clan interests often take precedence over the interests of individual victims and families choose to reconcile through the customary system instead of seeking redress for victims this leads to women victims of rape being forced to marry the rapist following the ruling of male village elders applying customary practices ahrc add in ghana traditional authorities such as tribal chiefs in many rural areas rule over issues and disputes regarding land and property rights as well as matters involving supernatural interference including allegations of witchcraft in afghanistan sharia law customary law the formal secular legal system and international law exist in parallel