Human rights, state sovereignty, and the deathp enalty: Indonesia’s diplomacy approach on Bali Nine
The discrepancies in Indonesia’s diplomatic approach on the death penalty for its people abroad and other nationalities at home have raised ‘double standard’ concerns. By looking into the factors affecting Indonesia’s diplomatic approach to Australia using the case of Bali Nine, the study explore...
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Penerbit Universiti Utara Malaysia
2019
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| Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/27016/1/JIS%2015%202019%201%2020.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/27016/ http://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jis/article/view/8024 |
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| Summary: | The discrepancies in Indonesia’s diplomatic approach on the death penalty for its people
abroad and other nationalities at home have raised ‘double standard’ concerns. By looking
into the factors affecting Indonesia’s diplomatic approach to Australia using the case of
Bali Nine, the study explored the rationale of the Indonesian government putting national
interest over its human rights commitment despite the increased pressure on its death penalty
practice in the debate between human rights and state sovereignty. This study used the
interview method with two objectives. First, to investigate the factors influencing Indonesia’s
diplomatic approach to the Bali Nine case, and second, to explore the conflict between
human rights and state sovereignty by drawing upon the theoretical framework on human
rights and foreign policy as proposed by Jack Donnelly. The finding of this paper suggests
that human rights interests are subordinated to other national interests in balan |
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