inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) continues to urge the government to abolish the death penalty. The idea was reiterated to commemorate the World Anti-Death Penalty on October 10th.

The Chairperson of Komnas HAM Atnike Nova Sigiro says that since the Second Optional Protocol in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) that was adopted in 1991, the abolishment of death penalty has become the international norm standard.

"As an international norm standard, the Indonesian government needs to continue to be consistent in drafting the Draft Government Regulation in line with existing developments in the new National Criminal Code," said the Chairman of Komnas HAM on Thursday (10/10/24).

The provisions on the death penalty, said Atnike, are stated in Article 6 paragraph 1 of the ICCPR which states that every human being has the right to life and the right to legal protection and no one can revoke that right.

Meanwhile, in the new National Criminal Code, the death penalty is regulated as an alternative punishment and there are also regulations regarding the postponement of the execution of the death penalty.

On the other hand, the Indonesian government has prepared a Draft Government Regulation concerning the Procedures for Changing Life Sentences and the Death Penalty.

Furthermore, Komnas HAM assessed that the government needs to consider a moratorium or suspension of the implementation of the death penalty and the elimination of the death penalty for new cases.

"To support the implementation of the abolition of the death penalty in Indonesia, ratification of the Second Optional Protocol is important for the government to implement," explained Atnike.

The abolition of the death penalty is expressly stated in The Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR. Indonesia is one of the countries that has ratified the ICCPR through Law Number 12 of 2005 concerning the Ratification of the ICCPR.

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