Online mediation in Spain and the new challenges posed by Covid-19

Abstract

This article examines the impact that COVID-19 pandemic is having on mediation processes in Spain. For that purpose, the guiding principles that feed mediation are analyzed to-gether with the problems arising from the implementation of the use of new technologies an elec-tronic media in the online mediation area. This assesment is delimited by the Spanish legisla-tive framework and the legal and social consequences that COVID-19 has generated during 2020.