Transforming a Time-Honored Tradition of Community Mediation
How The Asia Foundation in the 1990s worked to reform traditional community mediation in Bangladesh to make it more inclusive and more equitable.
Governance
Reducing the Price of Justice: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Bangladesh
Alternative dispute resolution continues to serve the poor and marginalized in Bangladesh, for whom the expensive and overloaded courts are often out of reach.
Indonesia: The Road to Restorative Justice
Indonesia’s prisons are bursting at the seams. An experiment in “restorative justice” offers a promising alternative to mass incarceration.
Program and Technical Officer
Candidates for this position must be nationals of the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) or individuals legally eligible to work in the RMI. The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international…
Nepal’s Legislative Strides to Combat Human Trafficking: Aligning with the Palermo Protocol
As part of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, The Palermo Protocol is the first legal document to provide an internationally recognized definition of human trafficking. It serves…
Building and Sharing Korean Electoral Democracy
The Asia Foundation is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2024. For seven decades, we have partnered with change-makers from government, civil society, the private sector, and academia to solve some of…
Experts Call for Comprehensive Climate Justice Law in Indonesia Amid Growing Environmental Challenges
Indonesia does not have a comprehensive legal framework for Climate Justice. Currently, the highest umbrella regulations only exist in the Presidential Regulation (Presidential Regulation Number 98/2021), and most regulations and…
Enabling Citizen Access to Justice and Community Harmony: Three Decades of Support for Sri Lanka Mediation Boards
The Asia Foundation is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2024. For seven decades, we have partnered with change-makers from government, civil society, the private sector, and academia to solve some…
Reforming Agricultural Land Titling in the Philippines
The Asia Foundation is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2024. For seven decades, we have partnered with change-makers from government, civil society, the private sector, and academia to solve some…
Nepal’s New Federal Civil Service Bill
Since the adoption of Nepal’s landmark federal constitution in 2015, a new federal civil service law has been among the most-anticipated legislative actions. Without it, civil servants across Nepal’s three…
XCEPT’s Peripheral Vision Podcast: Trade Disruptions and Instability in Fragile Border Areas
In Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, conflict and instability endure in contested border regions where local tensions connect with regional and global dynamics. The Asia Foundation, the Malcolm H.…
Securing Legal Recognition for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Indonesia
This paper is part of the Navigating Successful Policy Reform series undertaken by Coalitions for Change and the Institute for Human Security and Social Change at La Trobe University. It…