Yuridika: Volume 38 No 1, January 2023 73 Restorative Justice for Corruption Cases the Settlement of Corruption Cases: is it Possible? Rizal Faharuddin and Jeferson Hakim faharuddinrizal@gmail.com Kejaksaan Republik Indonesia Abstract The Corruption Law of Indonesia regulate the return of the state’s losses sufered by state shall not exclude the criminal acts performed by the perpetrators. In practice, the state’s fnancial loss due to corruption is less than the cost of enforcing the relevant law. Furthermore, a corruption case requires manpower and lengthy process. Thus, the novel idea of settling minor state fnancial losses in corruption cases by means of returning the losses is considered more efective when applied with certain conditions. The research method of this study is normative judicial. The data used are primary, secondary and tertiary. This study argues that the concept of restorative justice could be applied to the settlement of corruption cases with minor state fnance losses with certain conditions. The restorative justice approach to handling cases of corruption emphasises the restoration of the original state of afairs prior to the corruption, the application of restorative justice includes the stoppage of cases in the examination, investigation, and prosecution stages by considering the interest of the state, society, and other legal interests to be protected, the avoidance of negative stigma and retaliation, as well as society’s response to such as resolution. Keywords: Corruption; Investigator; Prosecutor; Restorative Justice; State Losses. Introduction The Republic of Indonesia is currently accelerating economic development in various sectors, including public infrastructure, energy and mineral resources, economy, education, socio-culture. 1 In order to achieve the goals contained in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, the government has implemented this 1 Mochamad Kevin Romadhona, Bambang Sugeng Ariadi Subagyono and Dwi Agustin, ‘Examining Sustainability Dimension in Corporate Social Responsibility of ExxonMobil Cepu: An Overview of Socio-Cultural and Economic Aspects’ (2022) 3 Journal of Social Development Studies.[130]. YURIDIKA FAKULTAS HUKUM UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA Fakultas Hukum Universitas Airlangga, Jalan Dharmawangsa Dalam Selatan Surabaya, 60286 Indonesia, +6231-5023151/5023252 Fax +6231-5020454, E-mail: yuridika@fh.unair.ac.id Yuridika (ISSN: 0215-840X | e-ISSN: 2528-3103) by http://e-journal.unair.ac.id/index.php/YDK/index under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. DOI: 10.20473/ydk.v38i1.42511 Volume 38 No 1, January 2023 Article history: Submitted 22 October 2022; Accepted 6 Desember 2022; Available Online 30 January 2023. Copyright © 2023 Rizal Faharuddin and Jeferson Hakim