<![CDATA[Gender-based violence remains one of the serious forms of human rights violations in Indonesia. Although various laws and regulations have been enacted, such as Law Number 23 of 2004 on the Elimination of Domestic Violence and Law Number 12 of 2022 on Sexual Violence Crimes, their implementation still faces structural and cultural challenges. As a state party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) through Law Number 7 of 1984, Indonesia has an obligation to align its national policies with international standards for the protection of women. This research aims to compare national regulations with the provisions of CEDAW and propose a more effective and gender-responsive policy reformulation. This research employs a normative-comparative legal method with a comparative approach. The results show that the Domestic Violence Law and the Sexual Violence Crimes Law have provided a legal basis for protection through the regulation of prevention, handling, protection, and recovery of victims of gender-based violence, including recognition of various forms of violence that were previously not explicitly regulated. However, in practice, gaps remain, including prevention efforts that have not been followed by integrated operational strategies, limited access to victim recovery services, particularly in areas with inadequate service infrastructure, weak coordination among law enforcement and women’s protection institutions, and limited understanding of gender perspectives among law enforcement officials, which affects investigation and trial processes that are insufficiently sensitive to victims. Based on CEDAW principles, policy strengthening should be directed toward substantive equality, non-discrimination, the implementation of the state’s due diligence obligation, a victim-oriented approach, strengthened cross-institutional coordination, and continuous monitoring mechanisms to ensure that policy implementation is more effective and gender-equitable]]>
