Disaster Recovery in Indonesia - A Legal and Policy Survey

This report is a desktop survey of Indonesia’s laws and policies relating to disaster recovery. It is part of a global research project on ‘Law and Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction’ conducted by IFRC Disaster Law. The report surveys laws at national and regional levels and considers a variety of different topics relevant to disaster recovery including funding, housing and settlements, reconstruction of infrastructure, and the protection of vulnerable groups. In addition to examining the generally applicable laws and policies, the report examines the legal and policy instruments adopted specifically to support the recovery from the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami.

This report considers how Indonesia’s legal and policy framework supports recovery from disaster. In order to capture this, a variety of themes and issues have been selected including funding, housing and settlements, reconstruction of infrastructure, and the protection of vulnerable groups. In addition to examining the generally applicable laws and policies, the report examines the legal and policy instruments adopted specifically to support the recovery from the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami. In terms of methodology, this report is a desktop review prepared using legal and policy documents available online. As such, this report does not evaluate the implementation of the existing legal framework, but instead seeks to comprehensively survey the applicable provisions.