Comparison between community mediation program in Malaysia and Ireland: Some lessons for Malaysia

Malaysia is a multiethnic country, whose population is made up of Malays, Chinese, Indians and various indigenous ethnicities. She has fared relatively well peacewise, despite simmering interethnic tensions and disputes. The Malaysian government, through the Department of National Unity and Integ...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Hak, Nora, Ambaras Khan, Hanna
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57786/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57786/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57786/1/57786.pdf

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spelling	iium-577862017-10-06T08:06:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57786/ Comparison between community mediation program in Malaysia and Ireland: Some lessons for Malaysia Abdul Hak, Nora Ambaras Khan, Hanna K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Malaysia is a multiethnic country, whose population is made up of Malays, Chinese, Indians and various indigenous ethnicities. She has fared relatively well peacewise, despite simmering interethnic tensions and disputes. The Malaysian government, through the Department of National Unity and Integration has decided in 2007 to introduce community mediation as a means of resolving community disputes, as this is well established in countries like Singapore, Australia, the UK, United States, amongst others. Ho Khek Hua (2009) addressed the challenges faced i.e., the limited number of trained mediators, the issues of providing mediation training to community leaders, the need for case studies and financial constraints. In this paper, for the research in Malaysia, interviews have been carried out with the aim of gathering the descriptions and opinions of the practitioners of mediation such as, community leaders, mediators, trainers, members of resident associations and individuals with knowledge and experience in community disputes. The research in Ireland involves studying the structure, practice and development of the community mediation centres. Besides library research, interviews and discussions have been conducted with project managers, mediators and trainers with respect to current status, planning and development of community mediation. The findings of this research should assist Malaysia in its effort to improve the current structure, practice, training and development of community mediation. Based on the research conducted, the paper will examine firstly, the structure and practice of community mediation in Malaysia, secondly, the structure and practice of community mediation in Ireland, thirdly, comparison between Ireland and Malaysia, and lastly, what Malaysia can learn from Ireland. Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57786/1/57786.pdf Abdul Hak, Nora and Ambaras Khan, Hanna (2017) Comparison between community mediation program in Malaysia and Ireland: Some lessons for Malaysia. In: International Conference on Dispute Resolution 2017 - Modern Trends in Effective Dispute Resolution, 9th-10th August 2017, Kuala Lumpur. https://icdr2017.org/
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Abdul Hak, Nora Ambaras Khan, Hanna Comparison between community mediation program in Malaysia and Ireland: Some lessons for Malaysia
description	Malaysia is a multiethnic country, whose population is made up of Malays, Chinese, Indians and various indigenous ethnicities. She has fared relatively well peacewise, despite simmering interethnic tensions and disputes. The Malaysian government, through the Department of National Unity and Integration has decided in 2007 to introduce community mediation as a means of resolving community disputes, as this is well established in countries like Singapore, Australia, the UK, United States, amongst others. Ho Khek Hua (2009) addressed the challenges faced i.e., the limited number of trained mediators, the issues of providing mediation training to community leaders, the need for case studies and financial constraints. In this paper, for the research in Malaysia, interviews have been carried out with the aim of gathering the descriptions and opinions of the practitioners of mediation such as, community leaders, mediators, trainers, members of resident associations and individuals with knowledge and experience in community disputes. The research in Ireland involves studying the structure, practice and development of the community mediation centres. Besides library research, interviews and discussions have been conducted with project managers, mediators and trainers with respect to current status, planning and development of community mediation. The findings of this research should assist Malaysia in its effort to improve the current structure, practice, training and development of community mediation. Based on the research conducted, the paper will examine firstly, the structure and practice of community mediation in Malaysia, secondly, the structure and practice of community mediation in Ireland, thirdly, comparison between Ireland and Malaysia, and lastly, what Malaysia can learn from Ireland.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Hak, Nora Ambaras Khan, Hanna
author_facet	Abdul Hak, Nora Ambaras Khan, Hanna
author_sort	Abdul Hak, Nora
title	Comparison between community mediation program in Malaysia and Ireland: Some lessons for Malaysia
title_short	Comparison between community mediation program in Malaysia and Ireland: Some lessons for Malaysia
title_full	Comparison between community mediation program in Malaysia and Ireland: Some lessons for Malaysia
title_fullStr	Comparison between community mediation program in Malaysia and Ireland: Some lessons for Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Comparison between community mediation program in Malaysia and Ireland: Some lessons for Malaysia
title_sort	comparison between community mediation program in malaysia and ireland: some lessons for malaysia
publisher	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/57786/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57786/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/57786/1/57786.pdf
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Comparison between community mediation program in Malaysia and Ireland: Some lessons for Malaysia

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