The criminal act of terrorism is classified an extraordinary crime, as the
handling of the victims also need to be considered, which include in the matter of
compensation rights for the victims cause by the act of terrorism.
The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of arrangements
abaout providing compensation for the victim cause by the criminal acts of terrorism.
The type of research that was used is normative study. The data that was used in this
paper are the primary data which consist of legislation and the secondary data which
consists of literature, journals, the internet, and a legal opinion obtained from the
experts.
At this time, the granting of compensation to the victims cause by the criminal
act of terrorism carried out by witness and victim protection agencies. However, the
compensation process is considered complicated because the current compensation
inspection combained with the investigation on the cases of terrorist acts. Therefore to
solve the problem, the government need to establish spesific regulation abaout
providing compensation for victims cause by the criminal act of terrorism.