NR No: 054/2022 Date: 18 November 2022

STORY: In Southwest State, ATMIS supports community-based dispute

resolution methods

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI NATURAL SOUND

DATELINE: 17/NOVEMBER/2022, BAIDOA, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot - Participants attending a workshop on methods of
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) .
2. Close up shot - Banner.
3. Med shot - ATMIS Civilian Sector Team Coordinator, Fadil Karar,
Abdirazak Nor Hassan and the Director General of the Southwest
Ministry of Justice attending.
4. Med shot - Participants taking notes.
5. Med shot - Participants listening.
6. Wide shot - Participants attending the workshop.
7. Close up shot - ATMIS Civilian Sector Team Coordinator, Fadil Karar,
Abdirazak Nor Hassan.
8. Close up shot - A participant listening.
9. Med shot - Another participant taking notes.
10. Wide shot - A session ongoing.
11. SOUNDBITE:(ENGLISH) ATMIS Civilian Sector Team Coordinator,
Fadil Karar
“Our support to Southwest State’s Ministry of Justice, the traditional
leaders and others is to enhance their capacity on understanding
traditional customary law and to see how we can support them in that

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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 regard. We need to have a platform to exchange information and
experiences among the traditional leaders, women leaders and
religious leaders on how to resolve disputes and cases in Southwest
State,”

12. Wide shot - A trainer conducts a session.

13. Med shot - Traditional elders listening.
14. Med shot - Participants attending the workshop.
15. Close up shot - Adan Ali Yarrow, one of the traditional elders attending.
16. SOUNDBITE:(ENGLISH) ATMIS Civilian Sector Team Coordinator,
Fadil Karar.
“This was very effective and we had very good feedback from the
participants. Our collaboration with the Ministry of Justice to support
this model will encourage the African Union to continue supporting
such training to ensure justice and order in resolving disputes and
conflicts among community members.”

17. Med shot - Traditional elders attending the workshop.

18. Med shot - ATMIS and Southwest administrator at the workshop.
19. Close up shot - A traditional elder listening at the workshop.
20. Med shot - Traditional elders.
21. SOUNDBITE:(SOMALI) Abdirazak Nor Hassan, the Director
General of the Southwest Ministry of Justice.
“Out of court resolutions are widely preferred by our people and the
Ministry of Justice has centers where the traditional elders hear cases
and offer mediation and resolution. This training, supported by ATMIS,
is important in that it builds the capacity of those that sit in arbitration,
mediation and negotiation of disputes. We appreciate this support from
ATMIS,”

22. Wide shot - A trainer conducting a session.

23. Close up shot - Banner.
24. Close up shot - A trainer.
25. Wide shot - Participants listening to a trainer.
26. Close up shot - ATMIS Civilian Sector Team Coordinator, Fadil Karar
listening.
27. Wide shot - Participants.
28. SOUNDBITE:(SOMALI) Adan Ali Yarrow, one of the traditional
elders.
“Indeed, this training will boost our skills at resolving community
disputes. People look up to us to be fair and impartial as we mediate

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
 disputes and having the skills to do so only helps in ensuring that we
are credible, believed and trusted by community members,”

29. Med shot - Participants.

30. Close up shot - Traditional elders.
31. Med shot - Participants attending the workshop.
32. Wide shot - Group photo.

In Southwest State, ATMIS supports community-based dispute resolution

methods

Baidoa, 18 November 2022—To help communities in Somalia amicably resolve

their differences, the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) in
collaboration with the Southwest State Ministry of Justice conducted a workshop on
methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is one of several approaches to improve

access to justice in general. It comprises processes in which parties settle disputes
with the help of third-party mediators or arbitrators, often out of court.

The training was attended by 25 participants, nine of whom were female, drawn from
traditional and religious leaders, youth and women representatives as well as
political leaders from communities resident in Southwest State.

“Our support to Southwest State’s Ministry of Justice, the traditional leaders and
others is to enhance their capacity on understanding traditional customary law and to
see how we can support them in that regard. We need to have a platform to
exchange information and experiences among the traditional leaders, women
leaders and religious leaders on how to resolve disputes and cases in Southwest
State,” said ATMIS Civilian Sector Team Coordinator, Fadil Karar.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
During the workshop, the members received training on the techniques for settling
disputes without litigation, such as arbitration, mediation and negotiation. They were
also taken through basic human rights protocols and gender justice norms.

“This was very effective and we had very good feedback from the participants,” Karar
added. “Our collaboration with the Ministry of Justice to support this model will
encourage the African Union to continue supporting such training to ensure justice
and order in resolving disputes and conflicts among community members.”

Present at the training as an observer was Abdirazak Nor Hassan, the Director
General of the Southwest Ministry of Justice, who said that ADR was important as a
complement to the formal court processes.

“Out of court resolutions are widely preferred by our people and the Ministry of
Justice has centers where the traditional elders hear cases and offer mediation and
resolution. This training, supported by ATMIS, is important in that it builds the
capacity of those that sit in arbitration, mediation and negotiation of disputes. We
appreciate this support from ATMIS,” the Director General said.

Adan Ali Yarrow, one of the traditional elders at the workshop, said some of the
disputes they are asked to settle are complex and such training is critical in
enhancing their capacity and skills.

“Indeed, this training will boost our skills at resolving community disputes. People
look up to us to be fair and impartial as we mediate disputes and having the skills to
do so only helps in ensuring that we are credible, believed and trusted by community
members,” Yarrow said.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube