Commission XIII of the House of Representatives Government began discussing the Indonesian and Russian extradition Bill

Jakarta – Commission XIII of the Indonesian parliament and the government discussed the draft law on the extradition between Indonesia and the Russian Federation. This bill is expected to provide legal certainty on the protection of Indonesian society. The Work Meeting (Raker’s) discussion of the Ri-Russian extradition bill was attended by the Deputy Minister of the Eddy Hiariaj law to Wamenlu Arif Havas Oegroseno. The chairman of the chairman of the House of the House of Representatives Commission XIII Willy Aditya is chairman. “That the bill was transferred to the Speaker of the DPR on June 5, 2025, and in the letter the president assigned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Law, both individually and together to represent the president in discussing the draft law with the Indonesian parliament,” Eddy said Monday (9/22/22/2025). Browse to continue the content, Eddy said that the government and parliament, together with increasing relations between countries and border -boundary interactions, should regulate international cooperation. He hopes that the bill can facilitate the traffic transfer of people between countries. “The situation also provides a greater opportunity for suspects or offenders of criminal offenses to escape the investigation, prosecution and investigation during a trial or criminal session from the country where the crime is committed,” says Eddy. “So it presents challenges in the dynamics of a country’s law enforcement because it makes the offenders of crime easier to avoid criminal liability,” he added. He said the Indonesian government and the Russian Federation signed an Antara agreement on the extradition on 31 March 2023 in Bali. He said the agreement must be followed in the form of a law. “With the signing of an agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Russian Federation on the extradition of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, it is necessary to follow up the ratification of the agreement with the law on the basis of section 10 of Act number 24 of 2000 on international treaties,” Eddy said. He said the bill will regulate the obligation for extradition, extradition crime, to the reasons for rejection of extradition. Even in it, it contains requests to support documents. “The extradition agreement regulates, among other things, the obligation to withdraw, extred crimes, reasons for rejecting extradition, requests and supporting documents and regulation of submission,” Eddy says. “The ratification of the agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Russian Federation on extradition will later support law enforcement and provide legal certainty and justice for all Indonesian population,” he added. (DWR/GBR)