Human Right, Justice, and Sustainable Development

Abstract

This study examines the role of Indonesia’s national legal politics in integrating human rights (HAM) values and principles of justice into sustainable development policies. The study aims to analyze how legal politics shapes regulations that guarantee the protection of human rights while ensuring development is equitable and sustainable. The research employs a qualitative approach using document study, legal and regulatory analysis, and literature review related to legal politics, human rights, and sustainable development. The results indicate that Indonesia’s legal politics plays a strategic role in guiding the formulation of regulations that integrate human rights and justice through constitutional foundations, ratified international instruments, and institutional mechanisms such as the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and the Constitutional Court. Regulations such as Law No. 32 of 2009 on Environmental Protection and Management, Law No. 26 of 2000 on Human Rights Courts, as well as the Long-Term National Development Plan (RPJPN) and Medium-Term National Development Plan (RPJMN), demonstrate the operationalization of human rights and justice values in development. The study recommends strengthening the implementation of human rights-based regulations, optimizing supervisory institutions, enhancing public participation, and reforming legal politics to be more responsive to social, economic, and environmental challenges. The findings are expected to serve as a reference for policymakers and academics to reinforce the integration of human rights and justice in national development.