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Judiciary Reform – 2005

In 2005, the GRP reported to the OIC that the judicial reform provisions had been fully implemented and they reported that five Sharia district courts and 30 Sharia circuit courts had been established in the ARMM.¹ In a 1994 interview, Judge Alauya, a Sharia Magistrate, indicated that there were at that time five Sharia district courts and 31 Sharia circuit courts in the ARMM, and that judges received their training in Sharia Law in Saudi Arabia.² While it is unclear what the objectives were regarding Sharia courts in the ARMM, what can be established by the two sources is that no change occurred between 1994 and 2005.

1. “Report of the OIC Secretary-General on the Question of Muslims in Southern Philippines,” Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC/33-ICFM/2005/MM/SG/REP.2), 2006, accessed June 9, 2012, http://www.oic-oci.org/baku2006/english/SG-report/33ICFM-MM-SG-REP-ENG-P…
2. Joe Avancena, “Kingdom keen to train Sharia judges for Mindanao,” SAUDI GAZETTE, May 30 1994, accessed August 02, 2012, http://www.lexisnexis.com