The Rights to Nationality for Ex ISIS Combatants Repatriation Under International Law

Authors

  • Yordan Gunawan (Scopus ID: 57201678789) Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8402-4656
  • Ravenska Marchdiva Sienda Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
  • Rizaldy Anggriawan Department of Financial and Economic Law, Asia University Taiwan
  • Andi Agus Salim Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18196/jhi.v10i2.12227

Keywords:

Indonesian ex-ISIS Combatants, Repatriation, The Rights to Nationality, Stateless Persons

Abstract

In 2020, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs of Indonesia, Mahfud MD, affirmed that any Indonesian citizen affiliated with ISIS would not be repatriated. However, Article 28D of the 1945 Constitution ensures that a person’s citizenship status is guaranteed as one of the human rights, as guaranteed in Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For this reason, this research used a normative legal research method using statute and case approaches through literature review. The research raises the question of how is the protection of the rights to nationality for ex-ISIS based on international law? The research aims to discuss and analyze the rights to the nationality of ex-ISIS combatants under the implementation of international law, such as Article 1 (1) of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. The research results explain that the state’s discretion regarding nationality is particularly limited to conditions such as the prohibition of arbitrary deprivation, the duty to avoid statelessness, and the principle of discrimination, and everyone has a right to a nationality.

Author Biographies

Yordan Gunawan, (Scopus ID: 57201678789) Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Yordan Gunawan is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of International Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and currently as Head of International Relations Office in the University. Receiving Bachelor Degree from Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yordan then continued his study at the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Republic of China. Yordan also finished his Master Degree in Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland where he got certificate on International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Yordan is also a Chairman of Association of Muhammadiyah and ‘Aisyiyah International Office in Indonesia (ASKUI-PTMA) from 2019 to 2021. His fields are: Public International Law, International Disputes Settlement, International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, International Environmental Law and ASEAN. Yordan can be reached at yordangunawan@umy.ac.id

Ravenska Marchdiva Sienda, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Ravenska Marchdiva Sienda is a student at the International Program for Law and Sharia (IPOLS), Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Rizaldy Anggriawan, Department of Financial and Economic Law, Asia University Taiwan

Rizaldy Anggriawan is an LL.M Student of the Department of Financial and Economic Law, Asia University Taiwan.

Andi Agus Salim, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Andi Agus Salim is a Researcher at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. He finished LL.B from Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and his Master of Laws from the Department of Financial and Economic Law, Asia University Taiwan.

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