scholarly journals A Gap Between Right to Live Protection and Death Penalty in Indonesia (Judges Decision on Cases Threatened Death Penalty)

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 02005
Author(s):  
Febrian ◽  
Nurhidayatuloh ◽  
Helena Primadianti ◽  
Ahmaturrahman ◽  
Fatimatuz Zuhro
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Deterrent Effect ◽  
District Courts ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
The Government

In Indonesia, right to life and death penalty has been perceived separately both by legislative and judiciary institutions. It can be seen from the government stand to ratify covenant regarding to right to life, but impose death penalty. This article is trying to elaborate judges’ decisions to cases threatened to death at district courts in South Sumatra and Yogyakarta Province. The research will contribute to provide an understanding of judges to the Article 6(2) ICCPR in both provinces. The main methods for this research comprise literature review and review of selected verdicts from district courts in both provinces. The data will be supported by several interviews to several judges serving in the district courts. As a result, none of the verdicts provide a consideration on human rights law set forth in the Article 6(2) for the cases threatened to death. In contrast, some judges believe that capital punishment has a deterrent effect for others. Fortunately, in some district courts, the judges are for sure that death penalty is the very last choice for very sadistic culprit when there is no mitigating circumstance in sentencing.

scholarly journals DEATH PENALTY AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE IN HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE, THE 1945 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, AND INDONESIAN LAW

2017 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksidelfa Yanto . .
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Deterrent Effect ◽  
General Nature ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Positive Law ◽  
Legal Power ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right

The execution of Death penalty in Indonesia is based on the court verdict that has had a permanent legal power. Only through the court ruling a man can be executed a death penalty upon the guilty alleged at him/her. The death penalty application in Indonesia is provided in the positive law with specific or general nature. As a country having the most verdicts with the capital punishment, either to its local citizen or to the foreign citizen who commits any offenders in the jurisdiction of Republic of Indonesia, triggering the existing of pro and contra stance on the capital punishment execution. The opposing stance based its argument on the human rights perspective, affirming that the capital punishment can be categorized as a form of savage and inhuman punishment and is in the contrary with the constitution. While the stance supporting the capital punishment execution is based on the argumentation that the perpetrator must be avenged in compliance with his/her commit, in order to give a deterrent effect for others who want to commit similar offense. Nevertheless as a matter of fact, there are still many similar offense occurred though capital punishment has been implemented.<br /><br />Keywords : Capital punishment, rights to live and human rights.

scholarly journals DEATH PENALTY EXECUTION AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE IN PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 1945 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, AND INDONESIAN LAW

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksidelfa Yanto
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Deterrent Effect ◽  
General Nature ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Positive Law ◽  
Legal Power ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right

<p align="center"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p><em>The execution of Death penalty in Indonesia is based on the court verdict that has had a permanent legal power. Only through the court ruling a man can be executed a death penalty upon the guilty alleged at him/her. The death penalty application in Indonesia is provided in the positive law with specific or general nature. As a country having the most verdicts with the capital punishment, either to its local citizen or to the foreign citizen who commits any offenders in the jurisdiction of Republic of Indonesia, triggering the existing of pro and contra stance on the capital punishment execution. The opposing stance based its argument on the human rights perspective, affirming that the capital punishment can be categorized as a form of savage and inhuman punishment and is in the contrary with the constitution. While the stance supporting the capital punishment execution is based on the argumentation that the perpetrator must be avenged in compliance with his/her commit, in order to give a deterrent effect for others who want to commit similar offense.    Nevertheless as a matter of fact, there are still many similar offense occurred though capital punishment has been implemented.    </em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords : Capital punishment, rights to live and human rights</em></strong><strong><em>.</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong></p>

scholarly journals KEBERADAAN PIDANA MATI DALAM KITAB UNDANG-UNDANG HUKUM PIDANA (KUHP)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Ni Komang Ratih Kumala Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Deterrent Effect ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
The Right

