Following civil war, (re)establishing operational, legitimate and accessible justice systems for resolving disputes is touted as critical for sustainable peace. While rule of law programming has gained significant traction as the favoured solution internationally, questions remain as to what approach such programming should take, and how complex dynamics in societies emerging from civil war affect local populations trying to access justice, particularly in legally plural settings. This article sheds light on these questions by examining a case study of a programme that took an alternative approach to the ‘rule of law orthodoxy’. The programme, known as PEACE Foundation Melanesia, engaged with customary justice systems in post-conflict Bougainville, and took into account some of the contextual realities faced by local populations. In particular, the material presented in this study—drawn from 42 interviews—shows how post-conflict insecurity, and related concerns about related psychological ill-health and cycles of retaliation played a significant part in preferences, experiences, and impact of the programme for local populations.

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什么情境很重要？冲突后不安全状况下的法治规划

内战之后，吹捧（重新）建立业务，合法和可访问的司法系统以解决争端被认为对可持续和平至关重要。尽管法治规划已成为国际上最受青睐的解决方案，已经引起了广泛关注，但仍然存在这样的问题，即该规划应采用哪种方法，以及内战造成的社会复杂动态如何影响试图诉诸司法的当地居民，特别是在法律上多元化的环境中。本文通过研究对“法律正统规则”采用替代方法的程序的案例研究，阐明了这些问题。该方案被称为PEACE基金会美拉尼西亚，与冲突后的布干维尔地区的习惯司法系统合作，并考虑了当地居民面临的一些现实情况。特别是，