Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Justice Phase 3 (AIPJ3) is a five-year investment by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to partner with the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to advance its priority law and justice reforms. It aligns with Indonesia’s National Development Plans (Long- Term National Development Plan 2025-2045, Mid-Term National Development Plan 2025-2029) and the Australia-Indonesia Development Partnership Plan 2024-2028.
Building on previous phases, AIPJ3 will support partners to deliver activities against agreed policy priorities, while maintaining the flexibility to respond to emerging needs and opportunities. The program focuses on seven policy priorities that are important to Australia and Indonesia: accountability and transparency, criminal justice reform, preventing violent extremism, transnational crime cooperation, commercial law, access to justice, and women’s leadership.
AIPJ3 will progress the long-term goal of “Strong and accessible justice and security institutions that uphold the rule of law and contribute to stability and prosperity in Indonesia and the region”. With the specific objective of “working in partnership with Indonesia to support effective realisation of justice reforms”, AIPJ3 has the following end-of-program outcomes (EOPOs):
Access to justice is a fundamental human right whose recognition has been institutionalized at both the international and national levels. More specifically, one of the Priority Activities under Indonesia’s 2025–2029 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) is the Transformation of Access to Justice, under which the provision of services and the strengthening of access-to-justice policies form a key development focus.
In 2021, Indonesia’s Access to Justice Index score was 53.8 out of 100, placing it within the “Moderate” category. Findings indicate that, compared to the total population potentially experiencing legal problems, the availability of legal assistance remains highly inadequate. This is despite the existence of numerous legal aid initiatives implemented by various government institutions, including the Ministry of Law through the National Law Development Agency (BPHN) and its accredited Legal Aid Organizations (OBHs), the Supreme Court, and the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic of Indonesia.
Preliminary research suggests that these limitations in legal assistance services may stem from the fact that the expansion of legal aid coverage has not been accompanied by an integrated implementation mechanism. Each ministry and government institution operates under separate operational standards that are not interconnected, both in terms of service delivery procedures and budgeting arrangements. BPHN, through accredited Legal Aid Organizations, administers litigation and non-litigation legal aid schemes; the Supreme Court provides legal aid services through Court-Based Legal Aid Posts (Posbakum); while the Attorney General’s Office and local governments implement their own mechanisms independently and in parallel.
This fragmentation reflects the absence of a coherent policy architecture governing the provision of legal aid in Indonesia. Currently, there is no single coordinating framework capable of addressing fundamental questions such as: who serves whom, using what resources, and for which types of cases. The lack of interconnectivity among these mechanisms may lead to duplicated financing and inefficient allocation of resources.
First, accountability in the provision of legal aid becomes unclear because there is no comprehensive picture of the total national resources allocated to legal aid services. Second, this lack of clarity may result in inefficiencies, whereby budgets that could otherwise be optimized to improve service quality and expand legal assistance coverage are instead diminished by overlapping financing arrangements and uncoordinated programs. Consequently, access to legal aid for the primary target groups remains suboptimal.
Based on these findings, a comprehensive study is needed to examine the legal aid mechanisms currently in place and to formulate an Integrated National Access to Justice Mechanism. Through this mechanism, policy recommendations will be developed regarding points of interconnection, shared standardization requirements, and a more integrated coordination framework for the delivery of legal aid services. This will help ensure that expanded access to justice is accompanied by improved service quality and effectiveness.
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AIPJ3 is seeking qualified organisations, firms, consortiums, and/or universities to undertake research on the Development of Policy Recommendation for The Transformation of Integrated Access to Justice: Legal Aid Delivery Mechanisms. The objective of the service is to produce a comprehensive analytical study and policy recommendations on the current landscape of legal aid provision in Indonesia. Specifically, the selected organisation is expected to:
To access the RFP document, please click on the link or copy paste it to access the full proposal requirements for this procurement: RFP_Policy Recomendation on Legal Aid in Indonesia.pdf
Interested organisations must submit the required proposal documents to AIPJ.General@aipj.or.id before the submission deadline of 12 July 2026 at 23:00 Jakarta time (GMT+7). Hardcopies are not required, and late submissions cannot be accepted.
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