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To read the full report click here. Executive Summary We identified and analysed 908 sentencing records involving SGBV in seven PICs: Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, PNG, Kiribati and Vanuatu. We analysed each case to determine whether gender stereotypes,...
To read the full report click here. Research shows that adolescent girls and young women experience sexual harassment, often on a daily basis, when using public transport – be it from other passengers or drivers and ticket sellers themselves. Strong gender norms...
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary This study provides information obtained from Correctional and Justice records about Sexual Offending in Vanuatu – Offences against Morality - and a profile of 120 sexual offenders on sentences at the end of...
To read the full report click here. Research Overview This research is the result of several years of engagement by the Policing and Justice Support Program (Vanuatu), in partnership with the Vanuatu Ministry of Justice and Community Services, with funding...
To read the full report click here. This article considers the relationship between customary law (kastom) and the official legal system in Vanuatu. It looks at the limitations of the reasons propounded for the lack of integration of customary law and the official...
To read the full report click here. Miranda Forsyth researched and wrote this book while teaching at the University of the South Pacific Law School in Vanuatu for the past six years. During this time, she acquired depth and breadth of knowledge of law and kastom in...
To read the full report click here. Executive Summary This report provides a ‘snapshot’ of the Vanuatu offender population as at 11 September 2016. Or in other words, it: - provides a profile of the people held in Vanuatu’s four Correctional Centers at that...