LRWD Edition 3 : January 2015

President Jokowi Should Cancel Budi’s Appointment and Propose New Candidate Collective and Collegial Decision Making in the KPK President’s Prerogative Rights in Police Chief Appointment Government Regulation In Lieu of Law on Immunity Cannot Fix the KPK’s Current Woes Police Must Issue a Warrant to Terminate Investigation (SP3) into Bambang Widjojanto   President Jokowi Should…

LRWD Edition 37 : December 2014

Legal Policy Which Agency Should Carry On The Duties of The Former National Law Commission?   The National Law Commission (KHN), which was established during the reign of President Abdurrahman Wahid through Presidential Decree No. 15 Year 2000, was officially dissolved through Presidential Regulation No. 176 Year 2014 on 4 December 2014. The National Law…

LRWD Edition 36 : December 2014

Law Policy Foreign Vessel Sinking Regulation   On Friday, December 5, 2014, Indonesian Navy sank down three foreign vessels in Anambas Waters, Riau. Commander of the Western Regions RI Fleet Admiral, Widodo, said that the three foreign vessels could not provide necessary documents and were caught fishing in Indonesian territory on November 2, 2014. All…

Studi Pemanfaatan dan Kebutuhan Data Statistik Penegak Hukum

Dalam kurun waktu beberapa tahun terakhir ini, pemerintah mendorong setiap lembaga negara dan lembaga pemerintah (termasuk lembaga penegak hukum) untuk melakukan penganggaran dengan mekanisme Performance-Based Budgeting atau penganggaran berbasis kinerja. Ketersediaan data kinerja lembaga, termasuk di dalamnya berupa statistik, menjadi suatu keniscayaan dalam rangka mendukung perencanaan dan penganggaran lembaga yang bersangkutan dalam rangka pembangunan nasional. Apalagi, setiap…

LRWD Edition 35 : December 2014

House of Regional Representatives DPD’s Initiative to Propose Bill of Persons with Disabilities   On 18 November 2014, the House of Regional Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah/DPD) held a focus group discussion entitled “Urgency of National Lawmaking about People with Disabilities”. During the FGD, the DPD presented their research report about the urgency of People with…

LRWD Edition 34 : November 2014

Legal Policy Law Enforcement and Human Rights Challenges for the New Attorney General   It has been more than two weeks since the inauguration of Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla’s working cabinet. Even so, the appointment of an Attorney General seems to still be a long way away. According to the Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and…

LRWD Edition 33 : November 2014

Supreme Court Inauguration of Four New Supreme Court Justices   On 21 October 2014, Chief Justice, Hatta Ali, inducted and swore in four new Supreme Court Judges. The four new Supreme Court jusitces area Amran Suadi (Vice Chairman of the Religious High Court of Surabaya), Sudrajat Dimyati (Vice Chairman of the High Court of Pontianak),…

Mengapa Kita Perlu Melakukan Revisi KUHAP Dan Mengapa Sebaiknya Tidak Dilakukan Sekarang

Rencana revisi Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Acara Pidana (KUHAP) dan KUHP (Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana) beberapa waktu lalu menuai banyak pemberitaan media. Dua agenda revisi undang-undang ini didorong oleh Pemerintah, tepatnya oleh Kementerian Hukum dan HAM. Untuk yang belum tahu perbedaannya, kurang lebih ilustrasinya adalah seperti ini. Bila di suatu hari yang naas Anda ditangkap polisi,…