Community mediation in Malaysia: a step forward

The Malaysian Department of National Unity and Integration is given hugeresponsibilities to promote unity and to maintain harmony in the country.Simultaneously, the department is given the mandate to initiate a programme that is beneficial towards achieving the above mission. Rukun Tetangga(Peacefu...

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Main Authors: Khan, Hanna Ambaras, Abdul Hak, Nora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LexisNexis 2014
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/37482/1/mlja2014_1_00006.pdf
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description The Malaysian Department of National Unity and Integration is given hugeresponsibilities to promote unity and to maintain harmony in the country.Simultaneously, the department is given the mandate to initiate a programme that is beneficial towards achieving the above mission. Rukun Tetangga(Peaceful Neighbourhood)Community Mediation is one of the programmes that wasinitiated as a pilot project five years ago. Basically, the programme is a mixture of Rukun Tetangga and Community Mediation to provide skills for the Rukun Tetangga Committee. The purpose of this paper is to study the nature of community mediation under Rukun Tetangga and the professional community mediation and to give suggestions and recommendations on promoting Malaysian Community Mediation, so that the practice of community mediation in Malaysia will achieve an international standard.
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spelling iium-374822023-10-12T03:25:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/37482/ Community mediation in Malaysia: a step forward Khan, Hanna Ambaras Abdul Hak, Nora K Law (General) The Malaysian Department of National Unity and Integration is given hugeresponsibilities to promote unity and to maintain harmony in the country.Simultaneously, the department is given the mandate to initiate a programme that is beneficial towards achieving the above mission. Rukun Tetangga(Peaceful Neighbourhood)Community Mediation is one of the programmes that wasinitiated as a pilot project five years ago. Basically, the programme is a mixture of Rukun Tetangga and Community Mediation to provide skills for the Rukun Tetangga Committee. The purpose of this paper is to study the nature of community mediation under Rukun Tetangga and the professional community mediation and to give suggestions and recommendations on promoting Malaysian Community Mediation, so that the practice of community mediation in Malaysia will achieve an international standard. LexisNexis 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37482/1/mlja2014_1_00006.pdf Khan, Hanna Ambaras and Abdul Hak, Nora (2014) Community mediation in Malaysia: a step forward. Malayan Law Journal, 1. pp. 1-16. ISSN 0025-1283
spellingShingle K Law (General)
Khan, Hanna Ambaras
Abdul Hak, Nora
Community mediation in Malaysia: a step forward
title Community mediation in Malaysia: a step forward
title_full Community mediation in Malaysia: a step forward
title_fullStr Community mediation in Malaysia: a step forward
title_full_unstemmed Community mediation in Malaysia: a step forward
title_short Community mediation in Malaysia: a step forward
title_sort community mediation in malaysia: a step forward
topic K Law (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/37482/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/37482/1/mlja2014_1_00006.pdf