIAKeywords: Community mediation. Conflict mediation. Peace culture. School mediation.
This study’s motif consists in presenting the conflict mediation as a different way of dealing with conflicts, passing over the walls of the courtroom to assist in the construction of a culture of peace. This study major objective was a proposal for a School Mediation program for the Court of Justice of Rondonia (TJRO). Specifically, there was the exposure of conceptual and legal elements of mediation and its applicability, the expansion to school mediation was described and the existing projects in Brazilian’s Justice Court were inquired, including a case study in two national courts which have this practice already established. The analysis was delimited in the Justice Courts of Amapa and the Federal District. The common aspects among the Courts studied were analyzed, where it was identified the difficulties faced, existing limits, important aspects for consideration, methodologies and the results detected in these Courts. Such study assists in implementing a proposition of a similar project in the Rondonia State Justice Court. As a methodological procedure, the multiple study was adopted, with reservations about some impossibilities duo the pandemic experienced in this period, using as technique of data collection documents investigation, bibliographic research, informal conversations and open interviews. The results obtained allowed to identify that the existing initiatives started with community mediation. Based on daily reflections and perceptions, the school environment was chosen for the extension of mediation, as well as mediation training initially for employees, teachers and collaborators; the need to integrate students and community was perceived; and partnerships were made. Mediation is emphasized as a proposal for daily transformation and not only for teaching of techniques. The experiences studied and analyzed subsidized and inspired the elaboration of a proposal for the mediation school of the Rondonia State Justice Court with the objective of promoting a culture of dialogue and autonomy for conflict resolution and, in such a way, reducing the number of disputes and existing processes, as well as instigating a culture of peace.