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Indonesia

Barometer

Retentionist
Country status
596
Sentenced
0
Execution(s)
68+
Conviction(s)
Figures for 2025. The last execution in Indonesia took place in 2016.

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Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat (LBHM)
Indonesia
KontraS
Indonesia

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Abolition process
Overview 2025 – The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the OIC
Jan 2026
Conditions of detention
10 questions to better understand the situation of French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2024)
Jan 2025
Conditions of detention
10 questions to better understand the situation of Serge Atlaoui sentenced to death in Indonesia
Dec 2024
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Summary report on the death penalty for the UPR of Indonesia (2022)
Mar 2023
Abolition process
Indonesia: Report for the 41st session of the working group on the universal periodic review
Oct 2022
Couverture du rapport "Déshumanisés: conditions de détention des condmanés à mort en Indonésie"
Conditions of detention, Overview of the death penalty
Dehumanized: the prison conditions of people sentenced to death in Indonesia
Oct 2022
Abolition process
Indonesia: Report for the 41st session of the working group on the universal periodic review, November 2022
Apr 2022

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Infographics – The death penalty in Indonesia (2025)
Table – Voting trends on the UN resolution calling for a universal moratorium
Leaflet – UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty
Infographics – the death penalty in Indonesia (2024)
Monitoring conditions of detention of prisoners sentenced to death: pratical guide for NHRIs and NPMs
Video – The death penalty in Indonesia (2023)
KontraS and ECPM call on the State of Indonesia to seriously consider the situation of the death penalty. In 2022, the number of death sentences peaked, with 82 sentences handed down. Although Indonesia does not release official figures, it was estimated that 483 prisoners were waiting on death row that same year and at least 20% of them were foreigners.
Infographics – the death penalty in Indonesia (2023)
Infographics – the death penalty in Indonesia (2022)
Representing Individuals Facing the Death Penalty in Indonesia: A Best Practices Manual for Lawyers
The death penalty in law and in practice in Indonesia
Map – death penalty in Asia 2021
Abolition of the death penalty: A practical guide for NHRIs

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Illustration du 5e Congrès régional de Tokyo
Advocacy, Event
5th Regional Congress on the Death Penalty : Heading for East Asia
15 October 2025
The next ECPM Regional Congress is fast approaching and will take place in Tokyo, Japan, from 7 to 9 November. This pivotal moment for the international abolitionist community aims to address the situation of the death penalty in East Asia, which remains the continent with the highest execution rate in…
From left to right: Serge Atlaoui, Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan, Marie-Lina Pérez and Emilie Fournier
Plaidoyer
Serge Atlaoui : Back in France at last
06 February 2025
After spending two decades in Indonesian prisons, including nearly 18 years on death row, Serge Atlaoui was transferred to France on February 4 and was finally able to set foot on French soil yesterday, February 5, 2025.
Plaidoyer, Témoignage
Serge Atlaoui, une lueur d’espoir
29 November 2024
Condamné à mort en Indonésie en 2007, Serge Atlaoui, artisan soudeur originaire de Metz, vit depuis lors dans la crainte d’une exécution. Le 19 décembre 2024, la France a officiellement demandé son rapatriement répondant ainsi aux déclarations des autorités indonésiennes portant sur le possible renvoi des prisonniers étrangers dans leur…
Testimony
Fatia Maulidiyanti: “human rights defenders face a lack of recognition”
01 March 2024
Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar, two prominent human rights defenders in Indonesia, are were accused of defamation for discussing a report on mining operations in Papua on Haris's YouTube channel. Human rights organizations are callingcalled on the Indonesian government to end their persecution and protect all human rights activists in…
Culture
Meet the winners of the 6th edition of the “Draw me abolition” competition!
16 June 2023
This year, around 500 young people from 10 different countries brought together their artistic talents and militant commitment to draw up the abolitionist posters of the future. From Austria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Germany, Indonesia, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda, our young artists demonstrated exceptional creativity! Among…
Advocacy, In the field
#ABOLITIONNOWTOUR: A look back on a year of activism around the world
01 December 2022
A year ago, ECPM launched an exceptional mobilisation of the world's youth, aimed at raising awareness among the new generation about the issues at stake in the abolition of the death penalty and to give new impetus to the fight led by the activists from the outset. Six delegations of…
retour conference Indonesie
Editorial / opinion page
Report of National Conference and Media Workshop organised by KontraS
24 November 2021
Advocacy
Urgent Call to Protect Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia
21 September 2021
cover publication
Publication
The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
26 November 2020
As the 47th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers organised by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is being held in Niamey, Niger, on 27 and 28 November 2020, ECPM and Nael Georges publish the study The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation…
In pictures, In the field
The 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty is already over, but the fight for abolition continues
14 October 2019
At the dawn of the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty, ECPM takes you around the world to campaign together for universal abolition. Under the map, find more details about the events we have supported! Follow the news of the abolition with the hashtag #AbolitionNow! Find out more about…
Editorial / opinion page
PRESS RELEASE – The French citizen Félix Dorfin sentenced to death in Indonesia
24 May 2019
May 20, 2019 ECPM deplores the death sentence imposed on the French citizen Félix Dorfin by an Indonesian court, whereas the initial sentence required by the Prosecutor’s Office was 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of €620,000. The 35-year-old Frenchman Félix Dorfin, from Béthune (Pas-de-Calais), was sentenced to death for…
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