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Peran Hukum Adat Dalam Penyelesaian Kasus­ Kasus Kekerasan Terhadap Perempuan Di Kupang, Atambua,Dan Waingapu, Lidwina Nurtjahyo, Tien Handayani Nafi, Iva Kusuma, Tirtawening Tirtawening, Gratianus Prikasetya Putra

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This paper describes the intervention of customary law in the resolution of cases of violence against women and children - especially the intervention that is considered to be able to give justice to the victims. Settlement cases selected by the families of the victims of the indigenous peoples are not limited to cases which are brought to the formal judicial forum. Non-formal mechanisms (through elders) often provide resolution forums. Kupang, Atambua, and Waingapu become the communities that still choose traditional institutions in resolving the case as option, including in resolving some cases of violence against …