Obituary In Memoriam: Prof. Dr. Harun Al Rasyid, S.H. Prof. Dr. Harun Al Rasyid, S.H., has passed away on Tuesday, 12 August 2014. At the age of 84, the late Professor Harun is a staunch figure of Indonesian Constitutional Law. Throughout his life, Prof. Harun was a man who devoted himself to the scientific…
CSO Initiatives MD3 Law: A Setback for the Indonesian Parliament The House of Representatives has realized that their performance levels are in decline in line with the public’s trust towards them. Therefore, through the amendment of Law No. 27 Year 2009 on the People’s Consultative Assembly, House of Representatives, House of Regional Representatives, and Regional…
Constitutional Court Procedures of Filing Presidential Election Dispute to Constitutional Court The General Elections Commission (Komisi Pemilihan Umum/KPU) will announce the official results of the Presidential Elections on 22 July 2014. A number of quick-count surveys done by several research institutes show that the Joko Widodo – Jusuf Kalla pair have excelledover the Prabowo –…
Constitutional Court Indonesia Corruption Watch to File Claim on the Education Endowment Fund Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) intends to file a suit before the Constitutional Court regarding the Education Endowment Fund as mentioned in Law No. 1/2010 on the Amendment of Law No. 49 Year 2009 on the 2010 State Budget. According to ICW,…
Supreme Court Conspiracy in Indonesian Bribery Cases One of the most contentious debates on bribery cases in Indonesia is on the issues of conspiracy among perpetrators (penyertaan). The conspiracy concept in Indonesian criminal law is stipulated in Article 55 of the Indonesian Criminal Code. The article divides conspiracy into two broad categories, namely, the real…
AyoVote melalui Pangeran Siahaan menyebutkan, “penyebaran informasi lewat media audio visual jelas lebih efektif dibanding hanya sekadar teks statis saja”.
Sejak UU Bantuan Hukum disahkan oleh DPR RI, pada 4 Oktober 2011, beragam harapan mulai muncul demi terbangunnya sebuah sistem bantuan hukum yang dapat diakses oleh semua kelompok masyarakat, khususnya kalangan tidak mampu [miskin].
Pada Senin, 9 Juni 2014, PSHK mengadakan sebuah diskusi internal bersama dengan Indonesian Jentera School of Law (IJSL), Lembaga Kajian Advokasi untuk Independensi Peradilan (LeIP), hukumonline.com, juga beberapa peneliti dan pakar hukum. Diskusi itu dalam rangka kunjungan Upik Djalins, seorang fellow dari Sajogyo Institute di Bogor, yang mempresentasikan “Pendidikan Hukum di Hindia Belanda: Antara Membangun…
Legal Discourse Forgiveness without Disclosure of the Truth Fadli Zon, Vice Chairman of the Gerindra Party in one occasion stated that the issue of human rights violations is often used as a political weapon against Prabowo Subianto, Chairman of the Gerindra Party. Therefore, still according to Fadli Zon, past cases of human rights violations are…