Abstract Sexual violence against women is one form of human rights violation that has multidimensional impacts on victims, both physically, psychologically, socially, and economically. The high rate of sexual violence indicates that the law enforcement system has not yet fully provided effective protection to victims. The presence of Law Number 12 of 2022 concerning Sexual Violence Crimes is an important milestone in the reform of Indonesia's criminal law because it comprehensively regulates the prevention, handling, protection, and recovery of victims. However, in its implementation, law enforcement against sexual violence perpetrators still faces various obstacles, both at the investigation, prosecution, and trial stages. This study aims to analyze law enforcement against perpetrators of sexual violence against women from the perspective of victim protection and to identify obstacles in its implementation. This research uses a normative juridical method with a legislative approach, a conceptual approach, and a case approach. The sources of legal materials consist of primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials that are analyzed qualitatively. The research results show that law enforcement against perpetrators of sexual violence crimes is not yet fully oriented toward victim protection because there is still a legalistic paradigm that emphasizes punishing the perpetrator more than rehabilitating the victim. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the victimological perspective within the criminal justice system so that victim protection can be realized optimally.
Tasane et al. (Wed,) studied this question.