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- August 1945, repealed in 1949, reintroduced on July 5, 1959, and amended several times, the last in 2002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 31, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups say the abduction and murder of...
Human rights groups say the abduction and murder of civilians in Aceh reached "alarming levels" after the bodies of 19 people were found separate locations throughout the war-torn province in the previous four days
- MAY 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A 27-year-old woman fell to the floor when the Tangerang...
A 27-year-old woman fell to the floor when the Tangerang District Court handed down the death penalty for her attempt to smuggle a kilogram of heroin into Indonesia from Nepal
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Central Jakarta district court sentenced to death...
The Central Jakarta district court sentenced to death Dani alias Taufik bin Abdullah, another suspect in the bombing of a market center in the city in August 2001
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice...
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice of a Malaysian bomber over an explosion at a Jakarta shopping mall in August 2001 that was linked by the judge to an international terrorist network
- MAY 8, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra...
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that the government is proposing to submit in June to the House of Representatives an antiterrorism bill, which allows foreign countries to prosecute terrorists in Indonesia and threatens stif
- MAY 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Malaysian man was sentenced to death in neighbouring...
A Malaysian man was sentenced to death in neighbouring Indonesia for the bombing of a Jakarta shopping mall that the judge said aimed to stir up religious hatred
- APRIL 25, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the...
Indonesia voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
More than 60 percent of inmates at Tangerang women's...
More than 60 percent of inmates at Tangerang women's penitentiary, Banten province, are drug-related offenders, with some of them continuing to take drugs while serving their sentences
- APRIL 12, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
With more and more people in Indonesia producing and...
With more and more people in Indonesia producing and trafficking psychotropic drugs, including ecstasy, the courts should begin handing down the death penalty to punish these crimes, police and observers said
- APRIL 4, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's former military chief testified it was...
Indonesia's former military chief testified it was the United Nations, not the Indonesian army, that was to blame for the violence that wracked East Timor after the 1999 poll for independence
- APRIL 4, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Amien...
The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Amien Rais said that those behind the April 3 bombing in the Indonesian city of Ambon deserved heavy punishment as the incident had a disruptive effect on the implementation of the peace pact between the t
- MARCH 27, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A West Sumatra court ordered the first executions in...
A West Sumatra court ordered the first executions in the Indonesian province's history, sentencing to death two young men convicted of murder