Invitation to the Presentation of Dossier No. 25

2026-10-13

Presentation of Dossier No. 25: Mediation as a Pathway to the Peaceful Transformation of Conflicts

Date and time: Thursday, 22 October, 15:00-16:30 (Ecuador time)
Format: Online (Zoom); the event will also be streamed on Cálamo’s Facebook page (https://bit.ly/41iKuTO)
Registration: https://cedia.zoom.us/meeting/register/rRH8kD5-TfmiBEM5gWdMnw
Download the issue: https://doi.org/10.61243/calamo.25

Programme Comments on the Dossier
  • Pablo Chang Ibarra, Vice-President of the Consenso Arbitration and Mediation Centre
  • Rosana Granja Martínez, Dossier Coordinator and author
Questions and comments from the audience Contents of the Dossier Articles and Essays
  • “The Nature of the Mediation Agreement: Between Contractual Agreement and Enforceable Instrument”, Jaime Vintimilla
  • “The Evolution of Mediation Practice: From Traditional Models to the Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Mediator Training”, Andrés Vásquez López
  • “Immersive Environments: A New Setting for Mediation”, Darío Echeverría Muñoz
  • “University Mediation and Student Dropout Prevention: A Case Study of the Autonomous University of Baja California”, Emigdio Julián Becerra Valenzuela and Miriam Morales Almada
  • “Prenuptial Agreements through Mediation in Ecuador”, Rosana Granja Martínez
  • “Reflections on Community Mediation as an Instituting Practice”, Cisleny Natalia Burbano Bastidas, Miguel Ángel Peláez Herrera and Paola Milena Sampedro Ossa
  • “International Mediation and Preventive Diplomacy in the Global Order”, Daniel Aráuz Peñafiel
  • “Mandatory Pre-Litigation Mediation in Mexico”, Jesús Aguilera Durán and Diana Adilene Brito Gallegos
  • “The Paradox of Tax Mediation in Ecuador: A Structural Analysis of the Real Scope for Agreement”, Juan José Cárdenas Santacruz and Fabián Alejandro Romero Jarrín
  • “Restorative Justice in Ecuador: From Legal Framework to Failure”, Juan Sebastián Jácome Valdivieso
Interview
  • “Looking Back at the Origins: A Culture of Peace in the Inca State. An Interview with Marco Rodríguez Ruiz, Acting President of the National Court of Justice of the Republic of Ecuador”, María Cristina Puente Salinas
Commentators Pablo Chang Ibarra

Pablo Chang Ibarra holds a PhD in Public International Law from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, and completed postdoctoral studies at the Inter-American Institute for Research and Teaching in Human Rights, Costa Rica. He has an extensive academic background in law, including a Master's degree in Public International Law and a Master's degree in Business Law and Service Assets. He is a mediator registered with Ecuador’s Council of the Judiciary, certified by the Ecuadorian College of Mediators, and serves as Vice-President of the Consenso Arbitration and Mediation Centre. He has worked as a university lecturer, lawyer, and legal adviser, and is the author of several scholarly publications.

Rosana Granja Martínez

Rosana Granja Martínez is a lawyer graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, holds a Master's degree in International Environmental Law from the Central University of Ecuador, and a Master's degree in Family Law and Inheritance Systems from UNED, where she is currently pursuing doctoral studies. She has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at several higher education institutions in Ecuador, including the Universidad de Las Américas, Universidad Internacional SEK, and Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial. She is an accredited mediator authorised by Consenso-Ecuador and founding partner of Maroselle Asociados Law Firm, where she has developed an extensive professional practice, with particular expertise in matters concerning children and adolescents.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0168-6246