Komnas Perempuan's Records: A Total Of 36,356 Cases Of Domestic Violence Occurred In The Last 5 Years

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JAKARTA - Head of the Sub-Commission for Monitoring the National Anti-Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) Dewi Kanti said that during the last five years there were 36,356 cases of domestic violence (KDRT). The violence rate is always above 70 percent," said Dewi when giving a speech at a seminar entitled "Breaking the Chain of Violence and Restoring Victims" which was broadcast live on the Komnas Perempuan YouTube channel, reported by Antara, Monday, September 27. Of the 36,356 cases of domestic violence that occurred In the last five years, Dewi said there were 10,669 cases of violence that attacked the personal sphere. Cases of violence in the personal sphere include violence against wives, daughters, domestic workers, violence when dating, and violence involving personal relationships, such as relationships as ex-boyfriends or ex-boyfriends. ex-husband. “The least personal violence is violence against domestic workers,” said Dewi.

He invited all relevant parties to reflect on the implementation of Law Number 23 of 2004 concerning the Elimination of Domestic Violence because the implementation of this Law still encounters a number of obstacles in its application. chain of violence and recovering victims," he said. The obstacles faced in the process of implementing the PKDRT Law were the high number of victims who withdrew their reports or complaints of domestic violence, ambiguous interpretations of Article 2 of the PKDRT Law which discussed the scope of the household, lack of evidence, and differences in perspective of law enforcement officers. In addition, Dewi is of the view that additional penalties for restricting the perpetrators' movements, criminal restrictions on certain rights, and the obligation to participate in counseling programs have not been carried out optimally. , said Dewi.