The purpose of a justice system is to represent the people it serves, help create the conditions for safe communities and harmonious relationships, and ensure that fundamental justice rights and practices are protected.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to:
- Provide quality services for Cree people in the Cree communities and judicial district of Abitibi.
- Increase accessibility to the justice system.
- Reduce crime and victimization in the Cree Nation.
- Enhance community safety through a Cree global crime prevention strategy, and by partnering with key Cree entities.
- Reinforce and promote traditional values in the Cree Nation to better deal with the root causes of our challenges and the negative impacts they produce.
- Provide a more restorative (holistic) treatment of Cree people in detention facilities.