Journal of Law, Poliitic and Humanities
Vol. 5 No. 4 (2025): (JLPH) Journal of Law, Politic and Humanities

Vague Norm on HIV Status Disclosure of the Minister of Health Regulation Number 21 of 2013

Putri, Idza Dean Akira Calluella (Unknown)
Firmantoro, Zuhad Aji (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 May 2025

Abstract

Indonesia has produced various health laws in dealing with different infectious diseases. Treatment of HIV and AIDS, which includes infectious diseases, is regulated in Minister of Health Regulation Number 21 of 2013. In accordance with Minister of Health Regulation Number 21 of 2013, it is stated that PLWH must disclose their HIV status to their sexual partners. On the other hand, the provision stating that PLWH must disclose their HIV status to their family is still ambiguous, making it challenging to apply in the treatment of HIV and AIDS. This article examines the problem of vague norm with the existence of an ambiguous article on HIV status disclosure in Minister of Health Regulation Number 21 of 2013. This article uses a normative legal research method through a legislative approach and an analytical approach. The results show that vague norms in Minister of Health Regulation Number 21 of 2013 related to the treatment of HIV status by PLWH to their families creates legal uncertainty and hampers the effectiveness of the treatment of HIV and AIDS. The problem of legal certainty in disclosing HIV status must be resolved so that the treatment of HIV and AIDS can run optimally. The vagueness of the material in this regulation makes it difficult to be applied consistently. To overcome this, it is recommended that the law be improved so that the treatment of HIV and AIDS in Indonesia can run more optimally and achieve the goal of “three zero” by 2030.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JLPH

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Subject

Humanities Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

Description

Journal of Law, Poliitic and Humanities is a research journal in Law, Humanities and Politics published since 2020 by the Dinasti Research. This journal aims to disseminate research results to academics, practitioners, students, and other parties who are interested in the fields of Law, Humanities ...