2022 Report on Death Penalty in Indonesia: “No One is Protected” • Kasus Hukuman Mati di Indonesia

About: The trajectory of the death penalty in 2022 is characterized by two patterns. First, like in previous years, death penalty is used as a populist narrative, as if countries implementing death penalty have succeeded in dealing with crimes. In 2022, this narrative surfaced in the handling of sexual violence cases. The second pattern is a shift, albeit “slightly”, in the politics of the law of the death penalty in Indonesia. With the enactment of the New Criminal Code on December 6, 2022, the Government and Parliament through Article 67, Article 98, and Article 100 introduced new arrangements on the death penalty. Those two patterns, indeed, contrast each other, but what we have to promote is the second pattern, which is the changing of politics of law of the death penalty. This is a baby step that must be sthrengthened by urging the government to voice that there will be no more prosecutions of death penalty because, after all, the government will focus on the commutation of the death penalty for all people on death row.