Humanization of Criminal Sanction Formulation As A Covid-19 Emergency Management Effort

Deni Yuherawan, Subaidah Juita
2022 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Indonesian Legal Studies, ICILS 2021, June 8-9 2021, Semarang, Indonesia   unpublished
The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak is currently a major problem for the world community and has worried all countries including Indonesia. At first, the Indonesian government did not immediately deal with the virus by information obtained from other countries due to minimize the existence of hoax news and so that people did not panic. Many people have fallen victim to the Covid-19 virus. Given the seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemic, health quarantine efforts are urgently
more » ... It is hoped that this will be an effort to break the chain of the spread of the Covid-19 virus. This effort must be immediately carried out by the government with the main target of suppressing the increase in the number of victims. The legal instrument used to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic is Law Number 6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine, which was followed up by issuing Government Regulation (PP) Number 21 of 2020 concerning Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB). The government's policy to enforce legal policies during the Covid-19 pandemic is to protect the health problems of the Indonesian people. On the one hand, this legal policy is a firm and effective practical solution to solving various problems related to Covid-19. One of the interesting things about the substance of Law Number 6 of 2018 is the aspect of criminal law relating to criminal provisions as contained in Chapter XIII, especially Article 90 -Article 94 of Law Number 6 of 2018. Based on this, it is necessary to conduct a study in depth related to "Humanization of the Implementation of Criminal Sanctions as an Effort to Handle Covid-19 Emergency".
doi:10.4108/eai.8-6-2021.2314347 fatcat:gz2qqu4w3zf67ki6q75ynzspdm