As COP26 comes to a close in Glasgow, there has
been a landmark victory for class action and
environment campaigners in Indonesia. The Central District
Court of Jakarta has
ordered President Joko Widodo as well as Governor of Jakarta to
clean up Jakarta's notorious air pollution, ruling that
the Indonesian administration had been negligent in protecting
citizens. The case summary is below and has also been added to
Litigasia.
Citizen air pollution case
Case details
Year of the decision:
2021
Status: decision rendered on September 16,
2021
Court: Central Jakarta District Court
Parties: Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH
Jakarta), Greenpeace Indonesia, and Friends of the Earth Indonesia
(Walhi), as well as 31 people who joined the Clean Air Coalition
(IBUKOTA) Vs. President of the Republic of Indonesia, the Minister
of Environment and Forestry, the Minister of Health, the Minister
of Home Affairs, the Governor of DKI Jakarta, as well as the
co-defendants of
