KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY - LGRC DILG 10
KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY - LGRC DILG 10
KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY - LGRC DILG 10
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FOREWORD<br />
IT has always been a source of pride for us in the<br />
Department of the Interior and Local Government to<br />
bear witness to outstanding initiatives of partners in<br />
local governance. We are therefore pleased to<br />
acknowledge the latest publication of the Philippines-<br />
Canada Local Government Support Program (LGSP),<br />
Katarungang Pambarangay: A Handbook.<br />
Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the 1991<br />
Local Government Code, gives barangays the<br />
mandate to enforce peace and order and provide<br />
support for the effective enforcement of human<br />
rights and justice. Decentralization has facilitated the<br />
recognition of the Katarungang Pambarangay or<br />
Barangay Justice System as an alternative venue for<br />
the resolution of disputes. The challenge facing local<br />
governments now is to maximize and harness the<br />
katarungang pambarangay as one of the most<br />
valuable mechanisms available in administering<br />
justice, advancing human rights protection and<br />
resolving and/or mediating conflict at the barangay<br />
level through non-adversarial means.<br />
Katarungang Pambarangay: A Handbook<br />
provides local governments an easy-to-use tool with<br />
which to take up this challenge. It fills the need to<br />
increase the awareness and understanding of<br />
katarungang pambarangay and its value as an<br />
empowering and alternative tool for the resolution of<br />
community and family disputes at the barangay<br />
level. With the fast-evolving demand for access to<br />
justice, there is a need to utilize this mechanism<br />
more strategically and proactively as a way to<br />
promote peace at the grassroots. The Punong<br />
Barangay (Barangay Heads), members of the Lupong<br />
Tagapamayapa (Peace Council) and communities will<br />
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