Development Of Fulfillment Of Women's Rights In The Batang Religious Court From 2020 to 2024

Abstrak

Legal protection of women's rights after divorce is a crucial issue to examine as a means of measuring the success of a welfare state in realizing constitutional protection of citizens' rights. This article explores the fulfillment of women's rights after divorce in the Batang Religious Court from 2020 to 2024. This article relies on qualitative research, using case studies and interviews with the Chief Justice of the Batang Religious Court. This research shows that the progress in the fulfillment of women's rights in the Batang Religious Court is not driven by male awareness but by the establishment of a strong and robust system in the Batang Religious Court regarding the consistency of legal protection of women's rights in dealing with the law. Applicants for divorce have no choice but to grant the respondent the right  to  pronounce  the divorce  vow  and  officially  divorce  the  respondent.  This  study concludes that the policy direction and strategy of the Religious Court leadership supported by the similarity of philosophy of each apparatus of the Batang Religious Court is one of the effective ways to ensure that women's rights after divorce can be protected from the applicant's efforts to "outwit" Supreme Court Regulation Number 3 of 2017. This study provides considerations for other Religious Court Chairmen to be able to observe, imitate and modify the existing system in the Batang Religious Court to formulate effective policies in enforcing the legal protection of women's rights after divorce.