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- August 1945, repealed in 1949, reintroduced on July 5, 1959, and amended several times, the last in 2002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
- APRIL 30, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. POLICE DELIBERATELY KILLED TRAFFICKING SUSPECT, WITNESSES
witnesses in Indonesia claimed a Nepalese man linked to Australian heroin smuggling suspects was deliberately killed by police.
- APRIL 28, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. GOVERNMENT SAID IT WOULD APPEAL CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR BALI DRUG SUSPECTS
Australia's prime minister, John Howard, said the government would appeal any death sentence which might be handed down to nine Australians accused of drug trafficking in Indonesia.
- APRIL 22, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. PROSECUTORS DEMAND LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CORBY
a distraught Schapelle Corby screamed and cried after Balinese prosecutors asked an Indonesian court to convict her and jail her for life.
- APRIL 20, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Indonesia voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- APRIL 19, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. GOVT URGED TO HELP INDONESIAN FACING DEATH PENALTY IN EGYPT
Ahamd Hosein Hutagalung, a member of the North Sumatra provincial legislative council, appaled to the government to help an Indonesian citizen, Ali Darman, who was facing the death sentence by decapitation in Egypt for allegedly killing a Malaysian, Zaki
- APRIL 19, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. FIRING SQUADS OFTEN LEAD TO SLOW DEATH, EDITORIAL
for death row inmates in Indonesia, execution usually comes on a deserted beach or remote jungle at the hands of a paramilitary firing squad. And, it rarely comes fast.
- APRIL 18, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. SUPPORT UP FOR PROPOSAL TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that a proposal to reduce the death sentence to life imprisonment in cases where a convict had not been executed five years after being sentenced had won support among lawyers and legal experts.
- APRIL 18, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. INITIATIVE TO REDUCE DEATH PENALTY WITH LIFE TO BE SUBMITTED TO HOUSE, LEGAL EXPERT
legal expert with the University of Indonesia Topo Santoso said that an initiative to reduce the death penalty to life imprisonment had been accommodated in the new national criminal code currently being drafted by the government, which was expected to be
- APRIL 14, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. GOVERNMENT URGED TO SAVE TWO WOMEN FROM GALLOWS IN SINGAPORE
Chairman of the North Sumatra Provincial Legislative Assembly (DPRD) Muhammad Nuh asked the Indonesian government to immediately save two Indonesian migrant workers in Singapore, Siti Aminah and Juminem, who were on death row for having murdered their bos
- APRIL 13, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. DEATH THREAT AGAINST INDONESIAN CONSUL STAFF OVER DEATH PENALTY CASE
Australian police were investigating a threat to kill staff at Perth's Indonesian consulate unless Schapelle Corby, an Australian woman on trial for drug trafficking in Bali, was released immediately.
- APRIL 7, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. COUNTRY CONSIDERING CARRYING OUT EXECUTIONS BY INJECTION
Indonesia was considering using lethal injection as a means of carrying out the death sentence instead of the current practice of shooting by firing squad, the country's attorney general said. Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said he would meet with th
- APRIL 5, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Dasilva and Marinus Riwu were sentenced to death in Indonesia
Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Dasilva and Marinus Riwu were sentenced to death in Indonesia