Law Reform

Non-governmental organisations continue to fill the gap in the absence of viable alternatives

Indonesian activists keep fighting to have abortion decriminalised

The state’s requirements for marriage registration disadvantage poor rural women

Draft legislation is a prescription potentially worse than the ailment

Drug users in Indonesia are made vulnerable by current drug laws

A law on pornography still divides the community

Photo-essay: Yogya’s community protests against the Pornography Bill

Whether Papuans support autonomy or independence, they should be allowed to speak freely

Indonesia’s tangled public information laws are keeping the press in check

NGOs are having to come to terms with the demands of the governance agenda

Fauzi Abdullah reflects on more than a quarter of a century of organising

Indonesia’s labour movement needs to consolidate the gains of 1998

Justice: who gets it and who doesn’t?

Reforms give no improvement in the courts for ordinary people

New anti-domestic violence law brings hope for women.

Will a positive start for the Constitutional Court lead to practical changes for ordinary citizens?

Legal reform must overcome a history of authoritarian development

Indonesia’s brave experiment in reinventing its legal system

Some Christian and Muslim leaders view the new Ministerial Decree on Houses of Worship as restrictive.