<![CDATA[This article examines undue delay in criminal proceedings by placing victims at the center of the analysis. To date, delays in criminal proceedings have primarily been understood as a fair trial issue concerning suspects or defendants. However, victims also suffer direct consequences, including legal uncertainty, limited access to information, delayed protection, weakened evidentiary value, postponed restitution, and the risk of revictimization. This article employs a normative-prescriptive legal research method using statutory, conceptual, case, human rights, and comparative law approaches. The findings indicate that the New Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) has established an initial framework for preventing undue delay through provisions on procedural time limits, notifications, and inter-agency coordination. Nevertheless, these provisions do not yet fully provide corrective mechanisms for victims when criminal proceedings fail to progress within a reasonable time. The Constitutional Court Decision Number 130/PUU-XIII/2015 and Constitutional Court Decision Number 21/PUU-XII/2014 may serve as foundations for the development of judicial oversight mechanisms. This article proposes a Victim-Oriented Judicial Time Control Model, a framework that enables victims to challenge procedural delays, provides judges with objective parameters for assessing unreasonable delays, and creates opportunities for corrective measures against institutional inaction by law enforcement authorities.]]>
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