Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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Aceh and Islamic Criminal Law in the Courts
Published 2020In 2014, the Aceh provincial government enacted a Qanun Jinayat or Islamic Criminal Code. The Qanun came into force on 22 October 2015, one year later. The positions of Islam in the state and of Islamic law in the legal ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Indonesia's Anti-corruption Courts and the Persistence of Judicial Culture
Published 2019Indonesia has long been notorious for having very high levels of public sector corruption. Two key institutions were established after Soeharto: the Anti-corruption Courts (ACCs) and the Anti-corruption Commission (Komisi ...Open AccessBook chapter -
What Makes a Good Judge? Perspectives from Indonesia
Published 2021In May 2018, Artidjo Alkostar retired from the Supreme Court of Indonesia after a judicial career spanning almost two decades. Over this period, he presided over many of Indonesia’s most prominent and controversial criminal ...Open AccessArticle -
Religious Conservatism, Islamic Criminal Law and the Judiciary in Indonesia: A Tale of Three Courts
Published 2018This article discusses three Indonesian court cases decided in 2017 in which the interests of conservative Muslims were supported. In the first, the Constitutional Court was asked to expand the definition of various moral ...Open AccessArticle -
Submission for International Criminal Court Prosecutor's Policy on Gender-Based Persecution
Published 2022-06-08In December 2021, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced a new policy initiative to advance accountability for the crime against humanity of persecution on the grounds of gender. The Prosecutor ...Open AccessOther