Indonesia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 1945, repealed in 1949, reintroduced on July 5, 1959, and amended several times, the last in 2002
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Roman-Dutch law, modified by traditional elements and new criminal procedure rules
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- The People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat or MPR) is the upper house; it has the role of appointing and impeaching the president and amending the constitution but does not deal with national politics; the House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat or DPR); the Regional Representatives Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah or DPD) whose constitutional mandate is to provide legislative input to the DPR on regional issues.
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the President; Constitutional Court, Labor Court
RELIGIONS
87% Muslims; 9% Christians; 2% Hindus; 1% Buddhists
From the country
- MAY 30, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
SEVEN FOREIGNERS GIVEN DEATH IN INDONESIA DRUGS CASE
Five Chinese nationals, a Dutchman and a Frenchman who appealed against the length of their convictions
- MAY 23, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
three Indonesians were sentenced to death for trying to smuggle...
three Indonesians were sentenced to death for trying to smuggle almost 25,500 of ecstasy tablets from Malaysia to Indonesia's nearby Batam island, judge Haruno Patriadi said.
- APRIL 28, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDERING FAMILY
an Indonesian man has been executed by a firing squad for his 1999 conviction of killing a family of six, including four children, on Borneo island.
- MARCH 26, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA ATTORNEY GENERAL CRITICIZED OVER DEATH PENALTY
legal experts criticized Attorney General Saleh over his rigid stance regarding capital punishment in Indonesia.
- MARCH 20, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN GUARD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING JAPANESE BOSS
the Java Bandung district court in West Java, Indonesia, sentenced a man to death for murdering his Japanese employer last year.
- MARCH 15, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA PROPOSALS TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG OFFENSES REJECTED
“The Indonesian government firmly rejects proposals to abolish capital punishment for drug offences,” Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said.
- JANUARY 29, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR MURDER
Metro TV station reported that an Indonesian convict, identified as Zaenal...
- JANUARY 1, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is applicable for murder..
The death penalty is applicable for murder...
- NOVEMBER 14, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH SENTENCE ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT UPHELD
a court in Malaysia upheld the death sentence on an Indonesian illegal immigrant who was convicted of murdering a female tenant in a five-room house occupied by them in Selayang Baru.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUGE DRUG OPERATION
two Indonesians were sentenced to death for masterminding one of the world’s biggest drug operations, while a Dutchman and Frenchman who helped make the ecstasy and methamphetamine were jailed for life.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. FAMILY OF EXECUTED MAN DEMAND NEW AUTOPSY
the family and lawyers of Dominggus da Silva presented a letter to police...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI BOMBERS TO KEEP THEIR HEADS
Indonesia will not meet a request by three Islamic militants sentenced to death over the 2002 Bali bombings to be executed by decapitation rather than firing squad. Lawyers of Amrozi, Ali Ghufron alias Mukhlas and Imam Samudra had said the previous week t