The current violent conflicts in Mindanao, southern Philippines, can be broadly classified into three related types: those related to the secessionist movement, those related to inter-clan or intra-clan struggles , and those of a criminal nature such as kidnapping, murder or murder, robbery and other minor crimes. The same goes for other violent conflicts everywhere, these violent conflicts are not spontaneous but are the product of structural and cultural violence that has accumulated over the years. Among the broad categories of conflict cited, clan feuds were seen as the worst threat to social, economic and social health. human development compared to the secessionist war in Mindanao. The Asia Foundation claims that a 2005 Social Weather Station survey indicates that people in the autonomous region of Muslim Mindanao are more concerned about clan feuds than about the war between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the government (Torres III, 2007 ). There is a compelling reason to believe this fear because, while the war on secession has been based on a general ceasefire, except in the latter part of 2008, cases of clan feuds and resulting casualties and displaced families have continued to increase. Generally, there are three ways to be used to resolve inter-clan conflicts: Muslim customary law, Philippine laws including Sharia'h, or the combination of these laws. However, a 2007 study on clan feuds conducted by the Asian Foundation shows that 64% of the 1,266 cases recorded from 1930 to 2005 remain unresolved while 637 cases occurred from 2000 to 2004 (Torres III, 2007). These figures show that despite the efforts of several organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, as well as influential individuals to resolve the problem of clan feuds, the problem...... at the heart of the paper ......tion : Theoretical and Practical Issues', Christie, DJ Wagner, RV & Winter, DD, eds., Peace, Concept and Violence, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2001.Soest, Dorothy Van, The Global Crisis of Violence: Common Problems, Universal Causes, Shared Solutions, NASW Press, Washington, 1997. Solidarity Philippines Australia Network, “The Party List System in the Philippines,” KASAMA vol. 17 No. 3 / July–August–September 2003 cpcabrisbane.org/Kasama/2003/V17n3/PartyList.htm, viewed 2 June 2010. Svenja Schmelcher, 'Rido and Its Influence on the Academe, NGOs and the Military', published February 28, 2007, http://www.balaymindanaw.org/bmfi/essays/2007/02rido.html, viewed May 13, 2010. Torres III, Wilfredo Magno, Rido: Clan Feuding and Conflict Management in Mindanao, The Asia Foundation, October 23, 2007, http://asiafoundation.org/publications/pdf/183, accessed May 13 2010.