Community mediation in Malaysia: the challenges in practising mediation

Community mediation programme is designed by the Department of National Unity and Integration to provide mediation as a method of dispute resolution at community level. The Department trained “Ahli Jawatankuasa Rukun Tetangga” (Peaceful Neighbourhood Committees) to be the community mediator. The obj...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Hak, Nora, Ambaras Khan, Hanna
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/43357/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43357/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43357/1/community_mediation_in_Malaysia.pdf

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spelling	iium-433572016-05-24T01:15:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43357/ Community mediation in Malaysia: the challenges in practising mediation Abdul Hak, Nora Ambaras Khan, Hanna KPG Malaysia Community mediation programme is designed by the Department of National Unity and Integration to provide mediation as a method of dispute resolution at community level. The Department trained “Ahli Jawatankuasa Rukun Tetangga” (Peaceful Neighbourhood Committees) to be the community mediator. The objectives of this paper is study the challenges facing by the community mediators and the Department in practising and providing mediation services to the community, respectively. In writing this paper, qualitative and library based research method were adopted by the authors in gathering data. From the data collected, it is found that mediators are yet to be recognised, there is not much effort to promote community mediation programme, there is lack of information in training provided to the mediators and support from the DNUI for mediators to move forward and the budget for community mediation programme is not much. It is suggested that the community mediation programme in Malaysia to have a proper structure rather than the current loose structure under the Unity Management Department, Department of National Unity and Integration as to ensure that the challenges will be overcome and the programme will be successful and benefited the Malaysians. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43357/1/community_mediation_in_Malaysia.pdf Abdul Hak, Nora and Ambaras Khan, Hanna (2015) Community mediation in Malaysia: the challenges in practising mediation. In: 4th International Conference on Law & Society (ICLAS IV) 2015 , 10th-11th May 2015, Auditorium, Academic Building (UniSZA), Kuala Trengganu. https://www.unisza.edu.my/iclas2015/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured
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description	Community mediation programme is designed by the Department of National Unity and Integration to provide mediation as a method of dispute resolution at community level. The Department trained “Ahli Jawatankuasa Rukun Tetangga” (Peaceful Neighbourhood Committees) to be the community mediator. The objectives of this paper is study the challenges facing by the community mediators and the Department in practising and providing mediation services to the community, respectively. In writing this paper, qualitative and library based research method were adopted by the authors in gathering data. From the data collected, it is found that mediators are yet to be recognised, there is not much effort to promote community mediation programme, there is lack of information in training provided to the mediators and support from the DNUI for mediators to move forward and the budget for community mediation programme is not much. It is suggested that the community mediation programme in Malaysia to have a proper structure rather than the current loose structure under the Unity Management Department, Department of National Unity and Integration as to ensure that the challenges will be overcome and the programme will be successful and benefited the Malaysians.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Hak, Nora Ambaras Khan, Hanna
author_facet	Abdul Hak, Nora Ambaras Khan, Hanna
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title	Community mediation in Malaysia: the challenges in practising mediation
title_short	Community mediation in Malaysia: the challenges in practising mediation
title_full	Community mediation in Malaysia: the challenges in practising mediation
title_fullStr	Community mediation in Malaysia: the challenges in practising mediation
title_full_unstemmed	Community mediation in Malaysia: the challenges in practising mediation
title_sort	community mediation in malaysia: the challenges in practising mediation
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