Foreign Arbitral Award Enforcement And Award Annulment In Indonesia: Recent Developments Making Indonesia A More Arbitration-Supportive Jurisdiction

In recent years, the Indonesian judiciary has made great strides in turning Indonesia into a more supportive jurisdiction for arbitration, especially with regards to enforcement of arbitral awards and setting aside of domestic arbitral awards.

First, the Supreme Court issued Regulation No. 3 of 2023 on the Procedure for the Appointment of Arbitrators by the Court, Challenge of Arbitrators, and Examination on Application for Enforcement and Annulment of Arbitral Awards ("Supreme Court Regulation No. 3/2023"). Second, on 3 January 2025 the Constitutional Court rendered its judgments on two judicial review applications which concern the provisions of Law No. 30 of 1999 on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Settlement ("1999 Arbitration Law") that relates to the issue of enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.