The Influence of External Actors on Human Rights Incorporation in the 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia

This article discusses how the incorporation of human rights provisions in the 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia has been influenced by the political constellation marked by the involvement of the Netherlands and the United Nations (UN) as external actors. The study in this article is consider...

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Main Author: Abdul Munif Ashri
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Language:English
Published: The Registrar and Secretariat General of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia 2023-12-01
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Online Access:https://jurnalkonstitusi.mkri.id/index.php/jk/article/view/2300
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description This article discusses how the incorporation of human rights provisions in the 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia has been influenced by the political constellation marked by the involvement of the Netherlands and the United Nations (UN) as external actors. The study in this article is considered a socio-legal study in line with its interdisciplinary character, which could be specified as legal history research. The general conclusion drawn shows that the settlement of disputes regarding the issue of decolonization through the Round Table Conference has conditioned the incorporation of human rights into the 1949 Federal Constitution. It appears that from the clauses outlined in the Linggarjati Agreement and the Statute of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union, the 1949 Federal Constitution mutatis mutandis was conditioned to adopt constitutional guarantees of human rights. In addition, the involvement of the UN indirectly makes the incorporation of human rights possible, as the UN was established with one of its main objectives to promote respect for human rights.
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spelling doaj.art-151eb30358c947d2bc04eeff2f3f19422023-12-12T08:58:01ZengThe Registrar and Secretariat General of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of IndonesiaJurnal Konstitusi1829-77062548-16572023-12-0120410.31078/jk2045The Influence of External Actors on Human Rights Incorporation in the 1949 Federal Constitution of IndonesiaAbdul Munif Ashri0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3550-7325Faculty of Law, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia This article discusses how the incorporation of human rights provisions in the 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia has been influenced by the political constellation marked by the involvement of the Netherlands and the United Nations (UN) as external actors. The study in this article is considered a socio-legal study in line with its interdisciplinary character, which could be specified as legal history research. The general conclusion drawn shows that the settlement of disputes regarding the issue of decolonization through the Round Table Conference has conditioned the incorporation of human rights into the 1949 Federal Constitution. It appears that from the clauses outlined in the Linggarjati Agreement and the Statute of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union, the 1949 Federal Constitution mutatis mutandis was conditioned to adopt constitutional guarantees of human rights. In addition, the involvement of the UN indirectly makes the incorporation of human rights possible, as the UN was established with one of its main objectives to promote respect for human rights. https://jurnalkonstitusi.mkri.id/index.php/jk/article/view/23001949 Federal Constitution of IndonesiaHuman RightsExternal Influence on Constitution-Making
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The Influence of External Actors on Human Rights Incorporation in the 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia
Jurnal Konstitusi
1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia
Human Rights
External Influence on Constitution-Making
title The Influence of External Actors on Human Rights Incorporation in the 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia
title_full The Influence of External Actors on Human Rights Incorporation in the 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia
title_fullStr The Influence of External Actors on Human Rights Incorporation in the 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed The Influence of External Actors on Human Rights Incorporation in the 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia
title_short The Influence of External Actors on Human Rights Incorporation in the 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia
title_sort influence of external actors on human rights incorporation in the 1949 federal constitution of indonesia
topic 1949 Federal Constitution of Indonesia
Human Rights
External Influence on Constitution-Making
url https://jurnalkonstitusi.mkri.id/index.php/jk/article/view/2300
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