The Problems of Visum and Repertum for Victims of Physical and Sexual Violence Against Women Case Study on the Deli Serdang Police Headquarter

DOI

10.2991/978-2-38476-531-7_47How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Visum et Repertum; Victim Protection; Access to Justice; Legal Reconstruction; Sexual Violence

Abstract

This study analyzes the legal and practical problems related to the financing of visum et repertum for women in Indonesia who have experienced physical or sexual violence. A visum et repertum serves as essential forensic medical documentation used to support proof in legal cases criminal acts, particularly in cases of sexual violence. However, in practice, many victims face serious obstacles in obtaining this document due to the financial burden imposed upon them. Using With a normative juridical methodology and descriptive-analytical analysis as its basis, this research analyzes the legal framework governing visum et repertum costs, including Article 136 under the Indonesian Included in this framework are the Criminal Procedure Code; Law No. 31/2014 regarding Witness and Victim Protection; and Regulation No. 71/2013 issued by the Minister of Health, integrating forensic services under the National Health Insurance system. (JKN) system. framework. The findings reveal that although regulations normatively place the responsibility of visum et repertum financing on the state, the implementation remains ineffective and fragmented. Victims are often charged for visum issuance, resulting in inequality of access to justice, particularly among economically vulnerable groups. The study concludes that there is an urgent need to reconstruct Article 136 of the Criminal Procedure Code to explicitly mandate the state’s full responsibility for visum et repertum financing. Establishing an integrated mechanism between law enforcement agencies, health institutions, and administrative bodies is essential to ensure substantive justice and equal legal protection for all victims of crime.

Copyright

© 2025 The Author(s)

Open Access

Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Dhoory Vineyara Sigiro
AU  - Roswita Sitompul
AU  - Sri Sulistyawati
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/03
TI  - The Problems of Visum and Repertum for Victims of Physical and Sexual Violence Against Women Case Study on the Deli Serdang Police Headquarter
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Forum on Psychology, Law, and Education (IFPLE 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 458
EP  - 466
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-531-7_47
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-531-7_47
ID  - Sigiro2026
ER  -