Torres Islands Council of Chiefs

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The Torres Islands Council of Chiefs is a traditional leadership body that represents and oversees customary governance and community affairs for the Torres Islands in Vanuatu.

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Label Occurrences
Torres Islands Council of Chiefs canonical 1

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf council of chiefs ⓘ
traditional leadership body ⓘ
aimsTo maintain social harmony in the Torres Islands ⓘ
preserve customary authority in the Torres Islands ⓘ
protect local customs and traditions ⓘ
basedOn kastom (customary law and practice) ⓘ
cooperatesWith Vanuatu national authorities ⓘ
provincial authorities of Torba Province ⓘ
country Vanuatu ⓘ
governanceType customary governance ⓘ
governs customary governance affairs in the Torres Islands ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver cultural matters in the Torres Islands ⓘ
land and resource–related customary issues in the Torres Islands ⓘ
social matters in the Torres Islands ⓘ
leadershipStructure council of local chiefs ⓘ
locatedIn Torres Islands ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Torba Province ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Torres Islands region of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
oversees community affairs in the Torres Islands ⓘ
partOf traditional governance structures of Vanuatu ⓘ
represents communities of the Torres Islands ⓘ
representsEthnicGroup indigenous communities of the Torres Islands ⓘ
representsTerritory Torres Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Torres Islands
usesLanguage Bislama ⓘ
local Torres Islands languages ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Torres Islands → governedBy → Torres Islands Council of Chiefs ⓘ