Together With ASEAN's Minister Of Law, Minister Of Law Supratman Signs Agreement On Extradition

Indonesian Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas (third from the right) together with law ministers from ASEAN member countries at the 13th ASEAN Minister of Law Meeting (ALAWMM) in Manila, Philippines, Friday (14/11/2025). (ANTARA/HO-Ministry of Law RI)

JAKARTA - Indonesian Minister of Law (Menkum) Supratman Andi Agtas together with law ministers from ASEAN member countries signed the ASEAN Agreement on Extradition, aka ASEAN Treaty on Extradition after a long negotiation process, at the 13th ASEAN Minister of Law Meeting (ALAWMM) in Manila, Philippines, Friday, November 14.

He said the monumental event marked the commitment of ASEAN member countries, including Indonesia, to eradicate crime in the region.

"The legal instrument, which was originally mandated in Bali Concord on February 24, 1976, will stop the space for criminals, so that the ASEAN area will no longer be a safe haven for them," Supratman said in a statement, confiscated by Antara.

As the Minister of Law and Human Rights, he admitted that he would directly oversee the ASEAN Agreement ratification process regarding Extradition.

Another important agenda in the 13th ALAWMM is the development of legal cooperation in the civil and commercial fields. Supratman conveyed Indonesia's focus in 2025-2026 to become a member of the Hague's Conference on International Civil Law (HCCH) and access several related conventions.

It is said that Indonesia has enacted Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 98 of 2025 to ratify the HCCH Statute and will immediately convey its desire to become a member of the HCC through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kemenlu).

Therefore, he said, Indonesia is garnering support from the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, so that it is hoped that the membership process can be completed by 2026.

He is committed to Indonesia to immediately complete the Conventional accession process on the Delivery of Judicial Documents and Extra Transdivision of Foreign Affairs in Civil and Commercial Matters or Conventions on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters to become the 4th ASEAN country to become the party after Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore.

"The convention facilitates traffic procedures for judicial and extrajudicial documents between member countries," he said. during the meeting, the Indonesian delegation who attended consisted of representatives of the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and representatives of the Indonesian Embassy for the Philippines.

The 13th ALAWMM began with a Meeting of ASEAN Senior Legal Officials (ASLOM) of 24 which was attended by the Director General of General Legal Administration of the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights Widodo on 10-12 November 2025.

At the meeting, Widodo emphasized Indonesia's readiness together with ASEAN member countries to start a technical working group to discuss legal instruments regarding the transfer of prisoners or transfer of sensitive persons.

"Indonesia's commitment to technical working groups will be closely related to the process of drafting the Draft Law on the Transfer of Prisoners between countries," said Widodo.

He also welcomed the proposed preparation of an effort to contain information on national procedures and laws in terms of mutual legal assistance in the commercial civil problem of ASEAN member countries.