CSO Initiatives PSHK Public Discussion: Applying Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Principles in the Bill on Persons with Disabilities Pusat Studi Hukum dan Kebijakan Indonesia (PSHK) held a public discussion entitled “Applying Principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the Bill on Persons with Disabilities 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…
Supreme Court Supreme Court Regulation No. 1 Year 2014: Strengthening Legal Aid in Court Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has ratified Supreme Court Regulation No. 1 Year 2014 on Legal Service Guidelines for the Poor in Court; which automatically replaces Supreme Court Regulation No. 10 Year 2010 on Legal Aid Guidelines in Court. The…
Parliament The Dismissal of Pasek Last Monday (13/01), the House of Representatives Secretariat received a letter from the Democrat Party which contains the interim dismissal of I Gede Pasek Swardika, a member of the House of Representatives from the mentioned political party. According to the party’s spokesperson, Pasek conduct is violating the party’s integrity pact…
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…
Law Reform Weekly Digest – your weekly updates on Indonesian law reform | The Jakarta Corruption Court Judges Assembly finally gave sentence towards Ahmad Fathanah, case. However, two of the judges gave dissenting opinions upon the case. Justice Djoko Subagyo and I Made Hendra; both stating based on Article 71 of Law No. 8 Year 2010 on Money Laundering Offences; to block an account; it require a sign of consent from the Chief Prosecutor and not from the Corruption Eradication Commission.