دور الوساطة القضائية في تسوية النزاعات الإدارية في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة: دراسة استشرافية تحليلية
The Role of Judicial Mediation in Settling Administrative Disputes in the United Arab Emirates: An Analytical Prospective Study
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https://doi.org/10.55265/lpsjournal.v5i1.144Keywords:
Judicial mediation, administrative disputes, foresight studies, artificial intelligence, UAEAbstract
This study aims to analyze the role of judicial mediation in resolving administrative disputes in the United Arab Emirates, clarify its legal scope and limits, and explore the prospects for its development in light of the legislative and technological transformations affecting the justice system. The significance of the study lies in the growing reliance on alternative dispute resolution methods as effective tools for enhancing the efficiency of administrative justice and achieving expeditious justice, particularly in view of the legal issues raised by the principle of legality, public order, and the permissibility of mediation in certain sovereign administrative decisions. The study adopts the descriptive-analytical method to examine the legal framework governing judicial mediation and to identify the disputes that are amenable to settlement and those that fall outside its scope. It also employs the foresight method to anticipate future trends likely to influence the development of this system, especially in light of digital transformation and the expected expansion in the use of expert systems and artificial intelligence to support mediation procedures, in addition to the comparative method for benefiting from legislative experiences in Egypt, France, Morocco, and Sweden. The study concludes that judicial mediation constitutes an effective mechanism for resolving administrative disputes because it offers speed, reduces costs, and promotes consensual solutions, within the limits set by public order and the principle of legality. It also shows that the future of judicial mediation in the UAE is linked to filling the legislative gap represented by the absence of an independent administrative law and an explicit provision on administrative judicial mediation, strengthening the digital infrastructure, and safely benefiting from artificial intelligence technologies within legal safeguards that protect rights, thereby reinforcing judicial mediation as a strategic option for developing the administrative justice system.
الملخص
تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى تحليل دور الوساطة القضائية في تسوية النزاعات الإدارية في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، وبيان نطاقها ومحدداتها القانونية، واستشراف آفاق تطويرها في ضوء التحولات التشريعية والتقنية التي تشهدها منظومة العدالة. وتنبع أهمية الدراسة من تزايد الاعتماد على الوسائل البديلة لتسوية المنازعات بوصفها أدوات فاعلة لتعزيز كفاءة القضاء الإداري وتحقيق العدالة الناجزة، مع ما يثيره ذلك من إشكاليات تتصل بمبدأ المشروعية والنظام العام وحدود جواز الوساطة في بعض القرارات الإدارية ذات الطبيعة السيادية. واعتمدت الدراسة على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي لتحليل الإطار القانوني المنظم للوساطة القضائية وبيان المسائل القابلة للتسوية والمسائل التي تخرج عن نطاقها، مع توظيف المنهج الاستشرافي لاستقراء الاتجاهات المستقبلية المؤثرة في تطوير هذا النظام، ولا سيما في ظل التحول الرقمي والتوسع المرتقب في توظيف النظم الخبيرة والذكاء الاصطناعي في دعم إجراءات الوساطة، بالإضافة إلى المنهج المقارن للاستفادة من التجارب التشريعية في مصر وفرنسا والمغرب والسويد. وتوصلت الدراسة إلى أن الوساطة القضائية تمثل آلية فعالة لتسوية النزاعات الإدارية لما توفره من سرعة في الإجراءات وتقليل للتكاليف وتعزيز للحلول التوافقية، ضمن الحدود التي يقررها النظام العام ومبدأ المشروعية. كما أظهرت النتائج أن مستقبل الوساطة القضائية في دولة الإمارات يرتبط بسد الفجوة التشريعية المتمثلة في غياب قانون إداري مستقل ونص صريح على الوساطة القضائية الإدارية، وتعزيز البنية الرقمية، والاستفادة الآمنة من تقنيات الذكاء الاصطناعي في إطار ضمانات قانونية تكفل حماية الحقوق، بما يعزز مكانة الوساطة القضائية كخيار استراتيجي لتطوير منظومة القضاء الإداري.
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