Bagus BT Saragih – Lawmakers have proposed delegating the supervision of Constitutional Court justices, along with other judges, to the Judicial Commission.

Candra Malik, Magelang, Central Java – Nearly 7,000 minors face criminal trials in Indonesian courtrooms each year, and 90 percent of them end up behind bars either for the duration of

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – In September 2008, Indonesia's judicial system was ranked the worst in Asia by a Hong Kong-based consulting firm that dubbed the country's judiciary as one of "th

Heru Andriyanto – If all goes according to plan, prosecutors suspected of corruption will not simply face disciplinary sanctions but could end up on the wrong side of the courtroom as d

The head of the Nusakambangan narcotics detention center has been detained for allegedly receiving money from drug transactions.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Amid the unfortunate recent outbreak of what is now called "mob justice", groups are pushing legislators to issue a new law to define such violence and disorder c

Ronna Nirmala – The Constitutional Court on Thursday partially revised a law governing how juvenile offenders should be tried in court, but child rights campaigners say it is not enough

Arief Johar Cahyadi Permana is not the only Indonesian facing jail time for what seems like a minor offense. Such cases have been reported frequently over the past two years.

Putri Fitria, Sleman, Yogyakarta – Arief Johar Cahyadi Permana is at a loss for words.

Dessy Sagita – A Constitutional Court judge resigned on Friday, the first on that bench to do so, after an ethics tribunal ruled that he must take responsibility for bribes allegedly re

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Supreme Court is concerned about the rising number of incidents where angry mobs have intimidated judges and prosecutors during court hearings, and called the

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) announced plans to look into the trial process of former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief and murder convict

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Anticorruption activists did the only thing they could on Friday in response to the release of Artalyta "Ayin" Suryani from prison: Raising their voices by pr

Heru Andriyanto – Artalyta Suryani, the wealthy Indonesian businesswoman convicted of bribing a prosecutor and later busted enjoying spa treatments in prison, is now a free woman.

Controversial graft convict Artalyta Suryani walked out of the Tangerang Women's Penitentiary on Friday after the decree approving her release was issued by Justice and Human Rights Min

Heru Andriyanto – The National Commission for Human Rights said on Thursday it would look into the murder conviction of former anti-graft czar Antasari Azhar following claims that the c

Camelia Pasandaran – Convicted businesswoman Artalyta Suryani will walk free from Tangerang prison in two weeks, after serving just half of a five-year sentence for graft.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Legal analysts called on the Supreme Court to clarify its double verdict in the graft case of Sumita Tobing, the former director of state-owned TV broadcaster TVR

Jakarta – When Kasiem, a 55-year-old Indonesian woman, was condemned to seven months in prison she decided she would prefer not to serve the sentence.

Amir Tejo, Heru Andriyanto & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The war of blame between two law enforcing government institutions over a prisoner-substitution scandal in East Java continue

Camelia Pasandaran & Nivell Rayda – The Constitutional Court on Monday announced it had set up an ethics tribunal for two justices alleged to have taken bribes for favorable rulings

Heru Andriyanto – The country's much-derided penal system has taken yet another hit as reports emerge of a female convict in East Java paying another woman Rp 10 million ($1,100) to ser

Jakarta – The government says it will build or refurbish 63 penitentiaries in Indonesia early next year in a bid to reduce prison overcrowding.

Jakarta – The Judicial Commission is scheduled to select a chairman Monday in an election observers are calling crucial to improving the watchdog's performance.

Jayapura – Some 564 of the total of 939 inmates in Papua province will enjoy a remission in this year's Christmas celebrations.

Made Arya Kencana, Denpasar – Fifty-seven percent of the more than 6,000 children incarcerated across the country are locked up alongside adult offenders rather than in juvenile detenti

Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas, Jakarta – Discrepancies in the sentencing of defendants in two recent cases involving a loss of life have raised questions regarding the sense of justice

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives on Thursday agreed to the creation of an ad hoc tribunal to deal with judges who break the law, which would ef

Jakarta – The Supreme Court and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) should administer better information systems to disclose online statistics of cases they handle to pave the way for j

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – A Bandung professor garnered the most votes on Thursday as the House of Representatives selected seven hopefuls, dubbed "the best of the worst," to sit on the J

Jakarta – A study by the Indonesian Legal Roundtable has found that less than half of the candidates proposed to form the Judicial Commission (KY) were unqualified.

Anita Rachman, Indonesia – The seemingly renewed national commitment to law enforcement that last week saw the appointment of an antigraft czar and an attorney general will continue thi

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Graft suspect Gayus Tambunan's illicit jaunts away from his detention cell have drawn fierce criticism of the country's prison system, and new hopes of credi

Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – A coalition of watchdogs on Friday redoubled their calls for the next Attorney General to come from outside the AGO, arguing that only an outsider could fix t

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – Media watchdogs have condemned the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for reportedly ordering private TV station SCTV to drop a sensitive broadcast, and have vow

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – There is something gravely wrong about a justice system that would let a 55-year-old housemaid languish in jail for stealing just a few plates and pieces of clo

Nivell Rayda & Anita Rachman – Five candidates for the Judicial Commission have questionable track records and the House of Representatives must not select them, antigraft watchdogs

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Hundreds of lawyers began fighting among themselves on Wednesday in the latest twist to the long-simmering dispute between two of Indonesia's most prominent bar

The Indonesian government has been urged to investigate today's death of a Maluku political activist who was denied urgent medical care in prison.

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Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Antigraft activists have slammed the remission system for corruption convicts following the release of high-profile embezzler Aulia Pohan on Friday.

On 20 August 2010, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Falintil, the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste issued Presidential Decree No.

Jakarta – Legal experts agree that Indonesia needs to overhaul its legal system, including restructuring judicial institutions and reapportioning work between courts.

Jakarta – In recognition of Indonesia's 65th Independence Day, on Tuesday the government reduced prison terms of most inmates nationwide, including high-profile graft convicts such as f

Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch has criticized Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar over his inconsistency in upholding restrictions of jail-term remission to graft an

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The government on Friday failed to provide satisfactory responses to the Constitutional Court about the position and legal standing of the Attorney General's Off

Arghea Desafti Hapsari, Jakarta – The legitimacy and legal power of the judicial commissioners may be called into question by the judges they supervise as a presidential regulation exte

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Monday passed a revision of the 2002 Clemency Law, which will allow a greater role for the government, shorten the appeals proce

Ahmad Pathoni – Twenty-five teenagers were crammed in a 20-square-meter cell in the main prison in the Indonesian city of Bogor.

In 2010, the AHRC continued to receive information on several cases of torture in Indonesia.