The Urgency of Passing The Sexual Violence Act

The Urgency of Passing the Sexual Violence Act

The Act on the Crime of Sexual Violence is essentially a crystallization of the political will of the DPR as a representative of the people's representatives in Parliament, which then responds to the aspirations of the public and the factual needs as well as justice for victims of sexual violence and a legal umbrella for law enforcement officers. 

In the academic text of the Act on the Crime of Sexual Violence  Law, based on a report from Komnas Perempuan that within 12 years, violence against women increased by 792% (almost 800%) meaning that violence against women in Indonesia for 12 years increased almost 8 times, which illustrates that the condition of Indonesian women is far experience an insecure life.

[1]Thus, the Act on the Crime of Sexual Violence was passed to answer the needs of the community. This is in line with the views of Roscoe Pound Law as a tool of social engineering and social control where the law also aims create harmony and harmony in order to optimally Fulfill needs and interests man in society so that the law is responsive .[2]

 On the one hand, this is a breath of fresh air that we need to appreciate, where this regulation is expected to be able to bring about a significant change in the problems that exist in the sectors of sexual violence crime, which to this day are still many crimes against women who are often victims of sexual violence. 

Where there is a true essence, the citizens of the canyon need to get protection from violence and have the right to be free from torture or treatment that degrades human dignity as guaranteed in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, that sexual violence is contrary to divine and human values and disturbs security. and public peace. 

That the laws and regulations relating to sexual violence have not been optimal in providing prevention, protection, access to justice, and recovery, or have not fulfilled the rights needs of victims of the Crime of Sexual Violence. So that the Act on the Crime of Sexual Violence exists to provide a solution

 Regarding sexual violence as stipulated in Article 1 paragraph (1) of the Law Number 12 of 20 22 concerning Actions Criminal Violence Sexual defined as all actions that fulfill element act criminal as set in Constitution this and deed violence sexual other as set in Constitution along determined in Constitution this . 

Regarding the crime of sexual violence, it is explained in Article 4 paragraph (1) where the Criminal Act of Sexual Violence also includes: rape, obscene acts, sexual intercourse with children, obscene acts against children, and/or sexual exploitation of children, acts of violating decency against the will Victims, pornography involving children or pornography that explicitly contains sexual violence and exploitation, forced prostitution, criminal acts of trafficking in persons intended for sexual exploitation, sexual violence within the household, money laundering crimes whose predicate offense is a crime of sexual violence ; other criminal acts that are expressly stated as Sexual Violence Crimes as regulated in the provisions of laws and regulations.[3]

 In addition to the urgency of the ratification of the law on the crime of sexual violence, it is necessary to have a role from the community or contribution in preventing sexual violence crimes and recovering victims, where the community can cultivate literacy from the essence of sexual violence to the whole community, either through social media, webinars, as well as other discussion forums in the context of disseminating the laws and regulations governing the crime of sexual violence.

Then implementing cooperation between stakeholders, providing information or reporting if there is sexual violence, taking part in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of prevention and recovery of victims. sexual violence, providing emergency assistance to victims of sexual violence, and playing an active role in the recovery process for sexual victims in the community.