scholarly journals Why Indonesia Maintain Capital Punishment?

FIAT JUSTISIA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-38
Author(s):  
Ahmad Irzal Fardiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
The State ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Effective Deterrent ◽  
Victims Of Crime

The death penalty in Indonesia is still maintained to combat crime within the Indonesian criminal law reform. Although many states have it removed, Indonesia would have the sole discretion to keep it. Despite the opposition, the death penalty application still has a juridical and sociological basis, so it is still legal to be maintained. Indonesia itself has overshadowed the death penalty with a form of legality according to international law so that the position of Indonesia that still maintain the death penalty cannot be blamed. Moreover, sociologically, Indonesian people still accept those who commit an offence who may have profound implications that could lead to the death penalty. This issue is what became the basis for lawmakers in Indonesia to keep it. This research uses the doctrinal method toexamine various regulations regarding capital punishment and non-doctrinal to understand the community's situation related to the existence of capital punishment in Indonesia. The death penalty is a more effective deterrent and therefore prevents crime better. With the death penalty, others were about to commit a similar crime is expected not to commit the crime. The death penalty is more effectively immobilizing offenders. Perpetrators, in principle, still manage to have the desire to commit the crime again after release. The death penalty for perpetrators of crimes is not a violation of human rights, but rather to respect human rights itself, namely for victims of crime. The setting and the application of the death penalty in Indonesia until now is still needed. They are considering that there are still many crimes that undermine humanity's values or the crimes that harm the State and crackdown on corruption in society.

scholarly journals PROBLEMATIKA PIDANA HUKUMAN MATI DALAM PERSPEKTIF SISTEM PEMASYARAKATAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi Agsel Pratama ◽  
Mitro Subroto
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Death Row ◽  
Normative Analysis ◽  
Correctional System

Indonesia, which is trying to reorganize in the field of criminal law reform, cannot be separated from the issue of the death penalty. Of course this will have an impact on the context of the formation of the new Criminal Code (KUHP) made by the Indonesian people themselves which have long been aspired to. In addition, the increasing number of death penalty sentences handed down against criminals makes the author interested in studying the existence of capital punishment sanctions, especially in the aspect of human rights and also in the perspective of the correctional system. This is because the death penalty has conflicting values and concepts in the Constitution and the Indonesian Correctional System. In this study, the researcher conducted a normative analysis which resulted in the conclusion that convicts on death row would be able to carry out the coaching program without coercion. 

The right to the truth in international law: fact or fiction?

2006 ◽  
Vol 88 (862) ◽  
pp. 245-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin Naqvi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
The Right ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Legal Right

The right to the truth has emerged as a legal concept at the national, regional and international levels, and relates to the obligation of the state to provide information to victims or to their families or even society as a whole about the circumstances surrounding serious violations of human rights. This article unpacks the notion of the right to the truth and tests the normative strength of the concept against the practice of states and international bodies. It also considers some of the practical implications of turning “truth” into a legal right, particularly from the criminal law perspective.

scholarly journals MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON THE APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

Asy-Syari ah ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-198
Author(s):  
Tajul Arifin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Drugs And Crime ◽  
Low Rate

AbstractThis research mainly uses statistical data published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDDC) in April 2014 to support the hypothesis of this research that “Human Rights Activists in Indonesia as in other countries have failed in comprehending the wisdom (hikmah) of the application of Capital Punishment”. This study found that: (1) the hypothesis of this research was strongly supported by the data; (2) the application of Syari`ah Criminal Law in Saudi Arabia has been an unchallenged proof for the wisdom (hikmah) behind the application of Capital Punishment by keeping the level of murder crime to a low rate which sharply contrast to many countries which apply positive laws which are based on a social contract between the ruler and the ruled, such as in The United States and Mexico; and (3) In upholding the true justice in Islamic Criminal Law, punishment can only be awarded to the criminals in a society where the Islamic ideal of social justice has been achieved. AbstrakPenelitian ini menggunakan data statistik yang diterbitkan oleh United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDDC) pada bulan April 2014 untuk mendukung hipotesis dari penelitian ini bahwa "Aktivis HAM di Indonesia seperti di negara-negara lain telah gagal dalam memahami hikmah dari penerapan hukuman mati". Studi ini menemukan bahwa: (1) hipotesis penelitian ini sangat didukung oleh data; (2) penerapan Hukum Pidana Syari`ah di Arab Saudi telah menjadi bukti tak terbantahkan untuk menunjukkan hikmah di balik penerapan hukuman mati dengan menjaga tingkat kejahatan pembunuhan pada tingkat yang sangat rendah yang sangat berlawanan dengan yang terjadi di banyak negara yang menerapkan hukum positif yang didasarkan pada kontrak sosial antara penguasa dan rakyat, seperti di Amerika Serikat dan Meksiko; dan (3) dalam menegakkan keadilan sejati dalam Hukum Pidana Islam, hukuman hanya dapat diberikan kepada penjahat dalam masyarakat di mana keadilan sosial yang ideal menurut Islam telah dicapai.

