Legal Pluralism Program Database by Subject
Access to Justice |
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| Title | "Enhancing Opportunities to Justice at Rural Level" |
Type |
Access to Justice at Rural Level through Mediation and Village Court |
| Project Duration | October 1, 2009 - September 30, 2011 |
| Project Country | Bangladesh |
| Implementing Partner | Madaripur Legal Aid Association (MLAA) |
| Funding Source | Manusher Janno Foundation |
| Contact Person | Fazlul Huq, Secretary, MLAA |
| Brief Description | Due to tremendous demand from other parts of the country, MLAA expanded its initial program to 10 districts covering 70 UPs, traditional forums, through 9 partner NGOs. The main focus of these partnership programs is to replicate the methods to the other parts of the country for activating local justice system in these respective areas to project and empowered rural poor peoples. |
| Title | "Access to Informal Justice Systems" |
Type |
Mediation, Village Court & Arbitration Council |
| Project Duration | October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2010 |
| Project Country | Bangladesh |
| Implementing Partner | Madaripur Legal Aid Association (MLAA) |
| Funding Source | DANIDA, The Royal Danish Embassy-Dhaha, and Christian Aid-UK |
| Contact Person | Fazlul Huq, Secretary, MLAA |
| Brief Description | The project seeks to address the judicial needs of women and underpriveleged populations by focusing its attention on increasing access through customary forums. MLAA has refined and modified a system known as the Madaripur Model of Mediation (MMM) with the assistance of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to strengthen and legitimize local dispute resolution mechanisms. |
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| Title | "Customary Justice practices in Lao PDR" |
Type |
Field Research, National Policy Implementation |
| Project Duration | April 2, 2009 - December 31, 2010 |
| Project Country | Laos |
| Implementing Partner | Lao Ministry of Justice |
| Funding Source | UNDP DGTTF |
| Contact Person | Laurent Pouget, Legal Programme Specialist, UNDP Lao PDR, laurent.pouget@undp.org, +866 020 267 721 |
| Brief Description | The ultimate goal of the project is to support the formulation of a national strategy on customary law formulating guidelines on the reconciliation of customary laws with state laws and ensuring that customary rules and practices are harmoniously integrated into the Lao PDR Legal system. As part of a general objective of developing legal empowerment for the poorest and most vulnerable groups, it seems of great importance to develop knowledge of customary laws and practices throughout the country in order to efficiently combine this source of law with the broader official normative framework. |
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| Title | "Uganda Land Rights Protection Programme" |
Type |
Documentation of Customary Principles, Practices, Rights & Responsibilities (PPRR), Support of Traditional Systems |
| Project Duration | January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2010 |
| Project Country | Uganda |
| Implementing Partner | Land & Equity Movement in Uganda (LEMU) |
| Funding Source | Cordaid, DFID, TROCAIRE, IDLO, The Berkley Trust, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) |
| Contact Person | Judy Adoko at 256-41-(0)772856212, http://www.land-in-uganda.org |
| Brief Description | Following an appreciation that land rights violations were rampant, a years work went into creating a 'movement' for researching and campaigning on land grabbing. This began with research focusing on understanding how land grabbing is allowed to succeed, and has identified weaknesses in State justice system, customary justice system, land administration, etc. (see www.land-in-uganda.org for several papers emanating from the research). A total of over ten national and international organisations have already joined with LEMU in this campaign. |
| Title | "Community Justice Project" |
Type |
Community-based Policing |
| Project Duration | October 1, 2009 - September 30, 2010 |
| Project Country | Bangladesh |
| Implementing Partner | Madaripur Legal Aid Association (MLAA) |
| Funding Source | The Asia Foundation, Dhaka |
| Contact Person | Fazlul Huq, Secretary, MLAA |
| Brief Description | MLAA has achieved some significant success on particular crime issues and Police management, such as, some identified problem in some model areas has decreased (Gambling, Drug selling, Drug addiction, teasing school & College female students etc.) Community Policing Forum (CPF) is working willingly with this project. |
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