Sentences with phrase «local justice mechanisms»

The Australian Law Reform Commission identified»... the acceptability of the proposals to the local community as a whole...» as one of four criteria by which the suitability of local justice mechanisms should be assessed.

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The program's long - standing commitment to the problems of human rights and the legacy of apartheid in South Africa led it to help found the African Transitional Justice Research Network (ATJRN) to assist local researchers and civil society organizations in African countries to effectively evaluate transitional justice mechanisms and strengthen human rights advocacy on the African conJustice Research Network (ATJRN) to assist local researchers and civil society organizations in African countries to effectively evaluate transitional justice mechanisms and strengthen human rights advocacy on the African conjustice mechanisms and strengthen human rights advocacy on the African continent.

One of the institutional and structural goals discussed in the Colloquium Report was to «Create Local and National Access to Justice Implementation Mechanisms», such as the recently - formed Access to Justice Co-ordinating Committee in Nova Scotia.

Local Indigenous community justice groups are running in many parts of Australia giving Elders and other important people a role in the justice system either through formal mechanisms like the Indigenous court models or broader planning and support.

In addition to the difficulties discussed above in relation to defining customary law in general law, the Commission argued that matters of Aboriginal law could be better considered at the level of local self - government with an emphasis on a flexible approach to developing justice mechanisms.

It should be noted that community consultations primarily with Indigenous women in April 2003 led the Commission to conclude that legislative approaches to facilitate community justice mechanisms based in the recognition of customary law (such as the establishment of a system of Indigenous tribunals) should not be pursued without adequate modeling at a policy level or without extensive consultation and local level participation of Aboriginal communities.