Editing Mediation (section)

====Germany====
In Germany, the process and responsibilities of a mediator are legally defined in the Mediation Act 2012 (''Mediationsgesetz'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=MediationsG - nichtamtliches Inhaltsverzeichnis |url=https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/mediationsg/index.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=www.gesetze-im-internet.de}}</ref> The Act codifies the general process (facilitation by a neutral, 3rd-party mediator without evaluation or solution proposals) and specific terms (e.g. ''funktionaler Mediator''<ref>{{cite web |date=2015-04-27 |title=SIMK ADR news Funktionaler Mediator |url=http://steinberg-mediation-hannover.de/funktionaler-mediatorenbegriff/ |access-date=2017-07-02 |publisher=SIMK Hannover, Germany}}</ref>). Mediators have certain information and disclosure obligations as well as limitations of practice. In particular, a person who has previously provided any form of counseling to any party in the conflict (legal, social, financial, etc.) may not act as a mediator in the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://steinberg-mediation-hannover.de/vorbefassungsverbot/|title=SIMK ADR news Vorbefassungsverbot |publisher=SIMK Hannover, Germany|date=2015-10-01|access-date=2017-07-02}}</ref> The Act applies to practitioners even if they refer to their approach not as mediation, but facilitation (''Prozessbegleitung''), conciliation (''Schlichtung''), conflict counseling (''Konflikt-Beratung'') or anything else.