House of Representatives Formation of Standing Orders Must Be Halted On 26 August 2014, the House of Representatives officially established the Special Committee on the Alteration of the Indonesian House of Representatives Regulation on the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives. In accordance to the mandate, the Special Committee is assigned to compile the…
Supreme Court Supreme Court Regulation No. 4 Year 2014 Strengthens Diversion in Children in the Criminal Justice System The enactment of Law No. 11 Year 2012 on Child Criminal Justice is a significant milestone for the protection of children’s rights in Indonesia. It is part of Indonesia’s commitment to fulfill the country’s international obligation in…
Legal Discourse The Polemical Second Round of the Presidential Election The journey to Istana Merdeka becomes more and more interesting with each passing day. The frenzy between supporters regarding weaknesses and strengths of each presidential candidate through the media can’t seem to be paused. One issue raised is regarding the second round of the presidential…
Judiciary Honorary Assembly of Judges Sentence Judges Violating Ethical Conduct On Tuesday, 25 February 2014, the Supreme Court sentenced M. Reza Latucosina, a high-court judge from Ternate province and Pastra Joseph Ziraluo, Vice-Chairman of the Mataram District Court for ethical conduct charges; infidelity and bribery. The Honorary Assembly of Justices is a forum established in…
Constitutional Court Constitutional Court Judge Selections and Politician Nominees The Constitutional Court will have new judges in upcoming months. The selection process at the Parliament has already started and has managed to obtain 12 candidates. The next step, based on unconstitutional Law No. 4 Year 2014 on Election Models, is the establishing of a…
Legal Community Indonesian Bar Association (PERADI) Enacts New Regulation for Foreign Advocates in Indonesia Peradi (Perhimpunan Advokat Indonesia / the Indonesian Bar Association) as one of Indonesia’s most prominent bar associations has just passed a new regulation for the practices of foreign lawyers in Indonesia. The Peradi Chairman Decree No. KEP.2010/PERADI/DPN.XII/2013 on Requirements and Procedural…
House of Representatives Indonesian House of Representatives Agenda: The Opening of Session III of the 2013-2014 Year On 15 January 2014, House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie opened Session III of the 2013-2014 year, which has 36 working days and will end on 6 March 2014. Session III is the session before the 2014 General…
Constitutional Court Supreme Court Justice Elections: A New Challenge for the Judicial Commission On Thursday, 9 January 2014, the Constitutional Court read Verdict No. 27/PUU-XI/2-13 which examines the article associated with Supreme Court Justice Elections in Law No. 3 Year 2009 on the Supreme Court and Law No. 18 Year 2011 on the Amendment on…
Legislation The Legislation Impact Analysis Failure towards the Law on Minerals and Coal One of the most essential things in the process of legislative drafting is associated with predictions of the impact of implementing a policy set forth in the legislation. This impact analysis becomes important in the context of legislative drafting since it is…