Regulations of Wuhan Municipality on Promoting Diversified Dispute Resolution

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to promote the effective settlement of disputes, enhance social harmony, safeguard fairness and justice, and promote the formation of a social governance pattern of * * * building * * governance * *, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations and in light of the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to diversified dispute settlement work and activities within the administrative area of this Municipality.

If there are provisions in laws and regulations on diversified dispute resolution, those provisions shall prevail. Article 3 Pluralistic dispute resolution as mentioned in these Regulations refers to coordinating joint settlement, mediation, administrative adjudication, administrative reconsideration, arbitration, litigation and other dispute resolution channels, forming an organically coordinated dispute resolution system, and providing fair, just, convenient and efficient dispute resolution services for the parties according to law. Article 4 Diversified dispute resolution shall adhere to the working mechanism of Party committee leadership, government leading, judicial promotion, social coordination, public participation and legal protection, and follow the following principles:

(a) Respect the wishes of all parties;

(2) Abide by laws and regulations and respect public order and good customs;

(3) Fairness, impartiality, honesty and trustworthiness;

(4) Combination of prevention and solution;

(5) Territorial management is combined with who is in charge and who is responsible, and coordinated in many ways. Article 5 The municipal and district people's governments (including Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone, Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone and Wuhan East Lake Eco-tourism Scenic Area Management Committee, the same below), comprehensive coordination departments for comprehensive management of social security, relevant departments of the people's governments, people's courts, people's procuratorates, people's organizations, grassroots mass autonomous organizations and other social organizations shall, according to their respective functions and duties, establish and improve social dispute investigation, mediation and risk prevention systems, promote the construction of diversified dispute resolution mechanisms, and prevent them from the source.

The city and district shall establish a joint meeting system of diversified dispute resolution departments, regularly study and deploy diversified dispute resolution work, and coordinate and solve major problems in diversified dispute resolution work. The comprehensive coordination department of comprehensive management of social security undertakes the daily work of the joint meeting of the departments.

Encourage and support fair and decent and other social forces recognized by the masses to participate in dispute resolution according to law. Article 6 State organs, people's organizations, enterprises and institutions, grass-roots mass autonomous organizations and news media shall, according to their respective functions and duties, carry out publicity and education on the rule of law, carry forward socialist core values, popularize diversified dispute resolution knowledge, and create a good atmosphere for the whole society to support and participate in diversified dispute resolution. Chapter II Division of Responsibilities Article 7 The municipal and district people's governments shall incorporate diversified dispute resolution into the national economic and social development plan, strengthen the capacity building of dispute prevention and resolution, cultivate various dispute resolution organizations, and urge the relevant departments to implement the responsibility of dispute resolution.

Sub-district offices and Township People's governments shall build comprehensive mediation rooms based on streets and township comprehensive management centers, attract relevant units such as market supervision, urban management, property management and medical and health care to assist in mediation, and promote diversified settlement of disputes. Eighth social security comprehensive management coordination department is responsible for the organization and coordination of diversified dispute resolution methods, and promote the organic connection of various dispute resolution methods. Article 9 The people's court shall establish and improve the working mechanism linking litigation and non-litigation dispute resolution channels, strengthen coordination and cooperation with administrative organs, arbitration institutions, notarization institutions and mediation organizations, and provide judicial guarantee for dispute resolution. Article 10 The people's procuratorate shall establish and improve the mechanism of participating in dispute resolution and do a good job in dispute resolution according to law. Eleventh public security organs should establish and improve the working mechanisms such as mediation of public security cases, mediation of road traffic accident damage compensation disputes, and strengthen coordination and cooperation with people's procuratorates and people's courts in criminal case reconciliation. Twelfth judicial administrative departments are responsible for the comprehensive coordination and guidance of people's mediation, administrative mediation, administrative adjudication and administrative reconsideration of the people's government at the corresponding level; Improve the working mechanism of people's mediation, administrative mediation, administrative adjudication and administrative reconsideration, and promote the linkage of people's mediation, administrative mediation and judicial mediation; Cultivate and develop professional people's mediation organizations, and guide law firms, notary offices, judicial authentication institutions, grassroots legal services and other units to participate in dispute resolution. Article 13 The petition office shall coordinate the handling of petitions according to law, promote the orderly diversion of all kinds of petitions, establish a working mechanism of organic connection between the handling of petitions and other dispute settlement channels, and guide the petitioners to reflect disputes to relevant mediation organizations, arbitration institutions, administrative organs or judicial organs in a timely manner according to law. Fourteenth human resources and social security, health, natural resources and planning, ecological environment, agriculture and rural areas, market supervision and management, emergency management, civil affairs, urban and rural construction, finance and other competent departments. Should be in accordance with their respective responsibilities, carry out administrative mediation and administrative adjudication according to law, support, guide and supervise the work of mediation organizations in this system. Fifteenth residents' committees and villagers' committees shall set up people's mediation organizations, and streets, towns, enterprises, institutions and other social organizations shall set up people's mediation organizations as needed to actively prevent and resolve disputes. Article 16 Trade unions, the Communist Youth League, women's federations, disabled persons' federations, federations of industry and commerce, consumer rights protection associations, law societies and trade associations may establish professional people's mediation organizations to participate in diversified dispute resolution.