<![CDATA[This study examined the protection of victims with disabilities in Indonesian criminal proceedings through Decision No. 286/Pid.Sus/2025/PN Skt and the framework introduced by Indonesia’s new Criminal Procedure Code. The study addressed the problem of whether judicial assessment of testimony had sufficiently accommodated the specific procedural needs of victims with disabilities and ensured substantive equality during criminal adjudication. A normative legal method was employed by critically analysing the court’s reasoning and comparing it with the procedural safeguards governing disability rights in criminal proceedings. The analysis found that equal recognition of testimony had required more than formal acceptance of evidence. It had also depended on reasonable procedural accommodation, accessible communication, and a disability-sensitive assessment of testimonial credibility. The study further found that credibility assessment risked reproducing procedural inequality when disability-related characteristics were treated as indicators of evidentiary weakness. It concluded that the new Criminal Procedure Code should have been interpreted as requiring procedural equality throughout evidentiary examination, rather than merely guaranteeing formal participation of victims with disabilities.]]>
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