Restorative Justice approach in juvenile crimes is very important to save the future
of children because children play a major role in determining the future of the
nation. In the Netherlands the application of restorative justice in juvenile crimes
is already more advanced than Indonesia, therefore a comparison will be made
regarding this matter. This type of research is normative legal research, the legal
materials used are primary legal materials in the form of laws and regulations and
secondary legal materials in the form of expert opinions, books and journals. In
Netherlands, Restorative Justice in juvenile crimes has been codified in the
Netherlands Criminal Procedure Code which can be applied to all criminal
penalties for juveline that regulated in Netherlands Criminal Code. In Indonesia,
Restorative Justice in juvenile crimes is not codified, but regulated in several laws
and regulations which only can be applied to imprisonment under 7 years or
imprisonment more than 7 years with in the form of subsidiary, alternative,
cumulative, and combined charges and is not a repetition of a crime. In Indonesia,
Restorative Justice can be applied only to juvenile crimes and misdemeanor.