Analysis of Changes in Criminal Threats in Regulations on Environmental Protection and Management

Abstract

Currently, Indonesia is facing serious environmental problems which are exacerbated by a lack of public awareness and law enforcement. Law enforcement is very important in overcoming environmental problems, and in this case means the use of legal instruments that can be coercive, such as criminal sanctions. The main legal basis that regulates environmental protection and management in Indonesia is Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management and several amendments to Law Number 6 of 2023 concerning Ratification of Government Regulation Number 2 of 2022 concerning Job Creation. This article focuses on changes in criminal sanctions and how they occurred by comparing the two laws and analyzing them. The results show that five articles concerning criminal sanctions have been changed or deleted. This is because four of the five articles have been simplified for administrative purposes and to avoid legal ambiguity, while one of the five articles cannot be determined because the changes made resulted in the law being dead.