To engage in the institutional administration of alternative conflict resolution mechanisms, entities must have prior authorization from the Ministry of Justice, unless they are authorized by a special law or if it concerns labor conciliation, mediation, or arbitration, which has special current rules in national regulation. The Ministry shall have the power to grant the corresponding authorization, after verifying the existence of appropriate regulations, adequate human resources and infrastructure, and other elements proper for the operation of a center of that nature. For this purpose, the Ministry shall establish, via regulation, the general provisions that will govern the requirements, authorization, and revocation thereof, for entities interested in providing the service of administration of alternative conflict resolution mechanisms.
The Ministry has the power to control the operation of the centers. Furthermore, it may revoke the authorization, by reasoned resolution and following due process.
The provisions of this article regarding the authorization and regulation exercised by the Ministry of Justice and Peace shall not be applicable to international arbitrations, as provided in paragraph 3) of article 1 of the Arbitration Law.
(Thus added the preceding paragraph by article 8 of the Law to Harmonize Costa Rican Arbitration Regulations, No. 10535 of September 18, 2024)