Jakarta, March 8 -- Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra stated that his ministry is currently working on drafting a law to govern the transfer of prisoners.

This initiative aims to address the current lack of law regulating the repatriation of prisoners to their home countries.

"Currently, the legal basis of the transfer is still based on the good relations with other countries and the principle of humanity," he remarked at an online seminar on prisoners' repatriation, as quoted from an official press release on Saturday.

According to Mahendra, the repatriation of prisoners is grounded in several key principles, comprising sound relations between countries, humanitarian aspects...