Revista da EMERJ - V. 20 - N. 2 - Maio/Agosto - 2018

 R. EMERJ, Rio de Janeiro, v. 20, n. 2, p. 73 - 115, Maio/Agosto 2018  101 6. psichology 7. legal issues of mediation. The mediators are also have to take courses after this 60 hours: they have to collect a certain amount of credit points from conferen- ces, trainings and supervision. Do you have a national organization of mediators? In Hungary the civil associations for mediators are working counrty-wide. The biggest one is the „National Association of Medi- ators”, but separately the court system has an own working group for the juditial mediation. Canada Dominic Who can mediate? As a general rule, only those professionals that are trained in ADR are recognized as a mediators. However, any person can pro- vide ‘mediation’ services if they are mandated by their clients to do so. In Quebec, to act as a ‘family mediator’ requires a special licence issued by a number of professional orders. Is there a law that defines who can perform mediation? Other than special statutes that define family mediation in Que- bce, there are no country wide laws or legal restrictions that clearly define and restrict who can act as a mediator. Several provinces (Bri- tish Columbia, Ontario, Alberta) have special statutes on the practice of mediation and who can be appointed by their respective justice ministries.