The problems arising within the conciliation procedures conducted by magistrates
when they consider criminal cases of private prosecution are analyzed in the article. The issue of limits of the court’s competence within the conciliation proceedings between the parties of the criminal procedural conflict is discussed. The positive and negative factors caused by the active position of the court in the process of conciliation procedures are considered. The possibility of using mediation procedures in the criminal proceedings for private prosecution is analyzed, taking into account a number of bills initiated by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The necessity of including the academic disciplines used in the training of professional mediators in the educational process of training the judges within the system of professional development is noted.