Call for Proposals - Strengthening Komisi Perlindungan Anak Indonesia’s (KPAI)

**Program Background**

Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Justice Phase 3 (AIPJ3), is a five-year investment by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to partner with the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to advance its priority law and justice reforms. It aligns with Indonesia’s National Development Plans (Long- Term National Development Plan 2025-2045, Mid-Term National Development Plan 2025-2029) and the Australia-Indonesia Development Partnership Plan 2024-2028.

Building on previous phases, AIPJ3 will support partners to deliver activities against agreed policy priorities, while maintaining the flexibility to respond to emerging needs and opportunities. The program focuses on seven policy priorities that are important to Australia and Indonesia: accountability and transparency, criminal justice reform, preventing violent extremism, transnational crime cooperation, commercial law, access to justice, and women’s leadership.

AIPJ3 will progress the long-term goal of “Strong and accessible justice and security institutions that uphold the rule of law and contribute to stability and prosperity in Indonesia and the region”. With the specific objective of “working in partnership with Indonesia to support effective realisation of justice reforms”, AIPJ3 has the following end-of-program outcomes (EOPOs):

- EOPO 1: Justice institutions develop and implement policies, plans, budgets and practices that advance the rule of law and economic development in the priority areas of accountability and transparency, criminal and commercial law reform
- EOPO 2: Justice institutions and partners implement and adapt policies, plans, budgets and practices that contribute to preventing violent extremism and addressing transnational crime
- EOPO 3: Justice institutions develop and implement policies, plans, budgets and practices that advance equal access to justice for women, children and persons with disabilities
- EOPO 4: Government of Indonesia, Government of Australia and non-government organisations deepen partnerships in the justice and security sectors for mutual benefit

Under the cooperation between AIPJ3 and the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (Komisi Perlindungan Anak Indonesia – KPAI), as reflected in the AIPJ3 Annual Work Plan agreed by AIPJ3’s Partnership Board, AIPJ3 through its Access to Justice Strategy supports KPAI in strengthening its institutional capacity to implement its mandate to monitor the respect, protection, and fulfilment of children’s rights, particularly for children in contact with the law within Indonesia’s criminal justice system.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) provides the international framework for the protection and fulfilment of children’s rights. Indonesia has adopted the principles of the UNCRC through Law No. 35/2014 on Child Protection, which affirms the Government of Indonesia’s responsibility to ensure the protection, welfare, participation, and best interests of children. As a national human rights institution focused on children’s rights, KPAI is mandated to oversee and monitor the implementation of children’s rights in Indonesia.

Drawing on international practices and KPAI’s institutional experience in implementing its oversight mandate, KPAI has developed a child rights-based monitoring and evaluation framework with indicators grounded in key child rights principles, including non-discrimination, accountability, the best interests of the child, participation, and the right to life, survival, and development. The framework also considers children’s evolving capacities and aims to strengthen evidence-based monitoring of the fulfilment of children’s rights. However, the framework has not yet been operationalised, including institutional strengthening and readiness-building for KPAI and its structures, such as Komisi Perlindungan Anak Daerah (KPAD), to implement it effectively and consistently.

The work is expected to be delivered in three tasks. The first task, focusing on reviewing and strengthening the monitoring instrument and methodology, will be implemented over a period of up to 7 months, from September 2026 to March 2027. The second and third tasks, which involve supporting KPAI in implementing its monitoring activities and preparing the monitoring report, will be undertaken from April to September 2027. The final monitoring report is expected to be launched no later than October 2027

This activity contributes to AIPJ3’s Access to Justice Strategy by strengthening KPAI’s capacity to conduct inclusive and evidence-based monitoring of the fulfilment of children’s rights, particularly for children in contact with the law. The activity is expected to support more responsive institutions and policies that promote accountability, equal access to justice, and stronger protection of children in contact with the law.

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