scholarly journals FOREIGN CONVICTS EXECUTION: CRIMINAL JURISDICTION BENEATH INTERNATIONAL TENSION

2017 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tajudin . ◽  
Solihin Niar Ramadhan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Death Sentence ◽  
Foreign Nationals ◽  
Law System ◽  
Head Of State ◽  
National Jurisdiction ◽  
The Postponement

The existence ofthe death penalty remains a controversial issue in several countries around the world. Although many countries have abolished the death penalty in its criminal law system, Indonesia still retainsthe capital punishment within its criminal law policy.In Practice, theexecutionhasbeen implemented long agodespite the fact that it leaves a lot of problems. There are many reactions from other countries when prosecutors process to execute foreign nationals. On fact, many head of state request to president of Republic of Indonesia to change the punishment or give forgiveness.This journal will discuss the main problemsencountered in the implementation of the death penalty in Indonesia. The problems are: Firstly,the imposition of the death penalty for foreign nationals in order to implement the national jurisdiction underinternational community’s pressure. Secondly,the postponement of death sentence associated with the theory of retribution and human rights.<br />Keyword: The death penalty, retribution theory, human rights.

scholarly journals The Double Criminality Rule Revisited

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 297-309
Author(s):  
Sharon A. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
International Law ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Foreign State ◽  
State Cooperation ◽  
Inter State

Extradition law and process is the complex vehicle for the return by one state of accused or convicted fugitives from the criminal justice of another state. From an international law perspective, it is for the most part, a treaty matter bearing on the rights and duties of states and the emphasis is on inter-state cooperation, reciprocity and mutuality of obligations. However, it is also part of the domestic criminal law process and as the result will be the potential or actual deprivation of the liberty or even the life of the fugitive, if the requesting state retains the death penalty, today extradition is seen as necessarily protecting the human rights of the fugitive.The focus of this article is on the protection given to the fugitive by the double or dual criminahty rule under the extradition law of Canada. Two major issues will be analyzed. Firstly, whether the crime for which the extradition request is made by the foreign state is an extraditable crime meeting the requirement of double criminality and secondly, whether the extradition judge in Canada is mandated to inquire into and seek evidence of the foreign criminal law.

scholarly journals KONSEPSI DAN APLIKASI PIDANA MATI DALAM PERADILAN DI INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 711
Author(s):  
I Made Pasek Budiawan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Psychotropic Substances ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process

Imposition of the death penalty by the judge in the criminal justice process Indonesia still remains a debate among groups that agread with the group that oppose it. But in some laws for special crimes such as terrorism, corruption, narcotics, psychotropic substances, and a human rights capital punishment is still regulated, as well as of the criminal code and the concept of the criminal code by 2015 capital punishment is still based. The  existence of the group that did not agree with the conception and application of this dying, argued that human life bussiness, my God, not the man to lift the perspective of the scientific criminal law that a death penalty still exists in all criminal acts by perpetrators of crimes with widespread impact as well as detrimental to the wider community the research for criminal santions was important to examine the existence of the norms of law as a basic for corrector by maximum capital punishment in Indonesia. Penjatuhan pidana mati oleh hakim dalam proses peradilan pidana Indonesia masih tetap menjadi perdebatan antara kelompok yang setuju dengan kelompok yang menentangnya. Namun dalam beberapa undang-undang tindak pidana khusus seperti terorisme, korupsi, narkotika, psikotropika dan peradilan hak asasi manusia pidana mati masih diatur, begitu juga KUHP dan konsep KUHP tahun 2015 pidana mati masih tetap dicanangkan. Adanya kelompok yang tidak setuju dengan konsepsi dan aplikasi pidana  mati ini berdalih bahwa nyawa manusia menjadi urusan Tuhan, bukan menjadi kewenangan manusia untuk mencabutnya. Perspektif keilmuan hukum pidana bahwa pidana mati masih eksis untuk diberlakukan sepanjang tindak pidana yang dilakukan pelaku menyangkut kejahatan luar biasa dengan dampak luas serta merugikan masyarakat luas. Penelitian terhadap sanksi pidana mati penting dilakukan guna meneliti keberadaan norma hukum sebagai dasar pembenar dijatuhkannya pidana mati ini di Indonesia.

scholarly journals The problem of the legislative sentence to the death penalty in russia in the context of international obligations

