Legal Status and Protection for Women Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia

The term Human Rights Defenders (Pembela HAM in Indonesia) stands for any people or group whose activities revolve around the defense and promotion of human rights and other basic freedoms. In the course of their work, human rights defenders often experience verbal threats, attacks and even physical...

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Main Authors: Niken Savitri, Dyan Franciska Dumaris Sitanggang
Format: Article
Language:Indonesian
Published: University of Lampung 2022-11-01
Series:Fiat Justisia
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Online Access:https://jurnal.fh.unila.ac.id/index.php/fiat/article/view/2455
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description The term Human Rights Defenders (Pembela HAM in Indonesia) stands for any people or group whose activities revolve around the defense and promotion of human rights and other basic freedoms. In the course of their work, human rights defenders often experience verbal threats, attacks and even physical acts of violence that seriously hamper their activities.Women human rights defenders are an important part of human rights activism. However, they are a vulnerable group because of their position and status as women.  Being vulnerable, the bodies, sexuality and identity of women human rights defenders have been violently attacked through the exploitation of gender stereotypes biased against women. However, it is apparent that women human rights defenders in Indonesia are not adequately protected. This paper employs normative analytical descriptive research methods by looking at the specificity of women human rights defenders as a vulnerable group facing specific attacks and violence, as well as examining various norms of protection. The Government of Indonesia through the existing legal norms has an obligation to fulfil the protection of women human rights defender, considering the vulnerability of women human rights defenders.
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spelling doaj.art-aa5908fe5b8a401b918d14e678aa94bc2023-01-05T09:56:15ZindUniversity of LampungFiat Justisia1978-51862477-62382022-11-0116429732010.25041/fiatjustisia.v16no4.24551185Legal Status and Protection for Women Human Rights Defenders in IndonesiaNiken Savitri0Dyan Franciska Dumaris Sitanggang1Universitas Katolik ParahyanganUniversitas Katolik ParahyanganThe term Human Rights Defenders (Pembela HAM in Indonesia) stands for any people or group whose activities revolve around the defense and promotion of human rights and other basic freedoms. In the course of their work, human rights defenders often experience verbal threats, attacks and even physical acts of violence that seriously hamper their activities.Women human rights defenders are an important part of human rights activism. However, they are a vulnerable group because of their position and status as women.  Being vulnerable, the bodies, sexuality and identity of women human rights defenders have been violently attacked through the exploitation of gender stereotypes biased against women. However, it is apparent that women human rights defenders in Indonesia are not adequately protected. This paper employs normative analytical descriptive research methods by looking at the specificity of women human rights defenders as a vulnerable group facing specific attacks and violence, as well as examining various norms of protection. The Government of Indonesia through the existing legal norms has an obligation to fulfil the protection of women human rights defender, considering the vulnerability of women human rights defenders.https://jurnal.fh.unila.ac.id/index.php/fiat/article/view/2455legal protectionhuman rightswomen human rights defenders
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Legal Status and Protection for Women Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia
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human rights
women human rights defenders
title Legal Status and Protection for Women Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia
title_full Legal Status and Protection for Women Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia
title_fullStr Legal Status and Protection for Women Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Legal Status and Protection for Women Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia
title_short Legal Status and Protection for Women Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia
title_sort legal status and protection for women human rights defenders in indonesia
topic legal protection
human rights
women human rights defenders
url https://jurnal.fh.unila.ac.id/index.php/fiat/article/view/2455
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