As mediation lies at the core of a wider peacebuilding process, actors in peacebuilding increasingly see mediation processes as the time to promote inclusivity, gender equality, transitional justice and democracy. With reference to mediation processes in in Syria, South Sudan and Myanmar, this working paper by the Swiss Peace Foundation  asks whether mediators can promote these norms. Sara Hellmüller, Julia Palmiano Federer and Jamie Pring discuss a mediator’s legitimacy in the eyes of the conflict parties, and how this may contribute to their ability to promote certain norms to the conflict parties.
http://www.swisspeace.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Media/Publications/Working_Paper/SP_Working-Paper_1703-web.pdf

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