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    Demand-Side Constitutionalism: How Indonesian NGOs Set the Constitutional Court’s Agenda and Inform the Justices

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    Author
    Nardi, Jr, DJ
    Date
    2018
    Source Title
    CILIS Policy Paper Series
    Publisher
    Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Taylor, Kathryn
    Affiliation
    Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society
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    Nardi, Jr, D. J. (2018). Demand-Side Constitutionalism: How Indonesian NGOs Set the Constitutional Court’s Agenda and Inform the Justices. Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne.
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    Open Access
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/258449
    DOI
    10.46580/124359
    Open Access URL
    https://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/cilis/research/publications/cilis-policy-papers/demand-side-constitutionalism-how-indonesian-ngos-set-the-constitutional-courts-agenda-and-inform-the-justices
    Abstract
    Since its creation in August 2003, the Indonesian Constitutional Court’s decisions have legalised the defunct PKI (Partai Komunis Indonesia, Indonesian Communist Party), mandated an open party-list election system, invalidated efforts to privatise the electricity and water sectors, and required the government to formally recognise indigenous faiths. This paper argues that non-government organisations (NGOs) have had a crucial and underappreciated impact in determining both which cases reach the justices, and the content of the Court’s final decisions. It finds that NGOs are responsible for bringing the majority of socioeconomic claims, resulting in some of the Court’s most controversial and far-reaching decisions. In addition, the justices are significantly more likely to quote petitions submitted by NGOs, meaning that the information NGOs include in their briefs is critical in shaping the justices’ understanding of the legal and policy issues at stake. These findings have important implications for rule of law projects in Indonesia. In particular, they underline the importance of demand-side reforms. Donors should consider improving the capacity of NGOs to detect and inform the Constitutional Court about rights violations. They should also consider investing in the research capacities of NGOs as the justices rely heavily upon the information they provide.

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