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Ministry of Attorney General ADR Policy

In 1995, the Ministry of Attorney General adopted an alternative dispute resolution policy to articulate its commitment to a justice and conflict resolution environment which includes a wide range of dispute resolution options. These options include:

• established adjudicative methods of dispute resolution such as litigation and arbitration;
  
  
• collaborative methods of dispute resolution such as conciliation, facilitation, negotiation, mediation and other consensus-based processes;
  
  
• methods based on traditional practices or tailored to the cultural diversity of the population; and
  
  
• conflict management systems and any organizational or administrative method of minimizing or preventing conflict or encouraging efficient resolution of conflict.

The ministry's ADR Policy articulates the principles on which it is based and the steps which the ministry intends to take in support of the policy.