Qatar is not a signatory to any treaty concerning mediation. In 2011, however, Qatar ratified the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States, which makes provision for conciliation proceedings.

Qatari law generally does not distinguish between mediation and conciliation. There are very few provisions of Qatari domestic law relating to domestic or foreign mediation or conciliation and such provisions are not based on any treaty such as the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation (2002) (the UNCITRAL Model Law). However, in May 2012, the Qatar International Center for Conciliation and Arbitration (QICCA) issued the Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration (the QICCA Rules) which adopt the model rules prepared by the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) as revised in 2010.