Kegagalan Strategi Transnational Advocacy Network dalam Menentang Pengesahan Qanun Jinayat di Aceh

Aceh human rights Qanun Jinayat transnational advocacy network

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August 2, 2019

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This research paper frames the failure of contention against Islamic Criminal
Law (Qanun Jinayat) in Aceh as a strategic problem. In this research,
the authors combine literature research and field observation in Banda
Aceh. Amidst the debate between the universalist and particularist point
of view regarding human right issues, local NGOs fighting against Qanun
Jinayat have linked themselves with INGOs in a network of activists which
Keck and Sikkink (1998) refers to as Transnational Advocacy Network
(TAN). It has undertaken multiple approaches aligned to the four types
of strategies as underlined by Keck and Sikkink (1998). However, such
strategies are ineffective due to multiple features of the advocacy such as
complexity of Indonesian law, difference in final objective of the elements
of TAN, and lack of strong representative figure as the front of the advocacy.
In all, it can be concluded that although the pattern of transnational
advocacy has emerged in Aceh, presence of such transnational network
has not successfully advocated against the legalization of Qanun Jinayat.