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        "id": 1871885,
        "msgid": "komnas-ham-urges-legal-recognition-for-corruption-victims-1784624279",
        "date": "2026-07-21 15:19:27",
        "title": "Komnas HAM Urges Legal Recognition for Corruption Victims",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is calling for a legal overhaul to recognise citizens as direct victims of corruption, rather than focusing solely on recovering state losses. A new study reveals that current laws leave affected communities without adequate legal standing or mechanisms for restitution. The commission recommends harmonising anti-corruption legislation with human rights laws to ensure remedies such as compensation and guarantees of non-repetition.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas\nHAM) is pushing for the harmonisation of the Law on the Eradication of\nCriminal Acts of Corruption with the Human Rights Law, so that victims\nof corruption obtain legal recognition and remedies, rather than the\nfocus resting solely on recovering state losses.<\/p>\n<p>Komnas HAM member Uli Parulian Sihombing said the study \u201cCorruption\nand Human Rights Violation Remedies: Promoting a Human Rights-Based\nApproach to Corruption Eradication\u201d showed that the current approach to\ncombating corruption still places the state as the primary victim,\nwhilst affected communities have yet to obtain an adequate remedy\nmechanism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorruption eradication is still limited to recovery for the state or\nstate finances,\u201d Uli said at the study launch in Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Uli, the various complaints received by Komnas HAM show\nthat criminal acts of corruption also create collective victims, such as\nthe loss of access to education, damage to the living environment, and\ndisruptions to development and public services.<\/p>\n<p>Komnas HAM considers that this situation demonstrates the need to\nrecognise communities as victims of corruption, including granting them\nlegal standing so they can access remedy mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVictims of corruption in Indonesia do not yet have legal standing,\u201d\nshe said.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the study, Komnas HAM recommends that the government and the\nHouse of Representatives (DPR) harmonise corruption regulations with the\nHuman Rights Law and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption\n(UNCAC), while incorporating remedy instruments in the form of\nrestitution, compensation, guarantees of non-repetition, access to\njustice, and a Victim Assistance Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Komnas HAM is also encouraging law enforcement agencies, the Witness\nand Victim Protection Agency (LPSK), the Ministry of Finance, and civil\nsociety organisations to strengthen the protection of corruption\nvictims\u2019 rights, through the recognition of victim status, assistance,\nand the use of recovered corrupt assets for community remedy.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/komnas-ham-urges-legal-recognition-for-corruption-victims-1784624279",
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