Yayasan Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Indonesia

Totalitarianism, authoritarianism, militarism and racism are the isms that have traditionally been the opponents of legal aid workers. These isms contradict the values of democracy and supremacy of just law and human rights. Many legal aid workers and activists often confront agents or actors behind these isms. In this context, the activists of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) struggled together with civil society organizations in fighting the New Order led by then President Soeharto, who represented the authoritarian government in Indonesia. LBH, the first legal aid organization in Indonesia introducing legal aid structural approach in advocacy, has entered the third stage of its historical development. The first stage was the establishment of the first LBH in Jakarta, a pilot project of the Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradin) on 20 October 1970. The establishment of provincial LBHs in major cities nationwide soon followed. The pilot project was started mainly beca...