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CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF
VICTIM PROTECTION SERVICES:
AN INDONESIAN EXPERIENCE

Harkristuti Harkrisnowo
Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia

Indonesian Women in
Numbers
Categories
Total number of women
Number of households
Working women
Formal: informal sector
ratio
Women over 60
Women with disability
Teenagers/ girls
Women as Head of the
Households


In
million
115
40-50
35
30 : 70
10,2
6,9
17
5,2

Women: Laws & Regulations











The 1945 Constitution and its four Amendments
Law no. 7/1984 ratifying CEDAW
Law no. 39/1999 on Human Rights
Law no. 23 /2002 on Child Protection
Law no. 23/2004 in the Elimination of Domestic
Violence
Law no. 21/2007 on The Elimination of Human
Trafficking
Presidential Decree no. 23/2011 on Human Rights
National Action Plan

Laws & Regulation on Victim &
Witness









Law no. 13/2006 on Witness & Victims
Protection
Government Regulation no. 4/2006 on The
Administration and Cooperation to Redress
Victims of Domestic Violence
Government Regulation no. 9/2008 on
Procedure and Integrated Mechanism for
Services of Witness and Victim of Human
Trafficking
Joint Decree of three Ministers and the Chief of
Police on Integrated Services for Women and
Children as Victims of Violence










Minister of Women Empowerment Decree no. 1/2007
on Coordinating Forum for the Administration and
Cooperation to Prevent Domestic Violence and to
Treat Victims of Domestic Violence
Decree of the Chief of Police no. 10/2007 on
Implementing Guide for Women and Children Unit
Desk in the Police
Minister of Women Empowerment Decree no. 2/2008
on the Administration of Women Protection
Decree of the Chief of Police no. 3/2008 on the
Establishment of Special Service Room and Procedure
for Examining Witness and Victims of Violence








Minister of Women Empowerment Decree no.
1/2009 on the Minimum Service Standard for
Integrated Services fo Witness and Victims of
Human Trafficking in the Regencies and
Municipalities
Minister of Women Empowerment Decree on the
Minimum Service Standard for Women and
Children as Victims of Crime
Etc.

Institutions Dealing with
Victims















Witness and Victim Protection Agency
(mandated by Law no. 13/2006)
Commission on Elimination of Violence Against
Women (Komnas Perempuan)
National Human Rights Commission
(KOMNASHAM)
Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI)
Women and Children Servide Desk (Police)
Women Shelters
Social Protection House/Trauma Center
(mandated by Law no. 21/2007)

Women Crisis Centers
Women Legal Aid Institutions



Pemberlakuan Norma, Standar, Prosedur
dan Kriteria dalam bentuk pedoman
Pelaksanaan Pembangunan
Pemberdayaan Perempuan bagi
pemerintah Provinsi, Kab/Kota dalam hal
perlindungan Perempuan

Women Victim assistance
programs




Coordinated by the Ministry of Women
Empowerment and Child Protection

In the Provinces, Regencies and
Municipalities there are local
Governmental Unit dealing with
Empowerment and Protection on Women
and Children (P2TP2)

Economic Empowerment


Vocational Trainings
 Conducted after the issue of victimization is
resolved
 Provided to women without economic capacity
 Includes various simple income-generating
trainings such as:
 Cooking
 Hair dressing
 Make up
 Sewing
 Handicraft







Traiing for each woman is taylored
individually, taking into account the
discrepancies in the background,
competency, ability of each
Conducted via participatory method
Designed to prepare the women to
reintegrate into their own environment

Production Input


Providing assintance to women as a
capital to start their own income
generating activity:






Sewing machine
Beauty salon equipment
Cooking equipment
Vegetable ‘gerobak’ complete with its
content

Marketing System




Exposition
Promotion
Providing network


Group activity










Gathering victims of violence whose legal
process has been completed, in order for them
to :
Exchange of experiences
Exchange of expertise
Exchange of information on economic activity
Empowering each other
Providing contribution to the work of women
groups
Participating and providing plaes for previous
victim of violence

But...
There are a lot more to be done
Together