i just thought this could add to the topic:

ACHIEVEMENTS
LADR accomplishments include the following:

LEGAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION (LADR) PROJECT
for our judicial system:

LADR assisted Filipino partners who contributed to the passage of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004.


Trained more than 600 mediators connected with court-annexed mediation, the Court of Appeals and the Department of Justice.


In 2004 alone, more than 20,000 cases in the lower courts were referred to mediation under the court-annexed mediation program. Of the 7,600 cases that have already completed the mediation process, 82% or more than 6,200 cases were successfully settled.


Gained the commitment of 9 leading business organizations to mediate rather than litigate. In this connection LADR trained more than 100 business mediators and helped establish Business ADR Units in Metro Manila, Southern Luzon, Cebu and Davao City.


In a few months of operation, business mediators have mediated 120 cases with a success rate of 89% (i.e. 107 cases were settled).


More than 1,200 overstaying prisoners from the Manila and Pasay City jails have been released. An overstaying prisoner is one who has already served his/her sentence but remains in jail because the paperwork for his/her release has not been completed or one, who while awaiting the resolution of his/her case, has already stayed in jail longer than the imposable penalty if he/she was eventually found guilty.


LADR has also provide the Supreme Court of the Philippines with valuable input and feedback as it continues its efforts to reform from various sectors of society through the organization of dialogues with various chambers of commerce and civil society


For a third world county, this is outstanding.