The Indonesia Australia Legal Development Facility (LDF) is a five year project which is funded under the Australian Government Aid Program and managed by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). LDF aims to strengthen the capacity of Indonesian government institutions and civil society to promote legal reform as well as protect human rights. LDF commenced in April 2004, and will run until April 2009.

LDF programs its activities based on set of thematic priorities: Access to Justice, Human Rights, Anti-Corruption and Transnational Crime. Supporting thematic priorities are Gender and Sustainability. LDF is a flexible program that provides support to key agencies under these sectoral themes, but also responds to emerging issues in Indonesian legal and institutional reform.

Institutional partnerships are a key method of engagement. LDF has developed a core program of long-term activities with strategic partner agencies including the Indonesian Supreme Court, National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), the Attorney General Office and the Anti Corruption Commission (Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi). LDF actively engages with these agencies through a range of initiatives including technical assistance, training, research and study visits.

LDF places significant emphasis on supporting civil society institutions in their own research, training and advocacy work. We also seek to support civil society’s engagement with institutional reform, a key driver in the legal and human rights fields.

LDF is managed by GRM International in association with the Asian Law Group, both of which are based in Australia. GRM International has an Indonesian office based in Jakarta.