Protecting Environment through Criminal Sanction Aggravation

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Mahrus Ali
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5864-1009
Rofi Wahanisa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-1805
Jaco Barkhuizen
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0999-0456
Papontee Teeraphan

Abstract

This paper aims to explores the provision of aggravating criminal sanction that protects environment in environmental legislation. By focusing on the four laws as its primary data source, this study employed doctrinal legal research. The results showed that the weight accorded to criminal sanctions in environmental legislation, has varied. The PPLH Law provides for the amplification of criminal threats directed at corporations by adding 1/3 (one-third) of the criminal sentence. Only companies are subject to the penalty aggravation provisions of the Mining Law, and they are only imposed with one-third of the maximum criminal provision of fines. In the PPPH Law, the imposition of criminal threats weight is simply related to the quantity component. If the culprit is a corporation or official, the criminal sanction aggravation is increased by one-third. In Plantation Law, if the offender is a corporate or a government official, then the criminal punishment is intensified. The environment is protected through acts prohibited by environmental legislation, but the criminal threat weight is not directed toward environmental preservation. Existing penalty aggravations are confined to only two types of criminal penalties: jail and fines, both of which have no direct connection to environmental protection. As a result, weighting criminal sanctions refers to the changing quality and quantity issues in order to safeguard the environment. The transition from criminal sanction to treatment, or from one type of treatment to another, was the focus of quality considerations, while the twofold criminal fine system was the focus of quantity element.

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Ali, M., Wahanisa, R., Barkhuizen, J., & Teeraphan, P. (2022). Protecting Environment through Criminal Sanction Aggravation. Journal of Indonesian Legal Studies, 7(1), 191-228. https://doi.org/10.15294/jils.v7i1.54819
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Author Biographies

Mahrus Ali, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia

Mahrus Ali is a faculty member of Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia. He has published several papers at Scopus indexed journals. His research interest includes environmental crimes, economic crimes, victimology, penal policy, as well as criminal law and human rights.

Rofi Wahanisa, Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Rofi Wahanisa is a senior lecturer at Faculty of Law Universitas Negeri Semarang. She completed her doctoral degree at Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang. She has also published papers at Scopus indexed journals. Her research interest includes environmental law, spatial planning, and agrarian law.

Jaco Barkhuizen, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Limpopo

Jaco Barkhuizen is currently Head and Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Limpopo, South Africa. His research interests are victim rights and specifically victim rights in South Africa, human trafficking in South Africa, serial murder in South Africa, sexual victimization, and sex worker victimization. He has published in journals and chapters in books in South Africa, Indian, Japan and North America and has delivered papers in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

Papontee Teeraphan, Faculty of Law, Thaksin University

Papontee Teeraphan is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Thaksin University, Songkhla, Thailand. His research interest includes juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice,  children protection law, as well as criminal law and criminal justice. He has published several papers at Scopus indexed journals.

 

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