Indonesia's overhaul of its criminal code has alarmed human rights advocates, who say the updated version enshrines numerous anti-democratic practices. Indonesia has updated its criminal code with a ...

When Indonesia passed controversial amendments to its criminal code earlier this month, one aspect above all others dominated the headlines: the criminalization of sex outside marriage. Tourism ...

Indonesia has passed a new criminal code that prevents anyone in the country from having extramarital sex and restricts political freedoms. Sex outside of marriage and living together without being ...

(Jakarta) – The Indonesian government should release the latest draft of the proposed criminal code to ensure a full and informed public discussion of its provisions, Human Rights Watch said today. A ...

Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Tim Lindsey receives funding from the Australian Research Council and ...

Indonesia’s parliament passed long-awaited amendments to its colonial-era criminal code on Tuesday. Authorities have pushed for more than half a century to modify the country’s existing penal code, ...

Indonesia has passed an overhauled criminal code that experts and activists say will weaken environmental protections and make it easier to persecute environmental defenders. Among the controversial ...

Indonesia’s plan to revise its outdated criminal code could lead to a systematic weakening of existing environmental laws, experts warn. The latest draft of the code contains provisions that would ...

Indonesian lawmakers have passed a sweeping revision to the Criminal Procedure Code, which they said would modernize an outdated justice system by speeding up prosecutions and aligning legal ...