<![CDATA[This study aims to determine the role of the village head in resolving customary land disputes in Nendali Village, East Sentani District, Jayapura Regency and to determine the obstacles experienced by the village head in resolving customary land disputes in Nendali Village, East Sentani District, Jayapura Regency. The method used in this study is normative and empirical juridical, namely an approach that refers to legal norms contained in laws and regulations, library materials, written regulations or other secondary legal materials and also sees the reality that occurs in the field. The results of this study reveal that the role of the village head in resolving customary land disputes in Nendali Village, East Sentani District, Jayapura Regency is very important in relation to the rights and obligations in the life of his customary community where a village head is required to be able to play an active role in holding his leadership so that he can organize the community properly, safely and orderly, if there is a problem or dispute that occurs among his customary community, the village head as a mediator to resolve the problem or dispute, acts to restore peace in his customary community and the factors that cause customary land disputes in Nendali Village, East Sentani District, Jayapura Regency, namely the overlapping ownership of customary land, whether the land is used for personal use such as a place to live or shelter or the land is used in groups or together such as a place to farm and graze livestock, where fellow customary communities claim that it is their land while the other party also states that the land is theirs, then the customary land dispute occurs.]]>
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