Editor's Preface

• Author: Pranoto Iskandar
• Position: Editorial Board
• Pages: 9-10

e Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law

ISSN: 2338-7602; E-ISSN: 2338-770X

http://www.ijil.org

© 2021 e Institute for Migrant Rights Press

EDITOR’S PREFACE

Pranoto Iskandar

Editorial Board

E-mail: editors@ijil.org

e excitement we obtain when we can introduce and channel a variety

of fresh takes on the Law is nothing else than the primary motivation

behind the establishment of this journal. Moreover, this journal will

be the natural home for authors mainly based in the global south. In a

sense, then, the dual goal of this journal suggests that it hinges on the

conviction that a sizable proportion of raw and fresh ideas on the Law

deserve attention by a wider audience. is conviction is, furthermore,

not simply wishful thinking. Given the international emphasis on

publishing internationally, which has become the norm across the

global south, we believe that living up to this is not only a realistic

expectation but highly attainable in the short run.

Reality is, nonetheless, much more complicated. Indonesia is a case

in point. Many local academics meet with pressing silence the emphasis

on publishing internationally. Why? One explanation involves the brute

fact that the policy to publish internationally (“internationalization

policy”) has represented an abrupt turn. In other words, the policy is

newly invented and has no basis in Indonesia’s previous development

of its academic agenda. Consequently, many local academics are ill-

prepared for it. As far as we know, no policy has been designed to

ensure its smooth transition. Unsurprisingly, the resistance toward the

internationalization policy ranks high among local academics.

It is safe to say, the turning point in the movement of anti-

internationalization policy is when a frustrated academic at

Indonesia’s most prestigious university led a lawsuit to challenge its