With the aim of further developing the legal framework for mediation, the Lebanese Parliament enacted Lebanon Law No. 286/2022 Conventional Mediation Law in April 2022. The purpose of this Legislative Insight is to analyse the law and to explicit the scope of conventional mediation compared to judicial mediation and its process and benefits.

Chronologically speaking, conventional mediation existed before the development of judicial mediation. Its origin dates back to valued and respected individuals who took the role of mediators or conciliators in a community, notably in rural or tribal communities, trying to solve raised issues amicably instead of, or at least before, resorting to punishment or force.

Creating a set of legal framework for this practice will allow its modern and regulated application, bringing the best of mediation's advantages in the resolution of a dispute before it is settled by judicial courts.