Legal Data and Information Governance Reform (ID0152)

Project Overview:

Pursuant to Presidential Regulation No. 39 of 2019 on One Data Indonesia, Presidential Regulation No. 12 of 2025 on the 2025- 2029 National Medium-Term Development Plan, and Law No. 14 of 2008 on Public Information Disclosure, it is necessary to compile comprehensive legal data that can meet the needs of the public. Based on the results of the 2021 index of access to justice, people still experiences difficulties in obtaining access to justice to resolve legal issues they face. This commitment seeks to encourage policy-making in the judicial sector based on the needs of the community through the provision of a data platform.

Targeted Issues

Citizens with legal issues in Indonesia still face many obstacles in obtaining access to resolve their problems. In 2021, the Access to Justice Index measurement conducted by Bappenas and MaPPI FHUI showed that access to justice in Indonesia overall still stands at a score of 53.8 (on a scale of 0-100). The study found several problems ranging from a lack of public awareness, limited availability of legal aid/assistance, lengthy resolution processes, to low rates of resolution that restore citizens' rights. The government has several policies/programs aimed at addressing these issues. However, the lack of data and evaluation means that the current policies fail to accurately meet the varying and unevenly distributed legal needs of citizens.

Causes of the Problem

The phenomenon of the “justice gap,” or the situation in which citizens are unable to obtain resolution to their legal problems, is related to government policies on the provision of justice services. One of the main causes of this obstacle is the lack of adequate legal data management capable of capturing citizens’ legal needs, which hinders the formulation of effective and targeted policies. For example, the policy related to the implementation of e-courts in all courts, which aims to facilitate access to justice for citizens who face geographical barriers to reaching the courts, has actually caused problems due to inadequate internet access. This could have been prevented if data on the readiness of court infrastructure had been adequately available before the policy was made. In the context of legal aid, the absence of data and information on citizens' legal needs ultimately contributes to the inappropriate and uneven use of legal aid services, resulting in a gap between legal service providers and citizens who need legal assistance to resolve their legal problems (unmet justice needs).

Proposed Solutions

To promote access to justice for citizens and reduce the “justice gap,” there is a need for sustainable information and data management in the legal sector that is based on citizens’ legal needs (people-centered) to support the formulation of targeted policies. This will hopefully result in policies that can effectively address the obstacles faced by citizens in accessing legal services to resolve their legal problems.

Relevance to the 5 Strategic Issues of OGI

The above solutions are related to the issue of access to justice, particularly in relation to a peoplecentered policy-making agenda.

Relevance to the Government's Priority Agenda

Can the proposed solution be aligned with the government's work plan as outlined in the Asta Cita (Work Program) document?

The above solution relates to the Asta Cita 7, particularly legal reform related to the program “Ensuring and enforcing the handling of legal issues in a professional, transparent, and ethical manner, and preventing the law from being used as a tool of political power.”

Expected Outcomes

The expected outputs to be produced, the scale or scope of change to be achieved, and the targeted changes should be described in an evaluable and measurable form, such as changes at the institutional level, changes in behavior, systems, and practices, or regulatory changes This commitment aims to generate the following outputs: A study on the legal needs of citizens in Indonesia, as well as the identification of legal sector data and information needs to bridge the “justice gap” between service providers and the legal needs of citizens. Allocation of budget for the implementation of legal data and information governance reform. Mockup of the Legal Data and Information platform. Collection of strategic data in the legal sector.

Commitment Plan

Results Indicators | Output | Timeline | Stakeholders

Establishment of a legal data and information platform

1.Allocation of budget for the implementation of legal data and information governance reform. 2.Documents detailing the mapping of issues and data structures in the legal sector. 3.Mockup of the Legal Data and Information platform. Estimated final output for year 2 (M-24) | Estimated final output for year 1 (M-12)

1.Collection of 10% of strategic data in the legal field. 2.Report on data utilization coordination with SDI. | Estimated final output for year 2 (M-24)