about

Henry Thomas Simarmata, Executive Coordinator / henrythomas@apintlaw.info

sandra moreno cardena / resident scholar 2019-present / smorena@gmx.net

philipus kristanto / associate / philip.kristanto@apintlaw.info

Apintlaw (associated program for international law) is a platform where study, practice, and collaboration take place among jurists, higher education, and various actors in law and governance.

Apintlaw is a specialised platform and institution for collaboration in the field of international norm and law. The team and works of Apintlaw covers the ones in international law, including in UN specialised agencies, on cases with international nature, ASEAN-based entitties and in collaboration with legal and research entities in several places.

There is a vast development on legal studies, its attributed practices and institutionalisation in the past 20 years. In those span, the international law is affecting national institution. Indonesia is included. This development relates with how the law force national institution to capacitate themselves in dealing with convergence, and in many times, with conflicting of law and institution. In this, constitutional law in Indonesia serves as particular entry points and exercise platform to promote and protect the rights of Indonesian citizen, and to help the society to adapt with huge changes impacting Indonesia.

The Apintlaw dedicates a substantial attention to look into how this development will be transformed into the work on body of law, body of knowledge, and practices of law. The Apintlaw seek to take efforts to relate with other universities, intergovernmental institutions, research groups, and excellence centers; with academia (universities), government, and public policy making process.

collaborative work specifically with higher education entities:

–           Developing engagement with universities and faculties or schools, starting from a practical entries to various excellence’s works;

–           Establishing and carry forward researchs into international for a;

–           Developing the work of faculty, as to bring benchmarking process to this work;

–           Capacitating the faculty and her members to take part significantly in this process.

  • forms

–           Exchange learning (distance session)

–           joint-research

–           co-authorship: article, monograph, research papers, books

–           seminar and conference

–           Hosting international students and visiting scholar

–           Development of graduate school

  • Thematic entries

– Constitutional law, Indonesia and around the world, including administrative law

-Administrative law

– International human rights law

-Regional and international treaty (ASEAN, inter-regional benchmarking)

-Legal practices: international institutions and/or United Nations, courts, negotiations among parties

– Developing a platform for or with fellow Indonesian universities:

–Cooperation on research, publication, graduate school

–  Training and coaching for undergraduate students

–  Cooperation in public space –central, local/decentralised region