HRREC Director, John Packer, is currently at United Nations (UN) headquarters delivering a mediation clinic for senior officials. This is the second year that Prof. Packer has been asked to deliver this key element of the week-long programme, as part of the annual UN Summer Academy organised by the UN System Staff College. Among others, the Summer Academy’s faculty include the Deputy Secretary-General, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, the Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, and the Director, Political, Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Human Rights, Executive Office of the Secretary-General. Prof. Packer will set out current challenges of mediation processes and lead the participants through an analytical process of problem-solving using a current case example.