Paradigm of Law and Human Rights as a Protection of Academic Freedom in Indonesia

Various attacks on academic freedom in Indonesia are like an iceberg phenomenon. The conditions are very worrying but not surprising, considering that repressive practices in the academic world are common in Indonesia. How is the legal mechanism of human rights and theoretical views responding to th...

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Main Author: Satria Unggul Wicaksana Prakasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serikat Pengajar HAM Indonesia 2023-07-01
Series:Human Rights in the Global South
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Online Access:https://journal.sepaham.or.id/index.php/HRGS/article/view/41
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description Various attacks on academic freedom in Indonesia are like an iceberg phenomenon. The conditions are very worrying but not surprising, considering that repressive practices in the academic world are common in Indonesia. How is the legal mechanism of human rights and theoretical views responding to the threats to academic freedom in Indonesia. This research uses socio-legal study methods to regarding academic freedom in Indonesia and the patterns that follow. The purpose of this research is to rehabilitate and recover victims of terror and threats to academic freedom and ensure that similar cases are not repeated. Various models of threats and attacks on academic freedom, such as: the use of the judiciary to repress academics, banning and followed by sweeping of left books, prohibition or sanctions on teaching methods, forced dissolution of scientific discussions/forums both by campuses and by law enforcement officials and even groups of thugs, Stigmatization which was followed by violence against lecturers and students, as well as threats of violence and terror and even followed by attempts of persecution became a very worrying problem in the situation of academic freedom in Indonesia. Equally important, there is a need for a human rights legal system related to academic freedom that is institutionalized, strong, and binding so that it becomes a code of conduct for exercising academic freedom in Indonesia.
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spelling doaj.art-6da80e2856f54a2a8f73621bed93fae42024-02-13T03:38:11ZengSerikat Pengajar HAM IndonesiaHuman Rights in the Global South2962-55562023-07-012110.56784/hrgs.v2i1.41Paradigm of Law and Human Rights as a Protection of Academic Freedom in IndonesiaSatria Unggul Wicaksana Prakasa0Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah SurabayaVarious attacks on academic freedom in Indonesia are like an iceberg phenomenon. The conditions are very worrying but not surprising, considering that repressive practices in the academic world are common in Indonesia. How is the legal mechanism of human rights and theoretical views responding to the threats to academic freedom in Indonesia. This research uses socio-legal study methods to regarding academic freedom in Indonesia and the patterns that follow. The purpose of this research is to rehabilitate and recover victims of terror and threats to academic freedom and ensure that similar cases are not repeated. Various models of threats and attacks on academic freedom, such as: the use of the judiciary to repress academics, banning and followed by sweeping of left books, prohibition or sanctions on teaching methods, forced dissolution of scientific discussions/forums both by campuses and by law enforcement officials and even groups of thugs, Stigmatization which was followed by violence against lecturers and students, as well as threats of violence and terror and even followed by attempts of persecution became a very worrying problem in the situation of academic freedom in Indonesia. Equally important, there is a need for a human rights legal system related to academic freedom that is institutionalized, strong, and binding so that it becomes a code of conduct for exercising academic freedom in Indonesia. https://journal.sepaham.or.id/index.php/HRGS/article/view/41Academic FreedomHigher EducationViolence and TerrorLaw and Human Rights
spellingShingle Satria Unggul Wicaksana Prakasa
Paradigm of Law and Human Rights as a Protection of Academic Freedom in Indonesia
Human Rights in the Global South
Academic Freedom
Higher Education
Violence and Terror
Law and Human Rights
title Paradigm of Law and Human Rights as a Protection of Academic Freedom in Indonesia
title_full Paradigm of Law and Human Rights as a Protection of Academic Freedom in Indonesia
title_fullStr Paradigm of Law and Human Rights as a Protection of Academic Freedom in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Paradigm of Law and Human Rights as a Protection of Academic Freedom in Indonesia
title_short Paradigm of Law and Human Rights as a Protection of Academic Freedom in Indonesia
title_sort paradigm of law and human rights as a protection of academic freedom in indonesia
topic Academic Freedom
Higher Education
Violence and Terror
Law and Human Rights
url https://journal.sepaham.or.id/index.php/HRGS/article/view/41
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