ABSTRACT
This paper discusses the problems of subak, especially the problem of changing the function of subak agricultural land and the factors that influence it. In essence subak can not withstand external party intervention. Subak can not afford to resist any intervention, because they have no political power, and their organizations are weak. The lack of subak protection policy in Bali is inseparable from the intervention of local government that has not been in favor of subak or side with other sectors. Therefore, a responsive law which is compatible to international human rights law is needed to accommodate the aspirations of the subak community in order to create an effective law against the subak community. One way of protecting subak communities and subak farmlands in Bali is to implement a law on sustainable food crop protection.
