Overview

After a decade of intensive parliamentary deliberations, Indonesia’s House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat – “DPR”) finally passed the sexual violence prevention bill through the issuance of Law No. 12 of 2022  (“Law 12/2022”) on Crimes of Sexual Violence (Tindak Pidana Kekerasan Seksual – “TPKS”) on 9 May 2022.[1] Introduced as a legal umbrella framework on TPKS implementation, Law 12/2022 outlines various forms of conduct that it categorizes as TPKS, along with corresponding criminal sanctions.