The Ghana Association of Certified Mediators and Arbitrators (GHACMA) has unveiled an initiative to provide restorative justice to both victims and perpetrators of crimes in the country.
Dubbed: "The City of Refuge Restorative Justice Forum", it seeks to provide a platform for victims of crimes who are willing and ready to get healing by engaging with the offenders of the crime.
The forum, which will start next year was launched in Accra over the weekend, and it is being partnered by the Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution (CAPCR) at California State University, Sacramento, United States.
Speaking at the inauguration on the sidelines of Meet, Greet and Network with Professor Ernest Uwazie, Former Chair of Criminal Justice, and Director and Founder of CAPCR at California State University, Sacramento, the chairperson of GHACMA, Ms Georgette Francois, said the initiative seeks to bring some form of peace and closure to victims of crimes.
