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Court: Legal Protection for Journalists Is a Constitutional Instrument

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court held that the use of legal prosecution instruments, whether criminal or civil, against journalists who are lawfully performing their journalistic duties demonstrably carries the risk of press criminalization, in which legal processes are employed not…read more



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Grounds for Reviewing Urgency of DKJ Agglomeration Council Deemed Unclear

JAKARTA, MKRI – The Constitutional Court (MK) has handed down its ruling on the petition for judicial review of several statutes, namely Law Number 3 of 2022 on the National Capital (IKN Law) and Law Number 21 of 2023 amending Law…read more



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Misaligned Posita and Petitum, Judicial Review of Human Rights Law Declared Inadmissible

JAKARTA, MKRI – The Constitutional Court (MK) found that the petition lacked adequate posita, as the Petitioner failed to demonstrate any contradiction between the statutory provision under review and the provisions of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (UUD NRI…read more



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Unclear Posita and Unusual Petitum Fail to Challenge Papua's Special Autonomy Law

Court assessed that there were no reasons in the petition that could show a conflict between Article 6 paragraph (1a) and paragraph (2) of Law No. 2 of 2021 and articles in the 1945 Constitution. JAKARTA (MKRI) – The Constitutional…read more



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Court Dismisses Petition on Advocate Appointment, Dismissal, and ID Card Issuance

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia (the Court) declared inadmissible the petition for the material judicial review of Article 2 paragraph (2), Article 4 paragraph (3), Article 9 paragraph (1), Article 10 paragraph (1) letter…read more



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Arguments on Lecturers’ Retirement and Post-Retirement Service Deemed Unclear

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court has decided to dismiss a petition by M. Havidz Aima, a professor, who challenged the constitutionality of Article 67 paragraphs (4) and (5) of Law No. 14 of 2005 on Teachers and Lecturers against…read more



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Court Reviews Authority of Advocate Organizations

The Court found that the Petitioner, Togar Situmorang, did not provide clear and sufficient legal reasoning to support the alleged conflict between the Advocate Law and the Constitution. JAKARTA, MKRI – The Constitutional Court declared the petition for judicial review…read more



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Petition to Verify Public Officials’ Educational Certificates Obscuur

Jakarta (MKRI) – The Constitutional Court (MK) ruled that it could not accept the petition for judicial review of Article 169 letter r of Law No. 7 of 2017 on General Elections as amended by Law No. 7 of 2023.…read more



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Court Dismisses KUHAP Judicial Review over Unclear Posita and Petitum

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (the Court) ruled Petition No. 204/PUU-XXIII/2025 concerning the material judicial review of Article 5 of Law No. 8 of 1981 on the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) inadmissible. The Court held that the grounds of…read more



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Non-Party DPR Candidacy Petition Declared Inadmissible

JAKARTA, (MKRI) – The Constitutional Court declared inadmissible the petition filed by the National Coordinator of the Presidium of the People’s Fraction and Chairperson of the JAKI Humanity Initiative Foundation, Yudi Syamhudi Suyuti. The ruling in Case Number 233/PUU-XXIII/2025, concerning…read more