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-161
Author(s):  
A V Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Long Time ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
The Right

Legislative Sentence to the death penalty as an exceptional measure of capital punishment and its relation to the right to life have been a subject of public discussion for a long time, and nowadays they are topical ones for every civilized state.The International law prohibits the use of capital punishment by a country because the death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhumanand degrading punishment as well as because the legislative Sentence to the death penalty is contrary to the basic principle of respectfor human rights and fundamental freedoms including the recognition of an absolute right to human life.One of the essential conditions for invitation of Russia to the Council of Europe has been the legislative Sentence for the abolition ofthe death penalty, but Russia still has not ratified Protocol No. 6, and has not taken action on the absolute refusal of the death penalty,so the problem of the Sentence to the death penalty as a capital punishment, continues to be topical more than ever.

scholarly journals PERDEBATAN HUKUMAN MATI DI INDONESIA: Suatu Kajian Perbandingan Hukum Islam dengan Hukum Pidana Indonesia

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hatta
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
The Public

<p>Abstrak: Secara tegas, hukum pidana Islam dan Indonesia mengatur tentang hukuman mati. Tetapi, di Indonesia eksistensi hukuman mati masih menjadi perdebatan. Ada pendapat bahwa hukuman mati bertentangan dengan Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM) dan ada juga menilai hukuman mati dimaksudkan untuk melindungi kepentingan umum. Untuk mengkaji pertentangan pandangan tersebut, perlu dilakukan analisis secara kritis dengan mengunakan pendekatan yuridis normatif. Disimpulkan bahwa dalam pelaksanaan hukuman mati, baik hukum pidana Islam maupun Indonesia mem- berlakukan secara hati-hati dan dengan batasan yang telah ditentukan oleh undang- undang. Dengan batasan-batasan inilah diharapakan dapat mengimbangi pandangan antara yang mendukung dan menolak hukuman mati di Indonesia. Hukuman mati dalam hukum pidana Islam untuk melindungi agama, jiwa, harta, akal, dan keturunan yang merupakan karunia Allah SWT. yang harus dilindungi, di mana pelanggarnya pantas dihukum mati.</p><p><br />Abstract: The Debate of Capital Punishment in Indonesia: A Comparative Study between Islamic and Indonesian Criminal Law. Strictly speaking, the Islamic and Indonesian criminal law provide for capital punishment. However, the existence of the death penalty in Indonesia is still debatable. It is assumed that the death penalty is against human rights, but others consider it as to protect the public interest. In order to discuss the contravening views, this paper is an attempt to critically analyzed the issu by using a normative juridical approach. It is concluded in its implementation of capital punishment both the in Islamic and Indonesian criminal law is carefully applied and with the limits prescribed by law. Such restrictions are expected to balance the views between the pro and against capital punishment in Indonesia. The death penalty in Islamic criminal law is to protect religion, life, property, intellect and descendant. The five basic human rights is given by the Almighty God that should be protected, the violator of which is liable for capital punishment.</p><p><br />Kata Kunci: hukuman mati, hukum pidana, Islam</p>

scholarly journals International Law and the Death Penalty: A Toothless Tiger, or a Meaningful Force for Change

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra L. Babcock
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
International Law ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The World

Over the last several decades, the world has made great strides towards universal abolition of the death penalty. Since the Universal Declaration on Human Rights was adopted in 1948, nearly 100 countries have abolished the death penalty as a matter of law. European and Latin American nations have been on the forefront of abolitionist efforts, but anti-death-penalty sentiment is not limited to those regions; support for the death penalty is waning in Africa and Southeast Asia as well. All but one or two nations claim to no longer execute minors, and many of the world's leading executioners have greatly reduced the number of crimes for which the death penalty can be applied. The General Assembly of the United Nations has now passed four resolutions in favor of a universal moratorium on capital punishment, and each has been supported by a greater number of countries-even those that were previously considered staunch supporters of the death penalty.

scholarly journals KEBERADAAN PIDANA MATI DALAM KITAB UNDANG-UNDANG HUKUM PIDANA (KUHP)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Ni Komang Ratih Kumala Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Deterrent Effect ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
The Right

Capital punishment is the heaviest crime and difficult to apply in a country of law considering the death penalty is one of the acts of human rights violations, but to make someone discourage of committing a crime there needs to be rules or penalties that can provide a deterrent effect and provide security for the community from all form of crime. The purpose of writing is directed to find out the regulation of the Death Penalty in the Criminal Law Code which is stipulated in several articles in the Criminal Code and the existence of capital punishment in the legal system in Indonesia in terms of human rights perspective, which of course would be contrary to human rights, especially the right to life, however capital punishment is also needed as an effort to prevent the occurrence of crimes, especially those classified as serious

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