Rehabilitation Sanctions for Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Indonesia
Abstract
The birth of the Sexual Violence Crime Law (TPSK) is indeed felt to provide a sense of security, especially for women and children, but the birth of the Sexual Violence Crime Law (TPSK) is considered imperfect, where in Article 17 Paragraph 1 of Law No. 12 of 2022 concerning the Crime of Sexual Violence it is stated that "in addition to being sentenced, perpetrators of sexual violence crimes can be subject to actions in the form of rehabilitation". The type of research used in this study is normative juridical research. Furthermore, the research approach in this study uses the stata approach. This research is descriptive, which makes a systematic depiction, in this case the regulation of rehabilitation sanctions for perpetrators of sexual violence crimes, the author concludes, first, the regulation of rehabilitation sanctions for perpetrators of sexual violence crimes including the newly appointed one in Law Number 12 of 2022 concerning the Crime of Sexual Violence, but this newly issued regulation does not explain the detailed definition related to rehabilitation sanctions that can be charged to the perpetrators of sexual violence crimes, and the second is the need to reformulate article 17 paragraph 1 of the Sexual Violence Crime Law is expected to provide more legal certainty in the implementation of rehabilitation for perpetrators of sexual violence crimes, both in terms of indicators of perpetrators who can be rehabilitated and what form of rehabilitation they take, so that rehabilitation actions can indeed be obtained by perpetrators who really need it to Recovery, with legal certainty, the imposition of rehabilitation measures is not based on a person's mood.
How to Cite This Article
Febrina Irlanda, Gde Made Swardhana (2024).
Rehabilitation Sanctions for Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Indonesia
. International Journal of Judicial Law (IJJL), 3(6), 42-47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54660/IJJL.2024.3.6.42-47