Constitutionale
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020)

The Retroactive Principle in Law No. 26 of 2000 concerning the court of human rights

Ricky Tongam Marpahala Siahaan (Faculty of Law, Universitas Lampung)
Candra Perbawati (Faculty of Law, Universitas Lampung)
Ahmad Saleh (Faculty of Law, Universitas Lampung)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Dec 2020

Abstract

Protection of human rights is a responsibility that must be carried out by the state, in this case the state must also resolve cases of human rights violations that have occurred. There are many cases of human rights violations that occurred in the past but cannot be resolved because there are no legal rules that govern at that time. The presence of Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the court of human rightss is certainly a way for the government to resolve the problem of gross human rights violations in the past. The principle of retroactivity was included in Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the court of human rightss so that gross violations of human rights that occurred in the past could be resolved. The retroactive principle in Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the court of human rightss is considered to violate existing regulations in Indonesia, especially it is considered contrary to the 1945 Constitution. -Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the court of human rightss. This research uses normative research methods. The data used are secondary data in the form of primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, and tertiary legal materials. The results of this study indicate that the application of the retroactive principle in Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the court of human rightss does not contain elements that are absolutely contradictory to the Law. 1945 foundation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

constitutionale

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

Description

The Constitutionale Journal is a scientific journal which is the dissemination of constitution and the constitutional law universally. The Constitutional Journal publishes articles that consist of research or conceptual studies regarding the study of basic rights in state’s constitution, election ...