Defining Online Hate Speech under Indonesia Legal System: Implication For Sustainable of Justice

Online hate speech relates to sustainable development, therefore this research has two objectives. First, to define legal concepts of hate speech under Indonesia legal system. Second, to recognize whether the legal concept of hate speech supports Indonesia’s sustainable development goals. Then, as normative legal research, secondary data collected through a literature study from legal data sources, including legislation and twenty court decisions from year 2004 until early 2018. Using analytical and historical approaches, the data is categorized and analysed to meet with the research objectives. The result concludes that because of anti-hate speech provisions determinate to promote peace and stability, thus the definitions of hate speech beyond to promote hatred against the particular group based on their identity or characteristics. This obstructs not only freedom of speech, but also the sustainable development goals.