Myanmar currently is undertaking various reform processes under the civilian governments including justice and legal sector reform. International organizations and CSOs are also providing various supports in order for the success of the reform process. In order to provide inputs for policy and program formulation under the legal and justice sector reform process EMReF, in collaboration with and support of international research institutes and international organizations are conducting researches on rule of law, access to justice and informal justice system in different ethic areas.

EMReF is conducting researches on Rule of Law, Access to Justice, Informal Justice and customary justice system in cooperation with such organizations as Pyoe Pin, Danish Institute of International Studies and UNDP. The study areas covers Kachin, Karen, Mon, Rakhine, Shan and Yangon. In order to study informal justice system, the study also carries out in area partially controlled by Non-state armed groups.

• “Rule of Law and Access to Justice Mapping”was conducted in 2014 covered 24 wards and villages of Yangon Regions and Mon State.
• “Everyday Justice and Security in Myanmar in Transition”, a four year research and research capacity building program started in 2015 is a coordinated work among three institutions: Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS), Anthropology Department of Yangon and EMReF. The program studies informal and customary justice system and their changes in Myanmar. The study covers Yangon, Mon and Karen States. In addition to the research works, the project aimed at research capacity building of Myanmar academia and CSOs on the subject of Legal Pluralism and Ethnography. 
• Access to Justice and Informal justice system in Myanmar started in mid-2015 studies access to justice and informal justice system in three States Kachin, Rakhine and Shan. The project is funded by UNDP.