Volume 18, No. 3, 2021
Alternate Dispute Resolution Mechanism For Dealing The Gender Based Violence In Baluchistan
Nizam-u-din Barech , Sumaira Zakir , Allah Noor , Asadwaheed
Abstract
Jirga is one of the most commonly used system of resolving the inter tribe and families issues with in the community. On one way where it is appreciable in resolving the issues and conflicts with very speedy way un like the long lasting court procedures on other way it is very weak in providing the real justice to the victims as in Pakistan in most of the Rural areas are dominated by the feudal Slords and dominated by the feudal system where “right is might” prevails and the poor people are mostly deprived of the justice. Due to this injustice factor the Jirga system is not liked by the general masses. The main issue associated with this problem is that, many victims of Jirga remain unaware of even after being the victims of such system. The main objective of the research was to check the level of awareness in the common public as well as to evaluate the current justice system of Pakistan and to determine the role Jirga in this prevailing system of justice in Pakistan. In the light of collected data the researcher reached to conclusion that most people are totally unaware of the judicial system and our criminal justice systems requires a lot of amendments and our stake holders require training programs to handle this increasing issue. The special focus of the research was to determine the role of Jirga to address GBV issue. Although Jirga system is speedy and very effective in certain cases but in GBV cases Jirga system shows a lot of male dominance and biasness which is not according to rule of law. This thesis explains the role of Jirga in respect of GBV cases.
Pages: 65-88
Keywords: Violence In Baluchistan