Sustainable Development in the Digital Era: The Role of Cyber Law in Ensuring Security, Justice, and Legal Certainty
Keywords:
Cyber Law; Sustainable Development; Cybersecurity, Legal Certain;, Human Rights, SDGs.Abstract
The rapid development of digital technology has fundamentally transformed various sectors of social life, including the economy, governance, and law enforcement. While digitalization offers significant opportunities to accelerate development and enhance efficiency, it also generates new legal risks such as cybercrime, threats to electronic system security, violations of personal data protection, and potential infringements of human rights. In the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 on resilient infrastructure and innovation and SDG 16 on justice and strong institutions, cyber law plays a strategic role in ensuring that digital transformation proceeds in a secure, just, and legally certain manner. This study employs a normative legal research method using statutory and conceptual approaches to analyze Indonesia’s cyber law framework, primarily the Law on Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE Law) and the Law on Personal Data Protection (PDP Law). The analysis demonstrates that cyber law contributes to sustainable development through three core functions. First, it ensures cybersecurity by protecting electronic systems and data from cyber threats, thereby supporting resilient digital infrastructure and economic stability. Second, it promotes justice and human rights protection by safeguarding privacy rights and positioning individuals as legal subjects in the digital sphere. Third, it provides legal certainty by recognizing electronic transactions and electronic evidence as legally valid, thus fostering public trust and sustainable digital economic growth. Despite its strategic role, the implementation of cyber law faces challenges, including regulatory disharmony, limited law enforcement capacity, and the rapid pace of technological change. This study concludes that cyber law must be continuously reformed and harmonized to effectively support sustainable development, ensuring that digital transformation aligns with the principles of security, justice, and legal certainty in accordance with SDG 9 and SDG 16.
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