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Lentera Hukum
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E-Journal Lentera Hukum merupakan sarana ilmiah bagi mahasiswa untuk menyalurkan pemikiran-pemikiran ilmiah di bidang ilmu hukum. Artikel yang dikirim belum pernah dipublikasikan atau tidak dalam proses penerbitan dalam berkala ilmiah lain. E-Journal Lentera Hukum terbit tiga kali dalam setahun yaitu April, Juli, dan Desember. Diterbitkan secara elektronik atas kerjasama Fakultas Hukum dan UPT Penerbitan Universitas Jember
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Articles 227 Documents
Revisiting India’s Amended Citizenship Act 2019 in Light of Constitutional Ethos Jain, Shilpa; Srivastava, Ankit; Tiwary, Aditi Richa
Lentera Hukum Vol 9 No 2 (2022): LENTERA HUKUM
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19184/ejlh.v9i2.28430

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The Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and the National Register of Citizens in India are perceived as reflective of a religious classification in grant and continuance of Indian citizenship. The study aimed to discuss the future effects of the amended Citizenship Act 2019 and suggest alternatives to accommodate India's constitutional ethos. A considerable fraction of the Indian citizenry was discorded with this Act because Article 14 of the Indian Constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion, among other grounds. On the other hand, the state's stance asserted that the law aims to protect the persecuted religious minorities from other states. This study dealt with the nuances and intricacies of the problem to explicate viable solutions by an in-depth analysis of the issue in an unprejudiced manner where it used a combined doctrinal and empirical research to assess the perspectives on the policy in the Global South from the Indian experience. The findings reflected that while a majority of the provisions in the Act can be justified based on constitutional parameters, its few provisions are unconstitutional. In summary, even after juxtaposing all the justifications of the Act against the allegations, a considerable portion of the Act remains unconstitutional, and it needs to be revisited based on constitutional parameters.Keywords: Citizenship Act, Indian Constitution, Right to Religion.
Peacebuilding as a New Form of Colonialism Gadkari, Ahan Mohit
Lentera Hukum Vol 9 No 2 (2022): LENTERA HUKUM
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19184/ejlh.v9i2.31125

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Around two decades ago, legal anthropologist Merry posed the question, "what can we learn about law and globalization today from revisiting the law and colonization literature?" She emphasized how colonial arrangements transformed and affected the fundamental character of contemporary and international law. While peacebuilders, development experts, and human rights activists embrace law as a tool for social change, others have looked back on the history of legal development in the Global South to warn that the rule of law served as a framework for social control. It preserved authority and punished rebellious acts that threatened order while promoting development and social progress. As a result of this reminder, the critical peacebuilding literature has begun to pay attention to how the rule of law and transitional justice frameworks may serve as conceptual, lexical, and discursive foundations for post/neo-colonial control. This article used a historical, empirical, and comparative study of post-war Sierra Leone and Liberia to argue that the transplantation of legal norms and technologies has become more professionalized. In contrast, international efforts to rebuild the rule of law have reinforced social domination by legitimizing external actors as peacebuilders and reconstituting the relationship between the domestic political class and global capital. Social domination refers to the attempt to build an unequal playing field, wherein the country's political and economic elites can leverage and reproduce earlier forms of power relations and domination to consolidate their security within the state apparatus and benefit disproportionately from the security created by a large external presence.Keywords: Liberia, Neo-colonialism, Peacebuilding, Sierra Leone.
Power Sharing and Zoning Formula for Managing Nigeria's Diversity Sule, Babayo; Sambo, Usman
Lentera Hukum Vol 9 No 3 (2022): LENTERA HUKUM
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19184/ejlh.v9i3.28418

