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International Human Rights and Local Courts: Human Rights Interpretation in Indonesia book cover

1st Edition

International Human Rights and Local Courts Human Rights Interpretation in Indonesia

Edited By Aksel Tømte, Eko Riyadi Copyright 2024
196 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book 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... Read more

List of contributors

Foreword
Rhona Smith

Introduction
Aksel Tømte

1. Judicial Methodology for the Application of International Human Rights Law
Matthew Saul
2. Bringing the Law to Life: Judicial Operationalisation of International Human Rights Law in the Domestic Sphere
Julie Fraser
3. Philosophical Foundations for Considering Human Rights in Judgements in Indonesia
Widodo Dwi Putro
4. Institutionalization of Human Rights Standards in Indonesia
Eko Riyadi
5. The Judiciary and Human Rights Constitutionalism
Herlambang P. Wiratraman
6. The Relationship between Human Rights and Criminal Law: A Human Rights-based Criminal Justice System
Sri Wiyanti Eddyono
7. Human Rights Legal Reasoning in Private Cases
Shidarta
Epilogue
Adriaan Bedner

Index

Biography

Aksel Tømte is senior adviser at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo. He has more than 15 years’ experience in managing Official Development Assistance for the advancement of human rights and has organized research, courses and training targeting mainly Indonesian audiences.

Eko Riyadi is law lecturer and the Head of the Centre for Human Rights Studies at the Islamic University of Indonesia. Riyadi is one of the founders, and a board member of the Indonesian Lecturer Association for Human Rights and the Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network.

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