%0 Journal Article
%@ 2203-4692
%A Rita Pranawati, Rita
%A Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA,
%D 2017
%F repository:364
%J International Journal Of Indonesian Studies
%N 4
%P 31-52
%T CHANGES IN MUSLIM DIVORCE MEDIATION IN INDONESIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE  YOGYAKARTA RELIGIOUS COURT
%U http://repository.uhamka.ac.id/id/eprint/364/
%V 1
%X This article explores the current mediation of Muslim divorce in the Yogyakarta religious court  in Indonesia. In 2008 the Indonesian Supreme Court introduced a regulation requiring that all  courts should adopt a uniform mediation procedure. This study analyses changes in the  mediation process in Yogyakarta since Nakamura conducted the Muslim divorce research in  the 1970s. The research shows that the current mediation process, which is still in a transition  stage, is a more systematic and formal procedure. This change is more appropriate for  educated and middle class clients but not necessarily for the poor, especially poor women.  However, the current system is more concerned about the rights of women and children. The  article considers the implications of the secularisation of mediation in Muslim divorce such as  the change of the administrative supervision of the Religious Court from the Ministry of  Religious Affairs to general court practice under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court where  previously the judge did not have more roles than the religious leaders. There is also some  tension between the new mediation system and Islamic mediation of the kind practised by  BP4.The certificate mediator requirement has also eliminated the BP4 volunteers who are not  eligible. The article concludes that a specific model of Muslim divorce mediation with suitable  success indicators needs to be developed. It should also involve BP4 to recognise its  experience in this area