1 PENGAMANAN WILAYAH PERBATASAN NEGARA KESATUAN REPUBLIK INDONESIA DAN KEPASTIAN HUKUM BAGI PERTAHANAN WILAYAH NEGARA Sobar Sutisna 1 Abstract – Securing NKRI territory, especially in border areas, has get serious attention. This time come from defense security, related to integration problem and state sovereignty in some outer islands. NKRI territory has sovereign borders and rights which oftenly become sensitive issues in Indonesian society, from executive, legislative into political elite (national and local), and also defense officials. This sensitivity complicates problems and results in difficulties in taking decision when the main problem cannot be understood rightly and proportionately. Reviewing some public officials’ statement, related to the need for special constitution for state border in order to depress possibility of annexation by other country, it needs special geospatial information settlement carefully and accurately so that can response NKRI border problems. This paper will analyse some border cases which oftenly become public debate, especially related to status and ownership of NKRI outer island. Based on study and analysis describes in this paper, it concludes that some of our legislations can be used as legal basic for integrity of NKRI territory. The actual problem at the moment is how to protect, to supervise, to secure, and to manage rightly from many aspects of government and development, including the readiness of defense security officers that need to be supported by complete and adequate alutsista. Keywords : border security, NKRI, law determination, defense. Pendahuluan Pengamanan wilayah Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia (NKRI) bukan hanya masalah pertahanan dan keamanan, melainkan menyangkut masalah politik, hukum, ekonomi, sosial budaya, kesejahteraan, dan dokumentasi informasi geospasial. Layaknya sebuah lukisan zamrud khatulistiwa yang dibingkai, wilayah NKRI memiliki 1 Sobar Sutisna, Ir., M.Surv.Sc., Ph. D., Peneliti Utama Bakosurtanal dan praktisi perbatasan.