Acuerdo Reglamentario n.º 1941, Serie A: crea el régimen de facilitadores restaurativos de la Oficina de Medidas Adecuadas (OMA)

What this is about

This agreement of the Tribunal Superior de Justicia of the Province of Córdoba, signed on May 21, 2026, creates a specific regime of restorative facilitators for the adult criminal restorative justice program of the Oficina de Medidas Adecuadas (OMA), which reports to the Criminal Secretariat. Its purpose is to expand and consolidate a professional body that works with common criteria of training, ethics, technical suitability, and supervision. It is addressed to licensed mediators who aspire to join the regime and to the judicial areas that must put it into operation. It grounds the restorative approach in constitutional and human rights standards, and reviews the background of the office. It then sets the required profile, the registration requirements, and a selection process in successive, eliminatory stages, followed by periodic supervision.

Annotated table of contents

• Visto y Considerandos 1-3 (Whereas clauses and Considerations 1-3). Present the project to deepen the program and the Court's authority to organize the justice service. Describe restorative justice as a way to promote active responsibility, reparation of harm, and rebuilding of relationships, with support from the Brasilia Rules and United Nations recommendations.
• Considerando 4 (Consideration 4). Recalls that Regulatory Agreement No. 1883, Series A, of 2024, created the OMA with the function of applying appropriate measures and restorative mechanisms in adult criminal proceedings. Notes that the current team is made up of criminal mediators who passed a continuing training cycle, and that this agreement set the work circuit, assignment by lottery, and fee guidelines.
• Considerando 5 (Consideration 5). Explains why a dedicated regime is needed: restorative work in criminal matters requires competencies that go beyond traditional mediation. Justifies the public call, the eliminatory stages, the functional requirements, and the training, evaluation, and supervision stages.
• Resuelve, puntos 1-2 (Resolves, items 1-2). Creates the regime and calls for public registration with eight requirements, including being 25 or older, holding a permanent mediation license granted by the DIME, residing in the First Judicial Circuit, and having at least 20 hours a week available. It also requires not being part of the Juvenile Criminal Program team, demonstrating psychological fitness, and showing commitment to restorative principles.
• Resuelve, punto 3 (Resolves, item 3). Sets six selection stages: registration between May 26 and June 20, 2026, psychological evaluation, mandatory initial training in August 2026 with an eliminatory exam, a profile interview, supervised case assignment, and a course of three complementary 30-hour modules.
• Resuelve, puntos 4-8 (Resolves, items 4-8). Provides that those who pass all stages join the definitive list and become part of the Judicial Mediation Center as criminal mediators. Approves the training program, technical supervision, and periodic performance evaluation, and the personal and psychological profile, and asks for the collaboration of the judicial technical staff for the psychological interviews.
• Resuelve, puntos 9-11 (Resolves, items 9-11). Entrusts the Criminal Secretariat with implementation, assigns the Electronic Processing Office the registration of admitted persons, and orders publication and dissemination of the agreement.

Key ideas

• Restorative facilitation in criminal matters is considered a task with its own competencies, distinct from those of traditional mediation.
• The regime aims for the whole facilitation body to share the same criteria of training, ethics, suitability, and supervision.
• Entry is governed by the principles of equality, transparency, and suitability, through an open public call.
• Selection combines psychological evaluation, mandatory training, an interview, and supervised participation in practical interventions, all of them eliminatory.
• Technical supervision and performance evaluation continue after admission, as a mechanism of continuous improvement.
• The required profile responds to a system that asks for quick interventions, high availability, and adaptability.
• The rule is part of a broader institutional policy begun with the creation of the OMA in 2024.

Practical uses

• What requirements must a person meet to apply as a criminal restorative facilitator at the OMA in Córdoba?
• What stages does the selection process have, and in what order do they take place?
• How can a judiciary organize the training, supervision, and evaluation of its facilitation teams?
• What arguments support the need for a specific regime, separate from that of traditional mediation?

Key terms

restorative justice, restorative facilitation, Oficina de Medidas Adecuadas, Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Córdoba, Criminal Secretariat, adult criminal proceedings, public call, selection process, psychological evaluation, mandatory initial training, supervised case assignment, technical supervision, performance evaluation, Judicial Mediation Center, Brasilia Rules