Mediation: Facilitation of negotiation processes performed by a neutral party between parties to an existing dispute to reach a settlement satisfactory to them. It is an organized process that focuses on the interests of the parties and enables them to reach a solution to the dispute existing between them through the assistance of one or more mediators with impartiality and integrity. Mediation is an optional procedure, and mediation is confidential. Everything that is discussed and agreed upon for the purpose of mediation cannot be disclosed outside the mediation process unless the parties agree otherwise.

The Justice Agency for International Arbitration followed the following steps to formulate the mediation rules:

The Board of Directors decided to adopt the mediation rules of the Justice Agency for International Arbitration in the British Arbitration Association as a basis for building the mediation rules of the Justice Agency for International Arbitration, due to their success in practice, flexibility and ease of application.
A team of JIACA staff and consultants from the UK’s International College of Justice was formed to draft the JIACA Mediation Rules;
The drafting team prepared the draft mediation rules, taking into account amending the articles and terminology as appropriate for the local and international market; To be a flexible, low-cost, systematic framework that facilitates reaching a settlement agreed upon by the parties to the dispute, by having a neutral mediator manage the sessions between them without having the authority to issue a binding ruling except by agreement of the parties themselves.
The draft mediation rules were presented and discussed in a number of meetings with lawyers, and then in two workshops for the Board of Directors of the Justice Agency for International Arbitration.
The drafting team amended the draft mediation rules in light of what emerged from those meetings and workshops, and the mediation rules were then approved by the Board of Directors.