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Indonesia is a decentralized, unitary state, and thus there is no separation between central and regional judiciary system; All judicial system is set on a hierarchical, but contiguous top-down chain of command.
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Mahkamah Agung Republik Indonesia) is the independent judicial arm of the state. It maintains a system of courts and sits above the other courts and is the final court of appeal. It can also re-examine cases if new evidence emerges.
The precise authority of the Judicial Commission, however, was not agreed upon by the different branches of the legal system in Indonesia. [8] It was reported in mid-2011, for example, that since its establishment in 2005 the Judicial Commission had summoned nine justices to be investigated for alleged ethics violations but that none had ...
Today, Indonesia's legal system is based on Dutch Colonial Law, Adat Law and National Law. [3] [4] After Indonesia gained independence in August 1945, it adopted the Dutch HIR as its code of criminal procedure. In 1981, Indonesia replaced HIR with the KUHAP. The KUHAP improved upon the HIR by adding adversarial features to the criminal procedure.
Indonesia's Constitutional Court is expected to issue a ruling on Thursday on a bid to change the country's voting system, an official said, a case that has sparked concern about a possible delay ...
Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit seeking a change to the country's election ballot system, clearing a potential complication and allaying fears of political ...
The 1945 constitution provided for a limited separation of executive, legislative and judicial power. The governmental system has been described as "presidential with parliamentary characteristics". [1] Indonesia was democratic upon independence, but became authoritarian in 1957 under Sukarno. [2]
A major problem for the court, like other parts of the legal system in Indonesia, is enforcement of decisions. The ability of the court system in Indonesia to have decisions enforced is sometimes quite weak and in recent years across Indonesia local officials have, in some cases, refused to abide by important decisions of the Constitutional Court.