Restorative Justice Programme launched in Region 7

During a recent outreach to Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, launched the Restorative Justice Programme in the township of Bartica with the aim of reducing the cycle of repeat offenders by solving the root causes of crime.

“Maybe the incident which is before the court or before the police may not be the underlying issue that causes the problem. Restorative justice allows you to go to the incident, the root cause, and address it,” the Justice Minister told his audience on Tuesday evening.
Restorative Justice involves mediation outside of adjudication, allowing for the perpetrator of the crime and victim thereof to be brought together and reconcile their differences.
“It allows for the payment of compensation, and for the perpetrator to do a number of things to make amends for the alleged wrong,” Minister Nandlall explained, as he added that it helps in removing the prevalence of repeat offences.
To ensure the success of this programme, police officers, probation officers, teachers, prosecutors, magistrates, community leaders and religious leaders are being trained to practise restorative justice in their daily tasks.
During this outreach to Region 7, several transactions were completed by the Deeds & Commercial Registry, which also falls under the ambit of the AG’s Office. The Deeds Registry was able to complete several transfers of land titles from one person to another, file powers of attorney, deed polls to change names, etc.
The commercial arm of this Registry was also able to successfully complete several registrations and incorporations of companies, registrations of businesses and registrations of mortgages among other things.
The Attorney General has said that efforts are underway to acquire a space to construct a branch of the Deeds and Commercial Registry in Bartica. The Registry has recently established an office in Mabaruma, Region One (Barima-Waini)