Places where people experienced sexual violence Indonesia 2020
According to a survey in Indonesia in 2020, 34.4 percent of respondents stated that the sexual violence that happened to them or someone they know occurred at home. Another survey from Indonesia's National Commission on Violence Against Women, Komnas Perempuan, also reported that 75 percent of cases of sexual violence occur in the domestic sphere, between husband and wife, and between children and parents.
In September 2021, the Indonesian House of Representatives Legislation Body (Baleg) proposed changes in the latest draft of the sexual violence eradication bill (RUU PKS), streamlining nine types of sexual assaults into four types, removing, among others, forced marriage and forced abortion. The chapter that would have provided rights to the victims of sexual violence – the right to the judicial process, the right to protection, and the right to recovery – was also removed. Many activists in Indonesia see a risk that the removal of these articles could lead to the degradation of the victims' access to their rights during the criminal process.
In September 2021, the Indonesian House of Representatives Legislation Body (Baleg) proposed changes in the latest draft of the sexual violence eradication bill (RUU PKS), streamlining nine types of sexual assaults into four types, removing, among others, forced marriage and forced abortion. The chapter that would have provided rights to the victims of sexual violence – the right to the judicial process, the right to protection, and the right to recovery – was also removed. Many activists in Indonesia see a risk that the removal of these articles could lead to the degradation of the victims' access to their rights during the criminal process.
