The Community As A Favorable Location For Exercising Empathy: Public Policies For Extrajudicial Conflict Solution At The Community Scope

Abstract

In the understanding that individuals are born to live in communities, it is congruent that conflicts in the community sphere are also resolved internally. Tools such as empathy are widespread in the sense that it promotes belonging inherent in members, which is why extrajudicial methods for the solution of conflicts are effective mechanisms for achieving the pacification of interpersonal relations. This study addresses the notion of community and its importance for the development of empathy in human relations, in addition to exposing the idea of public policies in extrajudicial forms of conflict management. This research is based on literature review with the examination of legal scientific works and legislation and utilizes the deductive approach and method of monographic procedure. Since the community fosters a space for communal growth, this paper proposes the following question: how can communities, via tools such as empathy, become a suitable place for the treatment of extrajudicial conflicts? Public policies aimed at encouraging consensus-based means of dispute resolution in extrajudicial matters have gained emphasis in recent years, contributing to the valorization of community spaces for mutual dialogue and understanding  of others, as they are all individuals who hold fundamental rights.