THE Supreme Court of Guyana, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association, will host a two-day seminar at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown.

The seminar, which will focus on domestic violence in Guyana, is an initiative of the acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh, a press release has said. The seminar will cover a wide range of topics which would stimulate the interest of all participants, the release promised.

The seminar will, on Friday, be preceded by an opening ceremony which will be addressed by President David Granger. Target groups for the seminar will include the Magistracy of Guyana, representatives of the Guyana Police Force, and the Ministries of Public Health and Social Protection.

According to the acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, inputs at the planning stage of the seminar came from representatives of both of the ministries, with emphasis being laid on having a broad focus on the problem of domestic violence in Guyana.

A number of overseas-based persons will be in Guyana for the seminar, including Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale of the Turks and Caicos Islands; District Judge Shamin Qureshi from the United Kingdom; Mark Guthrie of the Legal Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat; Dr. Meena Shivdas, Gender Expert from the United Kingdom; Dr. Dianne Douglas, Clinical Psychologist from Trinidad and Tobago; Magistrate Kirsty-Ann Gunnof the Cayman Islands, and gender expert Karen De Souza from Guyana, the release added.