The Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao has revealed that he is to table a policy aimed at regulating the management of Alternative Dispute Resolution -ADR Mechanisms next week before Cabinet.
Alternative Dispute Resolution -ADR is a mechanism of settling conflicts amicably without necessarily going to courts of law, a concept provided for in law and culturally in African traditional ways.
While addressing the media on Tuesday afternoon, Mao stated that they now have a National ADR Policy waiting Cabinet’s approval. He said the policy objective is to institutionalize the mechanism of resolution of Disputes in Uganda and that this week, he will be in Parliament to wind up a body known as the Center for Arbitration of Disputes. Mao explained that this body will now be within the ambits of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ministry
He said the Ministry will have an office for ADR and the same will be accrediting practitioners of ADR and it will also assemble a body of professionals to approve a curriculum for study to pass before you are accredited to participate in the same.
Mao added that it will also prescribe regulations to be followed such that those who go for mediation are handled professionally not in half hazard manner. He said this will also ensure that the sector is efficient because it will be coordinated and linked to courts.
