PENOLAKAN PUTUSAN ARBITRASE INTERNASIONAL DALAM KASUS ASTRO ALL ASIA NETWORK PLC

Even though Indonesia has already had the Arbitration Law, refusals of the international arbitration decisions still happen. One of which is the object of analysis in this article, that is the case of Astro All Asia Network Plc. The application of the international arbitration decision from Singapore was refused by the Central Jakarta District Court. This refusal is confirmed by the Supreme Court. This article discuss any court's considerations for the refusal. It seems that some reasoning are not in accordance with the Arbitration Law, that come from both at the district court level and the Supreme Court. That such refusal, in consequence, could cause bad impact to the international bussiness climate. The Government was supposed to admit and implement the international arbitration decisions as a consequence of Indonesia's membership of the 1958 New York Convention.