Konsep Perdamaian (Al-Islah) dan Keadilan Restoratif dalam Penyelesaian Perkara Pidana di Indonesia

Conventionally law is divided into the public law and private law in which the public law governing the relationship between citizens and the state such as criminal law, while private law governs the relationship between citizens with citizens such as contract law. Enactment of Law No. 8 of 1981 regarding Indonesian Crime Law Procedure has led to fundamental changes, both conceptually and in implemental to the settlement procedures for criminal cases in Indonesia. In the tradition of Islamic criminal law there is a method of settlement, namely method of concilliation (shulh). In the shulh both the victim or the will holder will be allowed to make conciliation in terms of punishment in return for a replacement is equal or greater than the blood money (diyat). Restorative justice is an approach model in a criminal case settlement efforts. This approach focuses on the direct participation of perpetrators, victims and society in the process of resolving criminal cases. Criminal cases settlement process through conciliation method is in accordance with the characteristic of the Indonesian nation, “spirit of deliberation” for every crime case settlement with the aim that criminal law is not as a premium remedium but ultimum remedium.