This article raises the problem of protecting the interests of minors by judicial means and by implementing media- tion procedures in Russia, with particular focus on the issue of competing interests of minors and adult members of society within the framework of judicial protection of rights in civil cases. Some advantages of handling such cases through a mediation procedure are outlined. We also discuss the emerging option of protecting the interests of minors within the framework of the social form of remedy through the organization of school mediation services.
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