International Human Rights and Local Courts

This book addresses how international human rights law can be applied at the domestic level through a case study of the Indonesian judiciary. It discusses the position of human rights within specific areas of Indonesian law: constitutional law, criminal law and private law. It also incorporates international comparative perspectives.

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.