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My background is legal, having trained, qualified and practiced as a corporate lawyer in the UK. Following gaining a Masters from the University of Cape Town in Social Justice Law and Development, I also practiced as a human rights lawyer and worked in a legal aid clinic with asylum seekers and a private law firm on other immigration cases. As well as corporate experience, I have over 10 years of international experience, having worked at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in both advisory, managerial and leadership positions. Â
I am an accredited mediator with the London School of Mediation, an STL mediator, trained to assist with internal conflict resolution cases and have a certificate in Workplace and Employment Conflict with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) based in London, where I have just completed (Dec 2020) my accreditation exams.Â
I believe that mediation is a very natural progression to the legal, managerial and leadership roles I have held to date. I enjoy listening to people and am very motivated by the idea of facilitating a shared solution, as opposed to being part of a process in which a solution is imposed. I work in a large, busy section and spend a lot of my time mediating between people, it's something I enjoy and something that I think works well with my skill set. I'm very drawn to working in employment and workplace mediation, but would really like to expand into community as well as family mediation.Â
Further to my legal career and Masters, I spent six years working as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Registrar and now work in a managerial position as a Programme Management Officer in the Language Services Section at the STL. I work to reinforce the Section's leadership and managerial capacity, by sharing managerial, supervisory and administrative responsibilities for staff, policies and operations. I lead and manage three teams (Language Support Unit, External Translation Services and Administration) with diverse responsibilities. I promote internal collaboration with other Sections within the Tribunal, formulate and promote the application of policies, guidelines, systems and tools required to optimise the Section's work. I assist with budget submissions, audit assessments, performance reports and other organisational reports.Â
The LSS is a large Section, and with it come numerous different personalities, cultures and working practices. I work closely with the teams I manage, and enjoy helping to find solutions to any challenges as they arise, be they professional or personal.Â
I have not had any post-training experience as a mediator but would really welcome any opportunity that YMI may have to shadow a mediator in any upcoming mediation cases.Â
I am an Accredited Mediator with the London School of Mediation. I attended a mediation training course with Result Mediation, and have a Certificate in Workplace and Employment Conflict Resolution with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) in London.Â
Kristina Carey, Chief of Human Resources, Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Jelena Stojkovic-Ring Chief of Language Services Section, Special Tribunal for Lebanon
I am an Accredited Mediator with the London School of Mediation. I attended a mediation training course with Result Mediation, and have a Certificate in Workplace and Employment Conflict Resolution with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) in London. I am also an STL mediator, trained to assist with internal conflict resolution cases.Â