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Nigeria is composed of plural and multi-complex societies with multiple ethnic groups of up to 500 cultural diversities. This country surmounts the obstacles of managing diversity through an informal setting popularly identified as a zoning formula and power sharing among the federating units. The pattern and trend in which the practice maintains Nigeria's diversity is a good lesson for a study of plural societies and consociationalism. The study aimed to examine the nature and dimension of zoning formula and power sharing in Nigeria and analyze how the strategies of zoning formula and power sharing helped manage diversity in Nigeria. The study was identified as a descriptive qualitative method that sought to describe Nigeria's strategy for managing diversity. The study uncovered that power sharing and zoning consist of constitutional and unconstitutional ones, with the former supported by legal provisions. Simultaneously, the latter is designed based on principles and gentleman agreements. The study recommended that constitutional provisions should never be sacrificed on the altar of the personal elite agreement. Instead, sharing power through zoning should be retained to prevent suicide for credibility and competency. It is a plausible shock absorber that will continue to sustain Nigerian federalism, and other plural societies can borrow this model as a political means of resolving diversities.Keywords: Consociationalism, Constitution, Nigeria.
Constitutionalism and Human Rights Khanna, Purnima
Lentera Hukum Vol 9 No 3 (2022): LENTERA HUKUM
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19184/ejlh.v9i3.28631

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The movement for decriminalizing homosexual relations and the human rights of the LGBT community has gained momentum in the last decade. In India, various NGOs and LGBT society have fought a long battle demanding the decriminalization of homosexuality and declaring sexual orientation as part of the fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. This paper explored the Indian legislative framework dealing with transgender people. Furthermore, it extensively covered the landmark judgments delivered by the Indian judiciary on the subject matter and highlighted that these judgments had played an essential role in uplifting the cause and protecting the fundamental rights of transgenders. Using doctrinal research as its methodology, this study showed that the Indian Constitution essentially provides a fundamental right to equality under Article 14, whereas Articles 15 and 16 outline that no one shall be discriminated on the ground of sex. Also, the Indian judiciary had decriminalized Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, considered as part of landmark judgments that recognize transgender people as a third gender. India also enacted the Transgender Protection Act 2019 to ensure the rights of transgenders. However, this Act failed to address the issue of forced sex-reassignment surgeries, which had been imposed upon transgender people against their consent. On the other hand, while transgenders are legally protected, gaining acceptance from society is another arduous task in which transgenders have struggled to realize an all-inclusive and non-judgmental environment towards persons with different sexual orientations.Keywords: Constitutionalism, Human Rights, Transgenders.
Investment in Indonesia After Constitutional Court’s Decision in the Review of Job Creation Law Nurhayati, Yati; Mohd Zahir, Mohd Zamre; Ifrani, Ifrani; Komarudin, Parman
Lentera Hukum Vol 9 No 3 (2022): LENTERA HUKUM
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19184/ejlh.v9i3.32368

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In 2021, the Indonesian Constitutional Court decided conditionally unconstitutional in the review of the Job Creation Law. It was among a few decisions made by the Constitutional Court to accept a formal review, even if some dissenting opinions followed it. While the decision has largely influenced a wide array of regulatory laws because the Job Creation Law adopts the omnibus law model, the pivotal issue in this paper rests on the legal basis for investment in Indonesia after this decision. Firstly, it enquired whether the Constitutional Court exceeded its power for a procedural judicial review against the Job Creation Law. Second, it discussed the legal basis for investment in Indonesia after the Constitutional Court's Decision No. 91/PUU-XVIII/2020. Using normative research, the results showed that with the conditional unconstitutional decision, the Indonesian investment world would experience legal uncertainty for the next two years, especially new businesses, licensing, and investments with the enactment of the Job Creation Law. In particular, if the legislative branch failed to improve this law over two years, businesses, licensing, and investments in Indonesia might have no legal basis, resulting in the uncertain situation of the government’s desire to realize the friendly investment.Keywords: Constituional Court, Job Creation Law, Judicial Review.
ASEAN Integration in the Context of Disaster Management Gautama Budi Arundhati; Muhammad Bahrul Ulum; Gebrekiros Goytom Afera
Lentera Hukum Vol 9 No 3 (2022): LENTERA HUKUM
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19184/ejlh.v9i3.33832

