Wamenkumham Says TPKS Law Highlights Aspects Of Restorative Justice Because Perpetrators Can Be Children

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JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkumham) Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej said the aspect highlighted in the Sexual Violence Criminal Act (TPKS) is restorative justice. , the aspect of retributive justice is not the main thing. There is another aspect that we (the government) highlight in this law, namely restorative justice," said Eddy in the webinar "TPKS Law: Prevention, Handling, and Justice for Victims" on YouTube The Election House, as monitored from Jakarta, Friday, April 22. The application of restorative justice in the TPKS Law can be seen in the orientation that restores victims, he added. his right to get recovery," he said. In addition to guaranteeing recovery for victims, he continued, the TPKS Law also has a rehabilitative nature, namely not only providing rehabilitation to victims, but also to perpetrators of sexual violence. "Because perpetrators of sexual violence are not only adults, there are also perpetrators of children," he said. If in a case law enforcement officers collide with perpetrators of sexual violence who are minors, he continued, whether we like it or not, the interests of the child must be protected. "So we include rehabilitation as well," he said.

He said that he had discussed the problems in the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP), especially regarding the availability of evidence which is often a problem in handling cases of sexual violence. "Our Criminal Procedure Code was created 41 years ago. accommodate various crimes of new dimensions, including Electronic-Based Sexual Violence (KSBE)," he explained. Therefore, the legislators carried out various innovations and legal breakthroughs to overcome these problems through the TPKS Law. as well as the public prosecutor to reject the case on the grounds that there is not enough evidence," he said.