In this article the authors describe briefly the legal aspects of liquidation of an estate and the alternative way of mediation. Besides that they investigate what should better be done before the estate will be liquidated. It turns out that also in that case the facilitation of mediation is a wise choice.

Orgaandonatie na euthanasie is relatief nieuw en doet verschillende medische, juridische en ethische vragen rijzen. Deze bijdrage gaat in op de relevante wet- en regelgeving en doet dat vanuit een breder perspectief. Vanuit een juridische alsook medische en ethische invalshoek worden denkrichtingen en oplossingen besproken voor de zich aandienende uitdagingen.

Dutch family liaison officers inform and support trauma victims or their relatives. Recent studies suggest that professionals working with trauma victims may develop work-related stress. However, other studies have shown that professionals can also develop personal growth from their experiences with traumatized persons. This study was the first to investigate to what extent Dutch family liaison officers experience work-related stress or personal growth. Results suggest that the majority of the respondents experience no or very low levels of work-related stress. Levels of personal growth appear to be rather low as well, but seem to be more broadly dispersed. These findings suggest that Dutch family liaison officers are able to cope with the potentially negative effects of their work and even experience positive outcomes from working with traumatized persons. In spite of this, many participants provided suggestions for further improvement of their work practices.

In Aruba ligt het ontwerp van de Landsverordening aanvulling Burgerlijk Wetboek van Aruba bij de Staten. In dit ontwerp is artikel 7:2 opgenomen, dat voor de koop van een woning door een particulier een schriftelijke overeenkomst voorschrijft, met daaraan gekoppeld een bedenktijd van drie dagen. Doel hiervan is bescherming van de koper. Dit is in lijn met de wetgeving hierover in Nederland en Curaçao. De schrijver betoogt dat op deze manier deze bescherming niet wordt gerealiseerd. Volgens hem moet de bedenktijd worden geschrapt en, mede gelet op de praktijk in Aruba, de notaris verplicht worden ingeschakeld bij het sluiten van de koopovereenkomst. Zo kan de beoogde bescherming wel worden geboden.

Here the authors report on the seminar ‘(Labor) Mediation in Belgium; Chances, challenges and bottlenecks’, which took place on September 11^th, 2013. During this seminar a debate took place between several mediation stakeholders in Belgium.

The rapid and ongoing development of the Internet has greatly affected new types and sources of conflict but also the ways conflicts are handled. Nowadays, more and more mediation service providers offer online tools to manage conflicts, going from fully e-supported mediations to hybrid mediations which are partly face to face (F2F) and partly computerized. Despite the increasing use of different types of e-supported mediation, practitioners and scholars know little about their effects or under which conditions different types of e-supported tools are best used. This contribution focuses on the role e-tools may play in text based mediations (mainly labor and divorce mediations) which are mediated by a human mediator. We hope to provide third parties of all sort (mediators, practitioners, consultants, managers, etc.) with practical guidelines for the use of e-supported mediation.

Hierarchical (labor) conflicts have a unique dynamic. Although power dynamics play a role in many interactions, they may play a crucial role in labor conflicts affecting the conflict itself and the subsequent mediation. In this paper, we look at the concept of power as well as different power sources in order to get more grip on the power balance between disputants. We show that when parties hold and/or perceive different power positions, parties differ strongly with regard to their perception of the conflict, their emotional experience but also their (conflict) behavior. For example, where a labor conflict may represent a very personal and painful event for the less powerful, it may be just one of the many tasks the more powerful has to deal with. Consequently, parties have different needs and expectations in order to solve the conflict. Knowledge of these processes is essential if one wishes to acquire insight in the power balance between disputants and/or intervene in labor conflicts.