Capital punishment is the heaviest crime and difficult to apply in a country of law considering the death penalty is one of the acts of human rights violations, but to make someone discourage of committing a crime there needs to be rules or penalties that can provide a deterrent effect and provide security for the community from all form of crime. The purpose of writing is directed to find out the regulation of the Death Penalty in the Criminal Law Code which is stipulated in several articles in the Criminal Code and the existence of capital punishment in the legal system in Indonesia in terms of human rights perspective, which of course would be contrary to human rights, especially the right to life, however capital punishment is also needed as an effort to prevent the occurrence of crimes, especially those classified as serious

KEBIJAKAN MODERASI PIDANA MATI

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Mei Susanto ◽  
Ajie Ramdan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Life Imprisonment ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Moderation Model ◽  
The Right

ABSTRAKPutusan Nomor 2-3/PUU-V/2007 selain menjadi dasar konstitusionalitas pidana mati, juga memberikan jalan tengah (moderasi) terhadap perdebatan antara kelompok yang ingin mempertahankan (retensionis) dan yang ingin menghapus (abolisionis) pidana mati. Permasalahan dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimana kebijakan moderasi pidana mati dalam putusan a quo dikaitkan dengan teori pemidanaan dan hak asasi manusia dan bagaimana kebijakan moderasi pidana mati dalam RKUHP tahun 2015 dikaitkan dengan putusan a quo. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian doktrinal, dengan menggunakan bahan hukum primer dan sekunder, berupa peraturan perundang-undangan, literatur, dan hasil-hasil penelitian yang relevan dengan objek penelitian. Penelitian menyimpulkan, pertama, putusan a quo yang memuat kebijakan moderasi pidana mati telah sesuai dengan teori pemidanaan khususnya teori integratif dan teori hak asasi manusia di Indonesia di mana hak hidup tetap dibatasi oleh kewajiban asasi yang diatur dengan undang-undang. Kedua, model kebijakan moderasi pidana mati dalam RKUHP tahun 2015 beberapa di antaranya telah mengakomodasi amanat putusan a quo, seperti penentuan pidana mati di luar pidana pokok, penundaan pidana mati, kemungkinan pengubahan pidana mati menjadi pidana seumur hidup atau penjara paling lama 20 tahun. Selain itu masih menimbulkan persoalan berkaitan dengan lembaga yang memberikan pengubahan pidana mati, persoalan grasi, lamanya penundaan pelaksanaan pidana mati, dan jenis pidana apa saja yang dapat diancamkan pidana mati.Kata kunci: kebijakan, KUHP, moderasi, pidana mati. ABSTRACTConstitutional Court’s Decision Number 2-3/PUU-V/2007, in addition to being the basis of the constitutionality of capital punishment, also provides a moderate way of arguing between retentionist groups and those wishing to abolish the death penalty (abolitionist). The problem in this research is how the moderation policy of capital punishment in aquo decision is associated with the theory of punishment and human rights and how the moderation policy of capital punishment in the draft Criminal Code of 2015 (RKUHP) is related with the a quo decision. This study is doctrinal, using primary and secondary legal materials, in the form of legislation, literature and research results that are relevant to the object of analysis. This study concludes, firstly, the aquo decision containing the moderation policy of capital punishment has been in accordance with the theory of punishment, specificallyy the integrative theory and the theory of human rights in Indonesia, in which the right to life remains limited by the fundamental obligations set forth in the law. Secondly, some of the modes of moderation model of capital punishment in RKUHP of 2015 have accommodated the mandate of aquo decision, such as the determination of capital punishment outside the main punishment, postponement of capital punishment, the possibility of converting capital punishment to life imprisonment or imprisonment of 20 years. In addition, it still raises issues regarding the institutions that provide for conversion of capital punishment, pardon matters, length of delay in the execution of capital punishment, and any types of crime punishable by capital punishment. Keywords: policy, criminal code, moderation, capital punishment.

scholarly journals EKSISTENSI HUKUMAN MATI DITINJAU DARI ASPEK HAM SIPIL DALAM PERSEPEKTIF HAK UNTUK HIDUP

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-91
Author(s):  
I Gusti Bagus Hengki
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Perpetrators And Victims ◽  
The Right

