Certainty of Legal Protection for Justice Collaborators in Indonesia

Abstract

The justice collaborator system is a new system in criminal procedural law in
Indonesia. The legal basis for justice collaborators is currently still regulated in
Law No. Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 31 of 2014 concerning amendments
to Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 13 of 2006 concerning Protection of
Witnesses and Victims. The issues being analyzed are legal certainty and forms of
legal protection. to justice collaborators. The research method used is normative
legal research with statutory and conceptual approaches. The results of the study
show that the legal sources of Justice collaborators are currently not regulated in
the Criminal Procedure Code, but are still regulated in one law with reporting
witnesses and victim witnesses. The form of protection given to perpetrator
witnesses (justice collaborators) who have status as suspects or defendants is
protection for personal security, family and property, free from threats, giving
statements without pressure, getting translators, free from ensnaring questions,
getting information about progress of the case, obtain information regarding court
decisions, obtain information in terms of the convict being released, keep his identity
confidential, obtain a new identity, obtain temporary residence, obtain a new
residence, obtain reimbursement of transportation costs as needed, obtain legal
advice, obtain temporary living expenses assistance until the Protection deadline
expires; and/or receive assistance. Meanwhile, justice collaborators whose status as
convicts are conditional release, additional remissions and the rights of other
convicts.