Tempo

Potential Violations of the New Criminal Procedure Code

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Muhammad Fikry had just finished his prayers when several officers seized him in Tambelang subdistrict, Bekasi Regency, West Java, in July 2021. Without saying a word, police ...
Tempo

New KUHAP Takes Effect Without Implementing Rules

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Law Number 20 of 2025 concerning the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) officially took effect on Friday, January 2, 2026. However, the government has yet to ratify any of the ...
The Free Press Journal

Taliban’s New Criminal Code Legalises Slavery, Enforces Class-Based Justice In Afghanistan

The Taliban has formally entrenched a class-based justice system in Afghanistan under a newly enacted Criminal Procedure Code signed by its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, triggering widespread ...
moneycontrol.com

Afghanistan’s ‘Taliban Code’: How a new law divides citizens, grants clerical immunity and legalises slavery

Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada approved and circulated a new 119-article “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts” on January 4, intended to regulate judicial proceedings in Taliban-ruled ...
IFEX

Egypt’s president rejects flawed criminal procedure code

Egypt’s draft criminal code threatened the rights of defendants, journalists, and civil society. Civil society groups now call on parliament to revise the law to meet human rights obligations. This ...