Draft Bill on Witness and Victim Protection: Enforceable Restitution Mechanism and Victim Endowment Fund Set for Rollout

Indonesia’s House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat/DPR) recently passed the Draft Bill on the Protection of Witnesses and Victims (“Draft Bill”), which is expected to usher in a more comprehensive and restorative justice-based framework by expanding the scope of protected individuals to include both informants and experts.[1] If it is ultimately enforced, then the Draft Bill will repeal and replace Law No. 13 of 2006, as amended by Law No. 31 of 2014 (collectively referred to as “Law 13/2006”), which has been serving as Indonesia’s umbrella framework on the protection of witnesses and victims during the past decade.[2]