Volume 15 Number 3, July-September 2021: 221-232. FIAT JUSTISIA. Faculty of Law, Universitas Lampung, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. ISSN: 1978-5186 | e-ISSN:2477-6238. http://jurnal.fh.unila.ac.id/index.php/fiat The Role of Marine Security Agency (BAKAMLA) As Sea and Coast Guards in Indonesian Water Jurisdiction Rika Kurniaty1, Herman Suryokumoro2, Setyo Widagdo3 1Coastal and Marine Research Centre, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia, E-mail:
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[email protected] Submitted: September 17, 2020; Reviewed: November 5, 2020; Accepted: November 16, 2020 Article Info Abstract Keywords: The Indonesian geographical condition as an Indonesian marine security agency archipelagic state with abundant natural resources (BAKAMLA), Indonesian water has put maritime security into its central issue. jurisdiction, National security, sea Several challenges are facing Indonesia’s maritime and coast guard. coordination. National maritime agencies are still overlapping and duplicating based on various laws DOI: and regulations. As part of the Indonesian vision to 10.25041/fiatjustisia.v15no3.2017 be a ‘global maritime fulcrum,’ Indonesia’s government established the Marine Security Agency (BAKAMLA). BAKAMLA aims to shift the law enforcement paradigm from a multi-agency multi- task to a single-agency multi-task. The establishment of BAKAMLA is expected to create law enforcement’s effectiveness and efficiency in Indonesia’s water jurisdiction. This study is a type of normative juridical research using a statute approach and case study approach. This study reveals that the emerging of BAKAMLA, based on Law Number 32 of 2014 concerning Marine, grants broad authority to the maritime security agency.