Evaluating Indonesia's De-Radicalization Program: A Non-Punitive Approach to Countering Terrorism

Syarif Saddam Rivanie (Hasanuddin University)
Dian Anggraece Sigit Parawansa (Faculty of Economy and Business, Hasanuddin University)
Toetik Rahayuningsih (Faculty of Law, Airlangga University, Indonesia)
Ulil Amri (Faculty of Law, Mulawarman University, Indonesia)
Ismail Iskandar (Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia)
Afif Muhni (Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia)
Akhmad Afif Athaullah (Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia)
Muhammad Chafidz Ali Wafa (International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia)

Pena Justisia: Media Komunikasi dan Kajian Hukum
Vol. 24 No. 2 (2025): Pena Justisia

The most significant bombing incident in Indonesia was in Bali in 2002, resulting in the deaths of 202 individuals. After the bombing attack, Indonesia enacted Law Number 15 of 2003 about the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Terrorism. This Law exclusively governs criminal consequences, omitting other forms of penalties expressly targeting offenders of terrorism. The objective of this research is to identify alternative forms of sanctions that may be imposed on future perpetrators of terrorism. This research employs a normative methodology, utilizing both primary and secondary materials about legal rules concerning the eradication of terrorist criminal activities.Furthermore, it employs many legal methodologies, specifically the statutory and conceptual approaches. The findings indicated that deradicalization in Indonesia is critically necessary through the imposition of sanctions that must be enforced on terrorists in the future. Current deradicalization is not a punitive measure imposed on terrorists; instead, it seeks to eradicate their radical ideologies.