DPR's Commitment to Sexual Violence Bill Questioned

With the failure to approve the sexual violence bill as a House-initiated bill, it will take even longer for Indonesia to have regulations that can provide justice for victims of sexual violence.

KOMPAS/ALIF ICHWAN

Women activists invite people at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, Jakarta, during the car free day on Sunday (25/8/2019), to support their action calling on the government to immediately ratify the Bill on the Elimination of Sexual Violence.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The commitment of the House of Representatives to provide legal protection for victims of sexual violence was questioned after the sexual violence bill could not be approved as a House-initiated bill during the House’s plenary session on Thursday (16/12/2021). The making of the proposed law should be fully monitored so it will not be delayed considering the urgent need to provide a strong legal umbrella in the eradication of the sexual violence.

The approval of the draft law to become a House-initiated bill was not included in the House’s plenary meeting agenda on Thursday, which was the last plenary meeting to be held in 2021. In fact, the House’s Legislative Body (Baleg) had agreed to propose the draft law as a House-initiated bill during the plenary meeting.