The UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary emphasise the important role of the judiciary in balancing the executive and legislative powers, and its essential role in protecting human rights.
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How far has Jokowi truly transformed Indonesia? The conference will bring together experts from Australia, Indonesia, and around the world to examine the mark that Jokowi has left on the country’s economy, welfare, politics, security, environment, and international relations.
The Indonesian islands of Bangka and Belitung have come under the spotlight for illegal tin mining, linked to what is potentially one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country’s history.
Briefly this week, it appeared Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto’s ungainly signature policy of free food had come to this – a rather unpleasant sounding but, we are assured, tasty substitute for the real deal.
Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry is looking into allegations that some Indonesians, thought to be migrant workers, have formed a gang and caused public disturbances in Osaka, Japan.
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Maldives have government-mandated institutions that manage and invest pilgrims’ funds in a religiously permissible way to help them finance their pilgrimages.
Pope Francis, the leader of the global Catholic Church, arrived at Merdeka Palace on Wednesday morning to meet with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
On 27 August 2024, former Constitutional Court Chief Justice Anwar Usman lodged an appeal against a Jakarta Administrative Court (PTUN) ruling (604/G/2023/PTUN.JKT) that cancelled ethical sanctions imposed on him by the Constitutional Court. He did so because it also denied his request to be reinstated as head of that court .
Earlier this month, senior officials of the Gerindra party, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad and Habiburokhman, met with several pro-democracy activists from the 1997/1998 period and their family members.
Thousands clashed with police and attempted to storm parliament, in reaction to a plan to change the country’s electoral rules. Former President Joko Widodo has been accused of trying to establish a political dynasty.
Indonesia is set to grant visa-free visits to 20 countries by October, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. The proposal is now in its final stages.
Critical minerals producers are lauded by the government for creating jobs and generating revenue, and they market themselves as socially responsible. But they are neglecting the safety of their workers under a cover of weak regulations and government protection.
Thousands of workers in Indonesia have rallied in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta to protest a new plan to take from their salaries to support a national housing scheme.
Australia and Indonesia have long had an uneasy relationship, over issues ranging from Timor-Leste’s independence to asylum seekers and bans on live cattle export.
Campaigners are taking legal action to stop four palm oil companies from clearing vast tracts of forest for plantations.
Despite several issues with the noken system, chief among them the lack of representation of Papuan women, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia has upheld its use in Papua as a form of indigenous deliberative democracy.