Increasing Access to Justice for Women, the Poor, and Those Living in Remote Areas : An Indonesian Case Study

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO COURTS;    ACCESS TO JUSTICE;    ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS;    ADVOCACY;    CIVIL SOCIETY;   

RP-ID  :  60213

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This briefing note outlines the reformprocess that produced these notable results, a process thatbegan with targeted grassroots empowerment throughengagement with PEKKA, an Indonesian civil societyorganization supporting women headed households. Formaljustice sector institutions and local governmentssubsequently built on those efforts, with support frominternational development agencies. The note will outlinethe range of access-to-justice initiatives involving PEKKA,the Indonesian courts, government partners, andinternational agencies that have contributed to broaderpolicy reform in the access-to-justice field. It will alsodescribe a series of recent access-to-justice policydevelopments initiated by Indonesian government institutionsand a summary of some key results, highlighting howsmall-scale pilots and research can provide empirical dataon which national agencies can draw to strengthen nationalpolicy development and planning processes. The concept ofaccess to justice focuses on two basic objectives of a legalsystem: 1) that it is accessible to people from all levelsof society; and 2) that it is able to provide fair decisionsand rules for people from all levels of society, eitherindividually or collectively.