ty . ▁However , ▁because ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁appeal ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁Constitution al ▁Court ▁was ▁review ing ▁a ▁challenge ▁against ▁the ▁said ▁Article ▁ 7 ( 1 ), ▁the ▁Court ▁dismiss ed ▁the ▁appeal ▁by ▁inv oking ▁Article ▁ 5 5 ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution al ▁Court ▁Law . ▁This ▁decision ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁expert ▁of ▁Indones ian ▁law ▁Simon ▁But t , ▁as ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁could ▁have ▁proceeded ▁with ▁the ▁case ▁by ▁considering ▁the ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁Q an un ▁is ▁contrary ▁to ▁other ▁higher - level ▁laws . ▁ ▁Re actions ▁ ▁Am n esty ▁International ▁said ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁" ser iously ▁concerned " ▁about ▁the ▁implementation ▁of ▁the ▁law ▁and ▁called ▁for ▁the ▁repe al ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁prov isions . ▁It ▁said ▁that ▁can ing ▁can ▁amount ▁to ▁tort ure ▁and ▁contra ven es ▁the ▁Constitution ▁of ▁Indones ia ▁and ▁international ▁human ▁rights ▁law , ▁and ▁can ▁cause ▁long - term ▁physical ▁and ▁mental ▁inj uries . ▁Additionally , ▁it ▁object ed ▁to ▁the ▁criminal ization ▁of ▁cons ens ual ▁sexual ▁relationships ▁outside ▁marriage , ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁that ▁they ▁viol ate ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁priv acy . ▁Indones ian ▁women ' s ▁rights ▁organization ▁Sol id ar itas ▁Per emp uan ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁prov isions ▁are ▁bi ased ▁against ▁women , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁high ▁standard ▁of ▁proof ▁required ▁for ▁ra pe ▁conv ict ions ▁means ▁that ▁many ▁rap ists ▁are ▁acqu itted . ▁ ▁Leg al ▁scholar ▁Ham d ani