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Indonesia: Landmark Ruling Allows Civilian Trials of Soldiers

By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The Constitutional Court of Indonesia, in Jakarta, October 2023. © 2023 Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images (London) – The Indonesian Constitutional Court’s ruling requiring reform of the military justice system so that military personnel accused of ordinary crimes can be tried in civilian courts is a major step for justice in Indonesia, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should immediately revise the 1997 Military Justice Law, which has long prevented civilian prosecutions of members of the armed forces for crimes under the Indonesian criminal code,…


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