Originally published in ACTIO E-Magazine Edition 29 (June 2026). Law as of June 2026.
Introduction
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future prospect in Indonesian law. It drafts contracts, appears as evidence in court, generates deepfakes, assists arbitrators, and reshapes how organisations govern themselves and their people. ACTIO Edition 29, published in June 2026 under the theme “Human-AI Reality: Are We Ready?”, brings those questions together in one edition.
The seven articles below were originally published in the magazine and have been rewritten as web articles, shortened from the magazine text, with a direct answer, key takeaways, and frequently asked questions at the start of each piece. Together they cover the full arc of the edition: the civil law of automated contracts, digital evidence in court, criminal accountability, the limits of AI in arbitration, risk-based AI regulation, continuous governance, and the people and culture that decide whether any of it works.
Contents
- Allocating Legal Responsibility in Automated Contracts Operated by Artificial Intelligence Under Indonesian Civil Law — Who bears liability when an AI system drafts or executes a contract, and how Articles 1320 and 1365-1367 of the Indonesian Civil Code should be applied.
- Indonesian Court’s Readiness for Digital Evidence: Progress in Civil Litigation Following the Emergence of E-Court — How far Indonesian courts have come with digital evidence since e-court, and where authenticity, infrastructure, and digital literacy still lag.
- Criminal Law Risk and Accountability in the Age of AI: A Discussion — Whether deepfakes and other AI-enabled conduct can be prosecuted under the KUHP 2023, the ITE Law, and the PDP Law, and who bears the fault.
- Delegation or Assistance? The Legal Limits of AI Use by Arbitrators under Indonesian Law — Where AI assistance ends and impermissible delegation begins under Law No. 30/1999, and what the LaPaglia v. Valve Corp. case signals.
- How Will Indonesia Operationalize Risk-Based AI Regulation, Ethical Certification, and PDP Compliance? — Why Indonesia still has no umbrella AI law, what is missing, and how risk-based regulation and ethical certification could be built from existing rules.
- Continuous and Adaptive AI Governance: An Expert’s View from Indonesia — Expert’s Corner with Syahraki Syahrir, CEO & Partner at Veda Praxis, on why periodic compliance is not enough and governance must become a living, risk-aware culture.
- AI Readiness Is a People and Leadership Question: An Expert’s View — Expert’s Corner with Edwin Djakaria, Director at Stevland Bridge, on roles, automation bias, ethics, capability, culture, and trust in AI adoption.
Related parts
- Articles 1, 4, and 5 form the regulatory core of the edition: civil liability for AI contracts, the limits of AI in arbitration, and the risk-based regulatory framework that would govern both.
- Articles 2 and 3 address the courts and criminal law: digital evidence in civil litigation and criminal accountability for AI-generated content such as deepfakes.
- Articles 6 and 7, the two Expert’s Corner interviews, turn from law to organisations: continuous governance with Syahraki Syahrir, and people, culture, and leadership with Edwin Djakaria.
- Readers interested in data protection should also read ACTIO Edition 26, the Special Issue on Personal Data Protection, in particular “Data in Motion 2025” and “Data Protection Failure on Trial”.
Originally published in ACTIO E-Magazine Edition 29 (June 2026). Law as of June 2026.
