Document Type: Grant or Trust Fund Agreement Report No.: Document Date: JUL 07, 2010

Author: Good,Melinda Disclosure Status: Disclosed

This paper examines how disputes are resolved for villagers in Central Kalimantan in Indonesia and what options are available to them. The legal system is largely viewed as corrupt, expensive, slow and distant. ... See More + Thus, communities express a strong preference for informal dispute resolution, based on mediation and conciliation. There are many potential mediators or "paths to justice" at community level. Neighborhood leaders (RT/RW) and village heads are the most accessible and best known and consequently the most popular. Religious leaders may also play a limited role. This paper looks at case samples of how this judicial system works and examines dispute resolution patterns, preferences, expectations, norms and structures.  See Less -

Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 40075 Document Date: FEB 01, 2005

This paper examines how poor village communities have sought access to justice in an environment where existing institutions have, more often than not, failed them. ... See More + The New Order government instituted policies that weakened traditional dispute-resolution mechanisms, created authoritarian villages with few avenues of redress for poor people, and made the legal system weaker, more corrupt and less accessible. That also contributed to poverty, insecurity and constrains the political legitimacy of the government. The aims of the report are: a) understand the preferences and expectations of villagers in resolving disputes and defending their interests, both informally and through formal legal institutions; b) identify patterns in the interaction between poor communities, village institutions and the legal system; and c) identify what factors enabled poor village communities to defend their interests successfully in an environment of institutional weakness. The paper includes one page summaries of relevant trial cases and their outcomes resolved in rural communities.  See Less -

Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 31616 Document Date: FEB 01, 2004

Author: Woodhouse, Andrea Document also available in: Bahasa (Indonesian)