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Justice in Indonesia

The data on this page is drawn from a Justice Needs and Satisfaction survey conducted by HiiL in 2013 and 2014. We interviewed more than 2400 randomly selected adults for the survey. Their voices represent justice needs and experiences of millions of Indonesians.

Experienced
legal problems

0 %

Took action to resolve their problem

Completely or partially resolved their problem

Number of people interviewed in Indonesia

Below you can explore the story of how people in Indonesia experience justice problems in their everyday lives using interactive charts. People told us how problems affect them, what they do to resolve them and how they experienced the formal and informal justice systems.

This is the justice story as the people in Indonesia encounter and feel it.

15% of Indonesians encountered one or more legal problems in the past 4 years.
People in urban areas experience more justice problems than rural areas.
Crime, land disputes and administrative offenses are the most frequently occurring legal problems in Indonesia.
Legal information and advice is not readily available for the people who have to cope with legal problems.
Most people do nothing to resolve their problems.
Traditional dispute resolution methods are the most trusted means for obtaining justice in Indonesia.
Problems have relatively moderate impact on people’s lives.

Read the full report on justice needs of people in Indonesia here

How people experience justice in Indonesia

Have you encountered one or more legal problems?

A legal problem is a problem that takes place in daily life – a dispute, disagreement or grievance for which there is a resolution in the (formal or informal) law. It does not matter if the individual sees it as legal or whether he or she took action to resolve it.

The chart shows how many adults in Indonesia encountered one or more legal in the last 4 years.

Where do problems occur?

The map shows where in Indonesia problems occur. It breaks down the incidence of legal problems per region.

Which are the most serious problems?

We asked people to tell us about the legal problem which they assess as most serious.

The problems are grouped into categories. For instance, Crime aggregates experiences of property disputes, violent crime, fraud and so on.

How are problems resolved in Indonesia?

Starting from all people in Indonesia, this chart shows how many people encounter legal problems, how many take action and ultimately how many problems are considered to be completely resolved.

Legal problems affect people in different ways. Violence, stress, deterioration of important relationship and loss of job are possible consequences of legal problems.

Did you look for legal information and advice?

Information and advice are key for resolving legal problems. People need to know how to limit the damage, what to do and where to go to resolve the problem.

When there is a legal problem a well functioning legal system provides one or more dispute resolution mechanisms. We call the chains of these dispute resolution mechanisms justice journeys.

The concept of a justice journey recognizes that there are many different steps to resolve a problem. Most often these steps are not linear. The entirety of steps that people take to resolve a problem is a justice journey.

People involve various providers of justice to resolve their problems. Here we ask which of these providers was most useful in resolving the problem.

Usefulness is a subjective concept. It allows the individual to consider the different providers involved and estimate which one had the most influence in the process of resolving the problem.

People need fair resolutions to their problems in order to continue further with their lives.

This chart show how assess the resolution of the problem at the moment of the interview.

Research shows that people assess three key elements of their justice journeys:

– Quality of the process

– Quality of the outcome

– Costs of accessing justice

This chart shows how the users of justice in Uganda perceive the three elements of their justice journey.

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Justice in Indonesia

Read the full report on justice needs of people in Indonesia here

How people experience justice in Indonesia

Have you encountered one or more legal problems?

Where do problems occur?

Which are the most serious problems?

How are problems resolved in Indonesia?

What was the impact of the problem?

Did you look for legal information and advice?

Did you take action to resolve the problem?

Which was the most useful provider of justice?

Is the problem resolved at the moment?

How do you assess the quality of justice?

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