Indigenous children and youth: The case of marae courts in Aotearoa/New Zealand
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This is a chapter from the book "Indigenous Peoples’ Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes", which was published by Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University. Used with permission.
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Marae2-based Courts are an initiative of the Judiciary that builds on existing programmes for offenders such as Te Whanau Awhina, and informed by the Koori Courts in Australia.3 This is the first time that a New Zealand court has conducted criminal cases on a Marae within the jurisdiction of the Youth Court. Most offenders referred to the programme are Maori4 and the process incorporates Maori tikanga (Maori customs).
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Toki, V. (2014). Indigenous children and youth: The case of marae courts in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In W. Littlechild & E. Stamatopoulou (Eds.), Indigenous Peoples’ Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes (pp. 243–254). Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University.
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Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University