The findings based on the above complaints have never been taken into consideration by the Government of Indonesia, which should conduct a thorough evaluation of all these complaints and death sentences in Indonesia. The criticisms included that the executions violated a number of legal procedures, and focused on the discovery of alleged “unfair trials” inflicted on some of the death row inmates.įamilies, lawyers and civil society have been advised of violations of legal procedures and alleged “unfair trials” which were experienced by a significant number of death row inmates., Complaints range from short notification of impending executions of death row inmates, where they and family receive less than the prescribed 3 x 24 hours notice (as stipulated in Law Number 2 / PNPS / 1964 on Procedures Criminal Justice Imprisonment by the Courts in the General and Military Courts) lack of experienced legal advisers capable of defending the rights of death row inmate the absence of a qualified language interpreter allegations of torture practices on death row inmate the practice of age manipulation, where ‘under age’ prisoners are sentenced as adults (I cant understand these) and verdicts affected by racial discrimination. As a result, during 2015 – 2016, it was recorded that 18 (eighteen) death row convicts were executed even though the executions received criticism from various circles both nationally and internationally. President Joko Widodo’s statements amount to a flat rejection of all requests for pardon filed by death row inmate for narcotics cases by the President of the Republic of Indonesia. The current government, led by the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, has declared war on drugs by purportedly measuring the number of Indonesian people who die every day because of drugs. The reason is that despite the clear global trend to end executions, Indonesia continues the execution of its death row inmates. The practice of the death penalty in Indonesia is still very complicated and often becomes a debate that raises the polemic at the national level and affects our standing internationally. The purpose of the National Conference was to create the space for civil society groups, both at the National and International levels, to discuss and share perspectives with the Government and Parliament on the practice of crime and punishment in Indonesia, especially against the practice of the death penalty in Indonesia. The National Conference was attended by a number of stakeholders ranging from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, former Members of Parliament, National Commission on Violence Against Women, Ombudsman RI, representatives of foreign embassies, academics, forensic team of Yusman case to civil society groups and families of death row inmate. The conference was convened in cooperation with the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), Imparsial and LBH Masyarakat with National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and supported by Anti Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) and Ensemble Contre La Peine De Mort (ECPM). On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, located at Hotel Santika Jakarta, the “National Conference of 20 Years of Reform: Crime and Punishment in Indonesia” was held. A Moratorium on the Death Penalty Should Be a Priority for The Government of Indonesia