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                                    140Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Indonesiagraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution and regulated in variousinternational instruments ratified by Indonesia, such as theInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).Therefore, the norm contained in Article 47 of GovernmentRegulation No. 28/2022, which grants the Minister of Financeof the Republic of Indonesia the authority to repeatedly issueimmigration prevention decisions without a time limit, hasresulted in harm to individual human rights, particularly theright %u201dto travel freely, including to leave and enter the territoryof Indonesia,%u201d as guaranteed by Article 28E paragraph (1) ofthe 1945 Constitution and Article 27 paragraph (2) of Law No.39 of 1999 on Human Rights (%u201cHuman Rights Law%u201d).It is recognized that human rights may be restricted, limited,or even revoked, provided that such limitations are establishedby law. In this context, the constitutional interpretation ormandate regarding such limitations has been clearly providedthrough the Constitutional Court Decision No. 64/PUU-IX/2011, which essentially stipulates that any limitation related tothe right to travel abroad can only be imposed for a maximumperiod of six months, and may be extended once for anadditional six months.This constitutional mandate/interpretation has already beenimplemented and complied with by the legislators (the Presidentand the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia)through the amendment of Article 97 paragraph (1) of theImmigration Law, as stated in Law No. 63 of 2024 concerningthe Third Amendment to Law No. 6 of 2011 on Immigration.Furthermore, during the discussions of the latest draftamendment to the Immigration Law at the WorkingCommittee (Panja) meeting and the first-level decision-making
                                
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