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The Australian Government’s Overseas Aid Program is assisting
Indonesia’s legal reform agenda. Through the recently completed
Legal Reform Program (LRP) Facility, AusAID supported numerous activities
in the legal sector over a two year period. The goal of LRP was to promote
governance and the implementation of the rule of law in Indonesia through
functional, transparent and accountable legal institutions. A transparent and effective legal system is generally accepted as being a key prerequisite for development and poverty reduction. A functioning legal system is necessary to ensure the proper implementation of poverty reduction strategies, the eradication of corruption and the promotion and protection of human rights. It also encourages economic investment. The program provided targeted assistance to key Indonesian government and civil society organisations in support of legal and judicial reform. Assistance was provided to 23 partners for 30 different activities. Partners included civil society organisations (11), government agencies (7), independent commissions (3) and universities (2). Support was provided both at the national level and in the regions in areas such as human rights, gender awareness training, institutional capacity building, legal training and promoting awareness of laws. In West Kalimantan, AusAID worked with YLBH-PIK (Legal Aid Foundation – Justice for Indonesian Women) Pontianak, a local CSO, to develop a training program aimed at enhancing gender awareness for communities and law enforcement agencies in West Kalimantan. Training on gender awareness was provided for 58 participants including paralegals, judges, lawyers, police and public prosecutors. A public awareness campaign was also supported, involving TV and radio broadcasts and dissemination of material. Surveys indicate that corrupt practices in Indonesia are particularly common when services are required involving personal identity documentation, traffic and vehicle infringements and land and building issues. With the support of AusAID, Pusat Studi Hukum dan Kebijakan (PSHK – Centre for Indonesian Law and Policy Studies) developed publications outlining citizens’ rights on these issues. These publications (booklets, flyers, posters and web-based articles) where then distributed to target groups through related public services bodies, universities and NGOs. Australia is the longest continuous provider of development assistance to the Supreme Court of Indonesia. Since 1999 our assistance has been provided primarily through a linkage between the Supreme Court and Australia’s Federal Court. Through LRP this program of support continued enabling the provision of judicial workshops in Jakarta, Denpasar, Pekanbaru and Cirebon for 190 Indonesian judges. A three-week training program was also held at the Federal Court in Sydney for 16 Indonesian judges. In addition training was provided to the judiciary on human rights and intellectual property and LRP supported the development of partnerships between the Supreme Court and CSOs on environmental law matters and on competition law.
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