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The COVID-19 pandemic, a globally unprecedented disease outbreak, has alarmed all governments to reconsider the importance of disaster management policies at the domestic level. At the same time, handling transboundary disasters was another challenge faced by regional organizations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This paper argues that this regional institution could play a strategic role but not responsively anticipate it, while further similar disasters may emerge. As a result of this pandemic, all member states tend to act more independently by closing their territories and isolating their citizens from cross-border migration. This paper aimed to examine ASEAN's existing measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic, following the importance of considering domestic policies taken by its member states to portray the possible action at the regional level. In practice, each ASEAN member state had various approaches, from strict lockdowns such as those implemented in Singapore to Indonesian policies that were far from being prepared. While COVID-19 is a non-natural disaster but has had a devastating impact on Southeast Asia, the future of regional integration is at stake. This paper shows that each member state's different social, economic, and political situations influence the absence of common practices at the domestic level to overcome this pandemic from the early outbreaks. Simultaneously, market stability in Southeast Asia was the key to regional development, whereas this pandemic harmed ASEAN's aim to meet economic integration. This paper suggested that ASEAN should establish guidelines regarding disaster management as experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic for member states' domestic policies to anticipate possible adverse episodes in the future that may hamper the integration progress.
ASEAN Integration in the Context of Disaster Management Arundhati, Gautama Budi; Ulum, Muhammad Bahrul; Afera, Gebrekiros Goytom
Lentera Hukum Vol 9 No 3 (2022): LENTERA HUKUM
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19184/ejlh.v9i3.30546

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The COVID-19 pandemic, a globally unprecedented disease outbreak, has alarmed all governments to reconsider the importance of disaster management policies at the domestic level. At the same time, handling transboundary disasters was another challenge faced by regional organizations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). As a result of this pandemic, all member states tended to act more independently by closing their territories and isolating their citizens from cross-border migration. This paper aimed to examine ASEAN's existing measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic, following the importance of considering domestic policies taken by its member states to portray the possible action at the regional level. In practice, each ASEAN member state had various approaches, from strict lockdowns such as those implemented in Singapore to Indonesian policies that were far from being prepared. While COVID-19 is a non-natural disaster but has had a devastating impact on Southeast Asia, the future of regional integration is at stake. This paper showed that each member state's different social, economic, and political situations influenced the absence of early common practices at the domestic level to overcome this pandemic. Simultaneously, market stability in Southeast Asia was the key to regional development, whereas this pandemic harmed ASEAN's aim to meet economic integration. This paper suggested that ASEAN should establish guidelines regarding disaster management as experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic for member states' domestic policies to anticipate possible adverse episodes in the future that may hamper the integration progress.Keywords: ASEAN Integration, COVID-19, Disaster Management.
The Tension Between Combating Terrorism and Protecting the Right to a Fair Trial in Indonesia Istiqomah, Milda; Alimardani, Armin
Lentera Hukum Vol 10 No 1 (2023): Human Rights in Indonesia and Beyond
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19184/ejlh.v10i1.37197

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A consistent criticism of the Indonesian criminal justice system indicates its dysfunctional judicial system plagued by systemic corruption and government interference. Given the high profiles of terrorism offences and their strict punishment, it is essential to maintain consistency in sentencing decisions for these crimes. However, there is a significant lack of evidence-based studies of sentencing in Indonesian courts, and none specifically related to terrorism offences. The aim of this study is to analyse the application of the right to a fair trial in sentencing terrorism offences in Indonesia through the interpretive lens of Southern criminology. This study takes a multi-dimensional approach of historical, legal, and empirical analyses to provide an in-depth understanding of factors that affect sentencing decisions in terrorism cases. First, the historical analysis explains that prosecutions for terrorism today include radical Islamists, minority extremists and separatist groups willing to resort to violence against the state and society to achieve their goals. Second, the legal analysis highlights how the existing sentencing regimes provide limited guidance for judges when determining the appropriate punishment for terrorist offenders, frequently leading to prison sentences exceeding 10 years. Third, qualitative analysis further explains that judges use their discretion to avoid the minimum mandatory sentence in specific circumstances, such as in the case of juvenile offenders. A Southern criminology approach helps explain terrorism sentencing in the broader historical, legal, and socio-political contexts. Ultimately, the way laws are written and how judges determine the sentences of terrorism offences result from the persistent impact of colonialism, authoritarianism, and the 'war on terror' discourse. The case study reveals violations of international human rights rules and standards. Terrorism sentencing practices also exemplify a troubling trend where national security trumps the fundamental procedural rights of terrorist offenders.Keywords: Sentencing Decisions, Southern Criminology, Terrorism.
Political Participation of Minors in India Poddar, Rongeet
Lentera Hukum Vol 10 No 1 (2023): Human Rights in Indonesia and Beyond
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19184/ejlh.v10i1.37058

