The Thematic Group on the Domestic Impact of Human Rights will host a book launch, presenting the book 'International Human Rights and Local Courts: Human Rights Interpretation in Indonesia' about the technicalities of international human rights law at the domestic level. The book is edited by Aksel Tømte and Eko Riyadi.
About the book
The book is a collaboration between European authors and leading Indonesian academics/practitioners, that was facilitated by NCHR and the Centre for Human Rights Studies at the Islamic University of Indonesia. It addresses the technicalities of how international human rights law can be applied at the domestic level through a case study of the human rights methodology of the Indonesian judiciary.
Numerous international human rights treaties have been ratified by States parties all around the world. However, local implementation has proven a difficult task for national authorities with every State struggling to realise rights to varying degrees. This reveals a gap between the standards of human rights as envisaged by the law and those experienced by rights holders at the local level.
This work analyses how Indonesian courts interpret and apply human rights. It discusses the position of human rights within specific areas of Indonesian law: constitutional law, criminal law and private law. It analyses how courts have dealt with specific cases within these fields of law. Its key contribution lies in its detailed attention to the role of the Indonesian judiciary in implementing human rights, as well as to the influence of international law, and the role that actors other than the judiciary play in this process. It also incorporates international comparative perspectives. The book will be of particular interest to human rights scholars concerned with national judiciaries’ role in human rights implementation, and to scholars, judges, civil society actors and legal practitioners working with law and human rights in Indonesia.
You can purchase the book here.
About the Thematic Group:
The thematic group focuses on the domestic impact of international and regional human rights instruments and mechanisms. Main research interest lies with exploring the domestic impact of the nine core UN human rights treaties, regional human rights treaties and significant ‘soft-law’ instruments and related Special Procedures is also explored. The thematic group also looks into the domestic impact of regional and international human rights law and mechanisms in Norway.
Programme
14.00 - 14.05: Welcome by Gentian Zyberi (NCHR)
14.05 -14.15: Presentation by Aksel Tømte (NCHR)
‘On legal reasoning and human rights protection in Indonesia’
14.15 - 14.25: Presentation by Matthew William Saul (NCHR)
'Judicial Methodology for the Application of International Human Rights Law'
14.35 - 14.45: Online presentation by Eko Riyadi (Pusham UII)
'Institutionalization of Human Rights Standards in Indonesia'
14.45 - 14.55: Online presentation by Sri Wiyanti Eddyono (UGM)
'The Relationship between Human Rights and Criminal Law: A Human Rights-based Criminal Justice System'
15.05 - 15.20: Comments from Nina Reiners (NCHR)
15.20 - 15.35: Comments from Tomas Midtun Tobiassen (UiO)
15.35 - 15.45: Q&A from the audience.
Practical Information:
Moderator: Marie Andersen Hulthin.(NCHR)
The lecture will be held in English. Due to limited space, participants will have to register prior to the lecture.
Some light refreshments will be served during the event.