<![CDATA[This study aims to analyze the process of determining and affirming the boundary between Oenbit Village and T’eba Village based on Regent Regulation of North Central Timor Number 5 of 2018, examine its impacts on indigenous communal land rights, and formulate legal solutions for resolving the resulting dispute. This research employed an empirical legal research method with a qualitative approach. Data were collected through interviews with customary leaders, village heads, local communities, sub-district heads, and the Legal Affairs Division of the North Central Timor Regency Government, supported by document analysis of relevant legislation and official records. The findings reveal that the process of determining and affirming village boundaries was not fully in accordance with the provisions of Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 45 of 2016 due to the absence of mutual agreement among the parties, limited community participation, and insufficient consideration of historical and customary values recognized by local communities. Regent Regulation of North Central Timor Number 5 of 2018 has generated legal, social, economic, cultural, and spiritual impacts on the indigenous people of Oenbit Village, particularly through the reduction of customary communal land traditionally controlled by the community. The resolution of the dispute requires an integrated approach combining customary law and positive law through deliberation, participatory mapping, formal recognition of communal land rights, and evaluation of the existing boundary determination policy. Such an approach is expected to ensure legal certainty, justice, and effective protection of indigenous peoples’ rights.]]>
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