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Death Registration
Indonesia
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Indonesia
Death Registration
Universal Registration
Universal Registration
Universal and compulsory application
Is death registration available and compulsory for all events occurring in the country's jurisdiction?
Yes
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
To increase death registration rates, the law should provide that registration is available and compulsory to all deaths occuring in every geographical area and for every population group in the country, without discrimination. Examples of possible discriminations are: sex; race ethnicity, religion or population group; marital status; nationality, citizenship, residency or regugee/asylum status; or any other characteristic such as prisoners or persons with disabilities
Article 3 of Law 23/2006 requires "every resident" to report vital events (including deaths). Article 44 of Law 23/2006 (as amended through law 24/2013) requires that every death be reported by the head of the neighborhood block within the domicile of the "relevant Resident" (the deceased). This would seem to limit death registration to those legally resident in the country. However, Article 96 of Permendagri 108/2019, requires the Disdukcapil (district level civil registration office) to record births and deaths of foreigners without immigration documents or legal residency and issue a certificate. Therefore, in practice, all deaths in the country are registered.
Is registration of death available to citizens living abroad?
Yes
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The death of a national who is abroad should be reported and registered in the country where the death occurred either by the next of kin or other person with knowledge of death. The death should also be reported to the embassy or consulate of the home country of the deceased.
Law 23/2006, Art. 45, requires the family of Indonesian citizens living abroad to report deaths that occur abroad to the representative office of the Republic of Indonesia in that host country.
Does the law provide a clear definition of death? If yes, does the definition accord with international guidelines?
No death is not defined by law
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The provision of clear definitions in the law is an important tool to ensure the continuous and permanent recording of vital events in all areas. The UN's definition of death is: "The permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (post-natal cessation of vital functions without capability of resuscitation)."