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The participation of children in a political demonstration has proven to be an enduring issue in India owing to the public agitations against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the farm laws, with the latter being withdrawn recently. Under the hegemonic liberal paradigm, the underlying risk is that civil and political rights may be envisaged as the exclusive domain of adults. Children are merely viewed as apprentice citizens who do not have the capacity to exercise rational choice. The operative presumption is located in a binary wherein children are pliant beneficiaries, and the state is a benign caretaker in charge of determining their best interests. It thereby negates children’s autonomy and reduces them to disenfranchised spectators in an adult-centric social fabric. Moreover, the protectionist approach enables the state to evade its obligation of preserving democratic spaces wherein minors can protest safely and make their voices heard. State functionaries and judicial authorities in India have also been complicit in adopting an infantilising stance. In this paper, the author makes a case for recognising the agency of children such that they can exercise their ‘autonomy’ right to political participation. This paper incorporates diverse perspectives in existing child rights literature, including those emanating from the Global South, to argue in favour of an epistemic reorientation in child rights law discourse. Moreover, the author relies upon key interpretations of UNCRC provisions made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and argues for facilitating a participative environment where children can exercise their civil and political rights. The ‘best interests’ test should not be wielded as a sword from an adult standpoint to curtail children’s rights in the political domain.Keywords: Children's Rights, Citizenship Act, Political Participation.
Forensic Approach to Optimise Children’s Right to Opinion in Indonesian Courts Ohoiwutun, Y.A. Triana; Prabhata, Evoryo Carel; Chatterjee, Pyali
Lentera Hukum Vol 10 No 1 (2023): Human Rights in Indonesia and Beyond
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.19184/ejlh.v10i1.37495

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Various attempts to accommodate a child's opinion in courts have proven successful, and this participation has been increasingly regarded as integral to children's rights. However, the issue remains problematic, particularly in the Global South countries like Indonesia. This paper examines the legal and regulatory framework of protecting children in Indonesia to comply with children's right to opinion and how this right is implemented. Then, it demonstrates the significant role of forensic science in complementing legal inquiry to consider a child's opinion in court. Using policy-oriented study and doctrinal research with qualitative analysis and, to some extent, a comparative perspective, this paper elaborates on Indonesia's experience in protecting children's right to opinion with legislation in India, particularly dealing with child sexual offences. This study shows that Indonesia's legal and regulatory framework of children protection had not specified to elucidate children's right to an opinion, particularly in the Child Protection Law, the primary legal basis for children protection. Also, Indonesia is yet to have a robust and consistent practice of human rights-based instruments considered in the court, indicated by a lack of comprehensive understanding in law enforcement to implement this right. While the interpretation in law enforcement is essential to be optimised toward child-oriented resolution, taking the child's opinion in court promotes human rights practice in Indonesia. Compared to adults, children are complex, particularly in a case of a child victim of rape-related pregnancy. The forensic approach can be an alternative by involving forensic experts in courts to consider a child's psychology and physical condition.Keywords: Children's Rights, Forensic Science, Indonesian Courts, Right to Opinion.