Using Mediation to Make Civil Rights Enforced in the United States

This article focuses on Civil Rights Federal laws that came into force in the United States in the second half of h 20th century, and on some of the mediation programmes established by Federal Public Offices, Federal Courts, and some major companies to enforce these laws. The programmes described are two programmes created by the Employment Equal Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice; a conflict resolution programme designed by the Federal District start in Texas that includes mediation; and the internal conflict resolution programmes implemented by the United States postal Service, Halliburton Company and Shell Oil Company, all of which include mediation.