Gadjah Mada University is a public research university located in Sleman,Special Region of Yogyakarta,Indonesia. Officially founded on 19 December 1949,Gadjah Mada University is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher education in the country,and has been credited as one of the best universities in Indonesia. In the 2023 QS World Universities Ranking,UGM is ranked 1st in Indonesia and 231st in the world.
Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta,shortened as UAJY, is a university located in Depok,Sleman Regency,Special Region of Yogyakarta,Indonesia. UAJY is one of the 50 most promising university and one of the best six universities in Indonesia in quality assurance according to Directorate of Higher Education,Department of National Education. Currently the university offers 12 undergraduate and 7 graduate programs,with an estimated ±11.307 students. There are four main campus buildings:Alfonsus Building in Mrican,Thomas Aquinas Building in Babarsari,Bonaventura Building in Babarsari,Teresa Building in Babarsari.
Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia(also known as "Atma Jaya University" or "Atma Jaya";Indonesian:Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya or abbreviated as Unika Atma Jaya) is an institute of higher learning in Jakarta,Indonesia,which was founded by Atma Jaya Foundation on 1 June 1960. Atma Jaya has three campuses in Jakarta Metropolitan Area,in which the main campus is located in Semanggi,South Jakarta. The second campus,the center for health development,is located in Pluit,North Jakarta,next to its teaching hospital,Atma Jaya Hospital. The new campus is located in Tangerang,Banten,and is planned to be the main campus for undergraduate students.
Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga is an Indonesian politician. He was Indonesia's Minister of Cooperatives and Small &Medium Enterprises under President Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet between 2014 and 2019. Previously,he served as the Vice Governor of Bali from 2008 to 2013 and Mayor of Denpasar,Bali's capital city,from 2000 to 2008.
Tommy Sihotang is an Indonesian lawyer. He is the leader of the Christian Democratic Party Indonesia and mainly active in Human Rights law.
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia is one of the apex courts in Indonesia along with the Indonesian Supreme Court. Its primary role is reviewing the constitutionality of Acts (undang-undang). It also has other functions,including resolving disputes over the powers of state institutions,settling disputes over the results of general elections,deciding on the dissolution of political parties,and supervising impeachment. The last two functions have never been exercised by the Court.
Udayana University is a for-profit public university in Denpasar,Bali,Indonesia. It was established on September 29,1962,and it used to belong to the Airlangga University mainly located in Surabaya. Its current rector is I Nyoman Gde Antara. The university's name was derived from the 10th-century Balinese King Udayana (Dharmodayana) of the Warmadewa Dynasty.
Mohammad Mahfud Mahmodin,commonly known as Mahfud MD,is an Indonesian politician,and legal academic who served as the 14th Coordinating Minister for Political,Legal,and Security Affairs of Indonesia from 2019 to 2024. He also previously served as the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia,member of the People's Representative Council,Minister of Defense,and Minister of Law and Human Rights.
Presidential elections were held in Indonesia on 9 July 2014,with former general Prabowo Subianto contesting the elections against the governor of Jakarta,Joko Widodo;incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was constitutionally barred from seeking a third term in office. On 22 July the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced Joko Widodo's victory. He and his vice president,Jusuf Kalla,were sworn-in on 20 October 2014,for a five-year term.
Arief Hidayat was the fifth Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia. Previously,he was a professor of law at his alma mater,Diponegoro University.
Suhartoyo is currently the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia,a position that he has held since November 2023. He ascended to the leadership of the Court following the demotion of Anwar Usman after the Court's Honorary Council found that he had committed ethical violations,which cleared the way for President Joko Widodo’s eldest son to run for vice president in 2024.
I Dewa Gede Palguna is a constitutional law academic who served two terms as a justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia. He holds the record for having been the youngest ever justice of the Indonesian Constitutional Court. In February 2020,he was appointed to the ethics council of Indonesia's Child Protection Commission.
Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly is the current Minister of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia. He was a member of the North Sumatra regional legislature from 1999 to 2003,and of the People's Consultative Assembly from 2004 to 2014. He is the first ethnic Nias to hold a cabinet position. He is one of the leaders in the central executive board of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.
Saldi Isra is an Indonesian jurist and law professor. In April 2017,he became a Justice of the Indonesian Constitutional Court,one of the nation's two top courts. Prior to becoming Constitutional Court Justice,he was a professor of constitutional law at the Andalas University in his native West Sumatra. Throughout his academic career,he received awards in connection to his efforts against corruption in Indonesia.
Johnny Gerard Plate is an Indonesian politician and businessman who served as Minister of Communication and Information Technology in Joko Widodo's Onward Indonesia Cabinet from 2019 to 2023. Previously,he served in the People's Representative Council for five years,and had been reelected for a second term in the 2019 election. He is a graduate of Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia.
The Semanggi shootings in Jakarta,Indonesia,were two incidents when state troops opened fire on unarmed civilians and protesters during special sessions of parliament. The first incident,known as Semanggi I,took place on 13 November 1998 and 17 people were killed. The second incident,Semanggi II,took place on 24 September 1999 and 12 people were killed and more than 200 wounded.
The Job Creation Act,officially Act Number 11/2020 on Job Creation,is a bill that was passed on 5 October 2020 by Indonesia's People's Representative Council (DPR),with the aim of creating jobs and raising foreign and domestic investment by reducing regulatory requirements for business permits and land acquisition processes. Due to its length of 1,035 pages and its coverage of many non-employment sectors,it is also referred to in Indonesia as an omnibus bill. The final draft was changed to 812 pages due to pagination being changed to legal format. After being passed into law,there were various substantial text alterations and deletions,as well as procedural issues,which made its legal status eligible for being formally annulled.
Artidjo Alkostar was an Indonesian lawyer,judge and legal academic. He served as a Supreme Court Judge and Chairman of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia,where he was famous for his verdicts that tended to increase sentences for convicted corruption cases and the dissenting opinions he issued in several major cases. At the end of his life,he served as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission for the period of 2019–2023.
Law on State Capital is an omnibus law to relocate capital of Indonesia from Jakarta to Nusantara at East Kalimantan as new capital of Indonesia. The omnibus bill of the law was passed into law on 18 January 2022,and finally commenced on 15 February 2022.
Throughout March 2023,the Central Jakarta District Court and the General Election Supervisory Agency made separate rulings in favour of the Just and Prosperous People's Party following the party's lawsuits against the General Elections Commission (KPU). The lawsuits were brought forth after PRIMA failed to qualify to participate in the 2024 Indonesian general election. One of the demands in PRIMA's court petitions was the postponement of the election,which was granted by the District Court.
