COMPARATIVE LAW AGAINST ONLINE PROSTITUTION ACCORDING TO INDONESIAN AND DUTCH LAW

Muhammad Akbar Ridho,Yati Nurhayati

doi:10.31602/al-adl.v14i1.6278

Abstract

Prostitution is a complex problem. Hence it requires serious and comprehensive attention and handling from some aspects – moral, social, cultural, legal, or norms, etc. The legal norms from various different countries, including Indonesia, categorize prostitution as an illegal action, whereas others are silent with some exceptions. One of the countries legalizing prostitution is the Netherlands. When the Dutch government legalized prostitution in 2000, it was to protect women by giving them work permits. This research focuses on answering how the Comparison of Criminal Law Policies against Online Prostitution in Indonesia and the Netherlands is. The method used was normative legal research. The results showed that Indonesia prohibits prostitution even though the crime uses the relevance between the Criminal Code and certain laws as there is no specific legal policy regarding online prostitution in Indonesia. Meanwhile, the Dutch legal policy in responding to the online prostitution issue, legalizes prostitution with the terms and conditions of the Bibob law.

Highlights

The practice of online prostitution using the internet is still new, in Indonesia
The ease of accessing the internet in a variety of online media increases the practice of online prostitution
Based on the results of research on the Comparison of Law against Online Prostitution according to Indonesian and Dutch Law, it can be concluded that the law in Indonesia against online prostitution clearly prohibits prostitution even though the criminal act uses relevance between the Criminal Code and certain laws due to the absence of special legal policies related to online prostitution in Indonesia

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The practice of online prostitution using the internet is still new, in Indonesia. This happens along with the development of the internet in Indonesia. The ease of accessing the internet in a variety of online media increases the practice of online prostitution. Prostitution is a vulnerable and complex problem. This activity requires serious and comprehensive attention and handling of some aspects – moral, social, cultural, legal, or norms, etc. Prostitution is hard to eliminate in any country.

Correspondent Author

Pimps or other parties

CONCLUSIONS