The House Of Representatives Receives Praise For Accommodation Of Victim Trust Fund To The Sexual Violence Bill

JAKARTA - Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) researcher Maidina Rahmawati appreciated the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Government for accommodating the victim trust fund mechanism into the draft Law on the Crime of Sexual Violence (RUU TPKS).

"To make the comprehensive restoration of victims' rights effective without being penalized by budget problems," Maidina said in a written statement received in Jakarta, Monday, April 4.

With the mandate to form a government regulation (PP), he continued, ICJR and the Indonesian Judicial Research Society (IJRS) recommended that the discussion of the draft regulation be carried out openly. He said his party was committed to overseeing the discussion and providing input related to the PP formulation.

He also appreciated the progressive discussion of the TPKS Bill over the past week, by taking place openly and facilitating access to information, both physically and online.

"So that civil society can monitor the process of discussing the bill directly or through online," he added.

He appreciated the openness of DPR members and government representatives to input from civil society, both previously submitted and real-time communication during discussions.

"It seems that discussions like this can be imitated in all discussions of the bill in order to truly implement the principles of a democratic state," he said.

On Monday (28/3) to Friday (1/4), the Working Committee (Panja) of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) TPKS Bill and the Government almost completed all discussions regarding the problem inventory list (DIM). The discussion was carried out until Article 73 of the Legislation Body (Baleg) version of the Bill, to be precise at DIM No. 584.

However, there are still unresolved issues, namely the formulation of elements of online gender-based violence (KBGO) or electronic-based sexual violence (KSBE), sexual exploitation, and exposure to the criminal act of forced abortion, as well as arrangements for the rehabilitation of perpetrators.