78% Reconciliation Rate in Family Guidance in Abu Dhabi Judiciary

Abu Dhabi: “Gulf”

Consultant Youssef Saeed Al Afri, Undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Department of Justice, pursued the best practices and innovative methods to ensure the department’s willingness to pursue development efforts for alternative settlement programs to resolve disputes and to achieve reconciliation and family disputes and civil society solutions. The business and real estate disputes are aimed at promoting support efforts to ensure cooperation, in line with the views of his high-ranking Sheikh Mansour bin Saeed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Head of the Judiciary in Abu Dhabi. And the stability of the community.

Consultant Youssef Al-Afri, Alternative Dispute Resolution Department in the Judiciary reached the highest compromise rates in the files filed in the first half of 2021, as the percentage of reconciliation in family guidance reached 78% out of a total of 8,439. 30% of disputes.

In detail, in the half-yearly statistics report provided by the Abu Dhabi Judiciary, the number of files submitted to the Family Guidance Department recorded 8,439 disputes, of which 7,515 disputes were completed, 89% of which reached the Compromise Code 78%. The percentage of divorce cases submitted for family guidance reached 29% in the first quarter of this year, and then the reconciliation and reconciliation index rose to 32% in the second quarter.

The low divorce rate is due to the tireless efforts of social, psychological and legal family counselors, in the light of the implementation of the “Say Is Good” program launched by the judiciary last year, which involves families organizing awareness workshops on developing innovative ways to resolve their differences. Aims to increase awareness of the importance of married life and family unity, focusing on providing skills in managing conversation and how to communicate positively to reduce divorce and its impact on children.

The statistical report on mediation and conciliation efforts in civil, commercial and real estate disputes numbered 6225 files within six months, and the completion rate reached 88% with a total of 5,487 files. 30% of the code was recorded.