This scientific paper is expected to find out how the existence of the death penalty is viewed from the aspect of Civil Human Rights in the perspective of the right to life and whether the existence of the death penalty is contrary to the ideology of the Pancasila State and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and the Human Rights Law with a normative research methodology with using a statutory approach. From the results of the discussion that the existence of the death penalty in terms of the Civil Human Rights aspect in the perspective of the right to life still needs to be maintained, because it does not conflict with the ideology of the Pancasila State and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, the Human Rights Law, UDHR and ICCPR, as well as religion. in Indonesia, as long as it is not carried out arbitrarily, in accordance with the provisions of the legislation. This needs to be done because to provide protection for individual perpetrators and victims against acts of revenge, emotional, uncontrollable, vigilante, so that it does not guarantee that the death penalty is abolished. Indeed, there are parties who are pro and contra about the death penalty by both underpinning Pancasila, all of which is to make Pancasila a "Justification".   Tulisan ilmiah ini diharapkan dapat mengetahui bagaimana eksistensi  hukuman mati  ditinjau dari aspek  HAM Sipil dalam perspektif hak untuk hidup  dan apakah eksistensi  hukuman mati bertentangan dengan  ideologi Negara Pancasila dan Undang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945 serta  Undang-Undang HAM dengan metodologi penelitian normatif dengan menggunakan jenis pendekatan perundang-undangan (statute Approach). Dari hasil pembahasan bahwa eksistensi hukuman mati ditinjau dari aspek HAM Sipil dalam perspektif Hak untuk hidup  masih perlu dipertahankan, karena tidak bertentangan dengan ideologi Negara Pancasila dan Undang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945, Undang-Undang HAM, UDHR dan ICCPR, maupun agama yang ada di Indonesia, asal dilaksanakan  tidak sewenang-wenang, sesuai dengan ketentuan peraturan perundang-undangan. Hal ini perlu diadakan  karena untuk memberikan perlindungan terhadap individu pelaku dan korban terhadap tindakan balas dendam, emosional, tidak terkendali, main hakim sendiri, sehingga tidak menjamin bahwa kalau hukuman pidana mati ditiadakan.  Memang ada pihak yang pro dan kontra tentang hukuman mati dengan sama-sama mendasari Pancasila, semuanya itu untuk menjadikan Pancasila sebagai “Justification“.

13. The right to life

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhona K. M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
National Security ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
International Human ◽  
The Right

This chapter examines African, American, European, and international jurisprudence on the right to life. It discusses the positive obligation incumbent on States to protect life; the permissible deprivation of life (the death penalty, death caused by national security forces, and death during armed conflict); and the issue of genocide. The chapter concludes that the right to life is of paramount importance in international human rights law. International law covers not only the straightforward human rights aspects, but also extends to the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide.

scholarly journals PIDANA HUKUMAN MATI DI INDONESIA DALAM PERSPEKTIF ETIKA DEONTOLOGI

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohmatul Izad
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Deterrent Effect ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Deontological Ethics ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Interpretative Approach

