Situation during visit
Steps taken in previous years
(A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 and
A/HRC/16/52/Add.2)
kind, when such pain or suffering is
inflicted by or at the instigation of or
with the consent or acquiescence of a
public official or other person acting in
an official capacity.‖
Law no. 39/1999 provides a broader and
more comprehensive scope with regard
to the definition of torture.
74. The declaration should be Indonesia had not made a
made with respect to article 22 declaration under article 22
of the Convention recognizing UNCAT.
the competence of the
Committee against Torture to
receive and consider
communications from
individuals who claim to be
victims of a violation of the
provisions of the Convention.
75. The Government should
ensure that corporal
punishment, independently of
the physical suffering it
causes, is explicitly
criminalized in all parts of the
country.
Sharia law, incorporated into the
2005 Aceh Criminal Code,
provided for flogging and
affected disproportionally
women;
Non-governmental sources: No
declaration has been made under article
22.
Non-governmental sources: In
September 2009 the Aceh Legislative
Council adopted a new Islamic Criminal
Legal Code which imposes severe
sentences for consensual extra-marital
sexual relations, rape, homosexuality,
Corporal punishment was
alcohol consumption and gambling.
regularly applied in several
Among other sanctions, the Code
prisons and openly acknowledged
imposes the punishment of stoning to
by prison officials;
death for adultery for those who are
Despite a prohibition of corporal married; 100 cane lashes for adultery
committed by those individuals who are
punishment of children, minors
and children were at high risk of unmarried; caning for individuals
engaging in sexual activities out of
corporal punishment in their
wedlock; although the law is applicable
families, schools, and in
to the population as a whole, in practice
detention.
women are far more likely to become
victims of stoning due to patriarchal and
discriminatory practices and policies, as
well as biological differences such as
Information received in the reporting
period
A/HRC/19/61/Add.3
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Recommendations
(A/HRC/7/3/Add.7, para. 7292)
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