Responsibilities of Agencies and Organizations in Grassroots Mediation Activities

To be specific, Article 28 of the Law on Grassroots-level Mediation 2013 stipulates the responsibilities of the Ministry of Justice as follows:

- Develop, submit to competent authorities for promulgation or promulgate under its authority legal documents on grassroots-level mediation;- Take the lead and cooperate with ministries, ministry-level agencies, agencies under the Government of Vietnam, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front to direct, guide, organize, and inspect the implementation of legal documents on grassroots-level mediation;- Compile and publish materials, organize training, guide professional skills, and manage state activities regarding grassroots-level mediation for the provincial level;- Prescribe the templates for the Registry of Grassroots-level Mediation Activities; forms and statistical reports concerning the organization and activities of grassroots-level mediation.

The Commune People's Committee has the responsibility:

- Take the lead and cooperate with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at the same level to implement legal documents on grassroots-level mediation; build a budget estimate to support mediation activities; establish, consolidate mediation groups, and recognize the heads of mediation groups and mediators in the locality;- Lead and cooperate with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at the same level to organize inspections, reviews, evaluations, and commendations regarding grassroots-level mediation;- Report to the People’s Council at the same level and the District People’s Committee on the results of implementing laws on grassroots-level mediation.

These regulations are stipulated in Article 29 of the Law on Grassroots-level Mediation 2013.

Regarding the responsibilities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at all levels and the member organizations of the Front, Article 30 of the Law on Grassroots-level Mediation 2013 stipulates:

- The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at all levels participate in state management of grassroots-level mediation; mobilize organizations and individuals to comply with the law, supervise the implementation of the law on grassroots-level mediation; cooperate in inspections, reviews, evaluations, and commendations regarding grassroots-level mediation;- The Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front guides the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at all levels to participate in organizing the implementation of the law on grassroots-level mediation;- The member organizations of the Front, within the scope of their functions and tasks, have the responsibility to carry out grassroots-level mediation activities in accordance with the law.

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