Mahupiki and Professors of Criminal Law Hold Outreach to the New Criminal Code in Ternate City
Ternate – The Indonesian Parliament has officially ratified the Draft Criminal Code (KUHP) to become an Act (UU). The new Criminal Code consists of 37 chapters, 624 articles and 345 pages which are divided into two parts, namely the articles and explanatory sections.
The Indonesian Criminal Law and Criminology Society ( Mahupiki ) in collaboration with the Faculty of Law (FH) at Khairun University, Ternate, held a socialization event for the new Criminal Code at the Sahid Bela Hotel Ternate, North Maluku, Monday (30/1).
The resource person for this socialization event was Plt . Director General of Legislation RI Ministry of Law and Human Rights , Dr. Dhahana Putra SH, M.Si , Professor of Criminal Law at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Prof. Dr. Marcus Priyo Gunarto, and Chair of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia (UI), Dr. Surastini Fitriasih SH, MH.
Secretary General of Mahupiki , Ahmad Sofian said, Mahupiki and the Faculty of Law at Khairun University held a socialization which aims not only to inform that we have a new Criminal Code, but also to have a dialogue on the Criminal Code so that the public can simply understand it.
“Many aspects will be discussed later in this event. Stakeholders can ask interviewees directly instead of asking through the mass media or social media, for fear that the answer will not be right,” said Ahmad.
Chancellor of Khairun University, Dr. M. Ridha Ajam , M.Hum said this activity was carried out to provide knowledge to participants regarding the presence of a new Criminal Code and took place online which was attended by Forkopimda in North Maluku.
“The New Criminal Code is a matter of pride for the Indonesian legal community, considering that the New Criminal Code is the masterpiece of the nation’s children. The Criminal Code was made and compiled by experts and experts in Indonesia who have followed developments in law in the world,” said Dr. M. Rida.
Dr. Dhahana Putra said that the new Criminal Code has a mission, namely open recodification and also acknowledges that there are other laws that regulate criminal provisions. Then harmonization is also quite interesting when Indonesia has a commitment related to human rights.
“There is already a thought to replace the current Criminal Code. The previous Criminal Code approach was all criminal acts. It becomes a problem because each institution adheres differently, so it requires a legal product that adopts restorative justice ,” he said.
In the same place, Prof. Dr. Marcus Priyo Gunarto said that the new Criminal Code has many advantages compared to the old Criminal Code or Wetboek vans Strafrecht ( WvS ). Among them is that customary criminal law is a characteristic of Indonesian criminal law.
“The new Criminal Code starts from the principle of balance and is an open and limited recodification of criminal law. Even though customary laws are different, we are still one. So the differences from one region to another must be recognized, so customary offenses must be included in the national criminal law system,” said Prof. Marcus.
Meanwhile, dr. Surastini Fitriasih said that the advantages of the new Criminal Code as criminal law and a modern punishment system are the starting point of the principle of balance, an open and limited recodification of Criminal Law, containing various innovations related to crime and sentencing, corporate criminal responsibility, regulating absolute ( strict ) liability. liability ), and replacement liability ( vicarious liability ).
“The advantages of the new Criminal Code as criminal law and a modern punishment system are based on the principle of balance, recodification of open and limited criminal law, corporate criminal responsibility, regulating absolute liability, and substitute accountability,” explained Dr. Surastini .