AbstractDiscourse about capital punishment is a discourse that often causes polemics. Problems that underlie the problem of capital punishment do not only occur in the realm of law, but also the realm of thought outside. The problem that often becomes polemic is whether the death penalty for serious criminals will have a deterrent effect for anyone not to commit the same crime, is a life not the most substantial right of life for humans, and capital punishment is often considered contrary to human rights. This study specifically examines capital punishment in Indonesia in terms of deontological ethics theory, which looks at the issue of capital punishment from the perspective of ethical values that start with acts of kindness based on duties and obligations. This study analyzes the polemic of capital punishment, both pros, and cons, as well as tracing the roots of morality in the practice of capital punishment, so this research can make a new contribution through the perspective of ethical deontology in viewing ethical aspects in the practice of capital punishment. On this basis, this research uses a descriptive-interpretative approach. Researchers critically dissect how the root of the formation of the death penalty in Indonesia, by carefully reviewing it from the perspective of ethical deontology.Keywords: Death Penalty, Deontology Ethics, Human Rights. AbstrakWacana tentang pidana hukuman mati merupakan wacana yang banyak menimbulkan polemik. Problem yang mendasari persoalan pidana hukuman mati tidak hanya terjadi pada ranah hukum, tetapi juga dalam ranah pemikiran secara luar. Masalah yang sering menjadi polemik adalah apakah hukuman mati bagi para pelaku pidana berat akan menimbulkan efek jera bagi siapapun untuk tidak melakukan tindak kejahatan yang sama, bukankah nyawa adalah hak hidup paling substansial bagi manusia, dan hukuman mati seringkali dianggap bertentangan dengan hak asasi manusia. Penelitian ini secara khusus mengkaji tentang pidana hukuman mati di Indonesia ditinjau dari sudut teori etika deontologi, yakni melihat persoalan pidana mati dari perspektif nilai-nilai etis yang bertitik tolak pada tindakan kebaikan berdasarkan tugas dan kewajiban. Penelitian ini menganalisis tentang polemik hukuman mati, baik yang pro dan kontra, maupun menelusuri akar-akar moralitas dalam praktik pidana hukuman mati, kiranya penelitian ini dapat memberikan kontribusi baru melalui cara pandang etika deontologi dalam melihat sisi-sisi etis dalam praktik pidana hukuman mati. Atas dasar tersebut, penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deksriptif-interpretatif. Peneliti membedah secara kritis bagaimana akar terbentuknya hukuman mati di Indonesia, dengan secara cermat melakukan peninjauan dalam perspektif etika deontologi.

scholarly journals The problem of the legislative sentence to the death penalty in russia in the context of international obligations

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-161
Author(s):  
A V Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
Long Time ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
The Right

Legislative Sentence to the death penalty as an exceptional measure of capital punishment and its relation to the right to life have been a subject of public discussion for a long time, and nowadays they are topical ones for every civilized state.The International law prohibits the use of capital punishment by a country because the death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhumanand degrading punishment as well as because the legislative Sentence to the death penalty is contrary to the basic principle of respectfor human rights and fundamental freedoms including the recognition of an absolute right to human life.One of the essential conditions for invitation of Russia to the Council of Europe has been the legislative Sentence for the abolition ofthe death penalty, but Russia still has not ratified Protocol No. 6, and has not taken action on the absolute refusal of the death penalty,so the problem of the Sentence to the death penalty as a capital punishment, continues to be topical more than ever.

scholarly journals The Communist Party of China’s Approach to Human Rights and the Death Penalty

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-154
Author(s):  
Huang Gui
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Communist Party ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Individual Human

Under the Constitution of China, the Communist Party (cpc) does not merely play a leadership role in the political field, but also in the legal arena. Legislation must reflect the Party’s outlook and achieve its policies, including any legal provisions governing particular systems, such as arrangements for the death penalty. After introducing the relationship between the cpc and legislation, this article will discuss the shift in the cpc’s approach to human rights and changes to the death penalty system in the Maoist, Deng Xiaoping and post-Deng eras. In the Maoist era, the government rejected human rights, but its policy on execution – at least on paper – was cautious and even stricter than during the other eras; the cpc recognised and accepted human rights in the Deng era, but emphasised national security and stability. As a result, individual human rights were not fully taken into account. Execution was considered an important measure to control crime and the scope of the relevant legislation was expanded. Post-Deng, human rights have developed gradually. Human rights protection has been incorporated into the Constitution and individual human rights have become more valued, but the cpc still focuses on state security, development and stability, and has not valued the right to life to the same extent as the right to subsistence. Although steps to reform the death penalty are being taken, 46 crimes are still punishable by death. The cpc should change its outlook and focus on the right to life, and abolish the death penalty de facto and de jure.

13. The right to life

2019 ◽  
pp. 238-256
Author(s):  
Rhona K. M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
National Security ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
International Human ◽  
The Right

This chapter examines African, American, European, and international jurisprudence on the right to life. It discusses the positive obligation incumbent on States to protect life; the permissible deprivation of life (the death penalty, death caused by national security forces, and death during armed conflict); and the issue of genocide. The chapter concludes that the right to life is of paramount importance in international human rights law. International law covers not only the straightforward human rights aspects, but also extends to the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide.

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