Determines who owns Nauruan land and how estates pass under custom — work that matters intensely on an island of 21 square kilometres where land cannot be permanently alienated to non-Nauruans and where phosphate royalties historically attached to landholdings. Its determinations are published and may be appealed to the Supreme Court.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- specialised
- Court type
- Customary land tribunal
- Jurisdiction
- Determines the ownership of Nauruan land and the distribution of estates of deceased Nauruans according to custom.
- Seat
- Yaren
- Established
- 1956
- Composition
- A chairperson and members appointed for their knowledge of Nauruan custom and genealogy.
- Appointment
- Appointed under the Nauru Lands Committee Act 1956.
- Languages
- Nauruan, English
Where an appeal goes next
Appeal to the Supreme Court of Nauru.
Filing at this court
- Determination
- Published in the Gazette before it becomes final
- Appeal
- Within 21 days of publication of the determination
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