Al Khanif, S.H., LL.M., Ph.D
Assistant Professor
BIDANG KEAHLIAN
Human Rights Law
Islamic Law
International Law
PROFIL
PENDIDIKAN
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PROFIL
Al Khanif has been appointed as the chair of the Graduate Law School since March 2025 besides still chairing The Center for Human Rights, Multiculturalism and Migration (CHRM2), University of Jember since 2017. He completed his bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Jember in 2003, then earned a Master of Arts (MA) from the Center for Religious and Cross Cultural Studies (CRCS Universitas Gadjah Mada) in 2006. A year later, he received a Chevening Scholarship from the British Government to continue his education. to the Master of Laws (LLM) level with a concentration on war law and human rights at Lancaster University, UK 2008. His doctoral degree in law was obtained from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London 2016. Apart from teaching, Al Khanif is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Southeast Asian Human Rights (JSEAHR) at the University of Jember; consultant to the Directorate of Services for Indigenous Peoples and Believers of the Ministry of Education and Culture 2021; and the head of research on Qanun Aceh funded by KOMNAS HAM from 2020 to 2021. Some of his writings have been published in The Jakarta Post, Jawa Pos, and Kompas Newspapers. His last published book is Marginalisation and Human Rights in Southeast Asia published by Routledge London in 2022.
PENDIDIKAN
Pendidikan Formal:
- S1 University of Jember
- S2 Lancaster University
- S3 SOAS School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London
Pendidikan Internasional Non-Gelar:
- Convenor of the 7th human rights conference on human rights and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, 2024
- Visiting researcher at Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC) at the University of Sydney, September, 2024
- Convenor of the 6th human rights conference on human rights and indigeneity in Asia and the Pacific, 2023
- Visiting researcher at Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC) at the University of Sydney, September 2023
- Legal drafter of the Presidential Decree on the Fulfilment of the Rights of Indigenous People and Indigenous Belief, Direktorat Jenderal Masyarakat Adat dan Penghayat Kepercayaan (KMA) Kemendikbudristek, 2021 – 2023
- Guest Lecturer at Graduate School on Democracy and Human Rights, Universitas Gadjah Mada, 2023
- Convenor of the 5th human rights conference “human rights and human security in asia during the pandemic, 2021
- Convenor of the 4th Human Rights Conference on Human Rights: Theory meets practices, 2019
- Visiting Scholar, Centre for Asian Law Studies (CALS) National University of Singapore, February – March 2019
- Amicus Curiae, Judicial Review on the Recognition of Indigenous Religion, Constitutional Court of Indonesia, 2019.
- Convenor of the 3rd human rights conference on issues of migration, discrimination, and the protection of human rights in Southeast Asia, 2018
- Consultant, Human Rights Action Plan in Bondowoso District, 2016-2017
- Participant, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on Democracy and Pluralism, USA, July-August 2011.
- Participant, International Workshop on Maximizing Migration Benefit (M2B), Jakarta Indonesia.
- Participant, International Workshop on Democracy in Indonesia and Malaysia, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 1-3 June 2016.
- Consultant, Islamic School Support Network, British Council Indonesia, 2009.
PUBLIKASI
- Al Khanif (forthcoming), Jural Tradition, Islam, and the Constitutional Clause of the Rights of Religious Minorities in Indonesia: Pitfalls or Congruences?, Journal of Law, Religion, and the State (BRILL)
- Al Khanif & Fenny Tria Yunita, 2024, Food and Land Policies amid the Agricultural Land Conversion in Indonesia, Law, Environment, and Development Journal (LEAD) Vol. 20 Issue 1
- Dian Andi Nur Aziz, Al Khanif, Mimin Dwi Hartono, Ade Anglia Yusniar Marbun, 2023. Examining Qanun in Aceh from a human rights perspective: status, substance and impact on vulnerable groups and minorities, Ijtihad, Vol. 23 Issue 1
- Al Khanif & Khoo Ying Hooi, 2022. “Marginalisation and Human Rights in Southeast Asia”, Routledge, London & New York
- Dian Ayu Widyaningrum, Al Khanif, Antikowati, 2022. Format Ideal Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi dalam Mengefektifkan Asas Erga Omnes, Jurnal Konstitusi, Vol. 19 No. 2
- Faris Ulul Abshar, Al Khanif, A’an Efendi, Muktafi Muktafi, 2021. Islam and Human Rights: Friend or Foe? Addin: Media Dialektika Ilmu Islam, Vol. 15 No. 2,
- Al Khanif, 2021. Military Romanticism in Indonesian Democracy, Journal of Southeast Asian Human Rights, Vol. 5 No. 1
- Al Khanif, 2020. “Religious Minorities, Islam and the Law: International Human Rights and Islamic Law in Indonesia“, London: Routledge.
- Al Khanif, 2020. “Hak Asasi Manusia: Internasionalisme, Post-Kolonialisme, Islamisme dan Praktiknya di Indonesia“, Malang: SETARA Press.
- Al Khanif, 2019. “Women, Islam and Modern Family Construction in the Perspective of Legal Pluralism in Indonesia“, Petita: Jurnal Kajian Ilmu Hukum dan Syariah, Volume 4 No. 2, 2019.
- Al Khanif, et all. 2019. “Kajian tentang Model Rencana Aksi Daerah Hak Asasi Manusia (RADHAM) Kabupaten Bondowoso Tahun 2018”, Jurnal Hukum dan Pembangunan, Volume 49 Nomor 2, 2019.
- Al Khanif, 2018. “Pancasila, Transnasionalisme dan Kedaulatan Negara”, Yogyakarta: LKiS
- Al Khanif, 2018. “Hak Asasi Manusia: Politik, Hukum dan Agama di Indonesia (editor)”, Yogyakarta: LKiS
- Al Khanif, 2017. “Hak Asasi Manusia: Dialektika Universalisme vs. Relativisme di Indonesia (editor)“, Yogyakarta: LKiS
- Al Khanif, 2017. “Pancasila dalam Pusaran Islam Transnasional“ dalam Al Khanif, Pancasila dalam Pusaran Globalisasi. Yogyakarta: LKiS.
- Al Khanif, 2016. “The Discontent of Minority-Majority Ties within the Concept of a Theistic Secular Indonesia”, in Proceedings of the Post Reformasi Era: The Challenges of Social Inequalities and Inclusion, 6th International Symposium on Jurnal Antropologi Indonesia, 25-28 July.
- Al Khanif, 2016. “Amicus Curiae dalam Hukum Acara Mahkamah Konstitusi”, in Proceedings of the National Workshop on Evaluasi Hukum Acara Mahkamah Konstitusi Dalam Rangka Meneguhkan Kekuasaan Kehakiman yang Modern dan Terpercaya.
- Al Khanif, 2016. “Pancasila vs. Agama: Teman atau Lawan?” (Pancasila vs. Religion: Friend or Foe?) In Pancasila Sebagai Realitas (Pancasila as a Reality), Book published by Pustaka Pelajar Publishing, Yogyakarta
- Al Khanif, 2016. Islamic Post Traditionalism in Indonesia, Association of Southeast Asia in the United Kingdom, 59
- Al Khanif, 2015. “Diskursus Minoritas Agama dalam Konsep Sekuler-Theistik Pancasila”, in Reaktualisasi Pancasila: Menyoal Identitas, Globalisasi, dan Diskursus Negara-Bangsa by Ombak Press, Yogyakarta.
- Al Khanif, 2015. Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia: Sharia and Legal Pluralism, Association of Southeast Asia in the United Kingdom, 58.
- Al Khanif, 2013. Protecting “Deviant” Islam in Indonesia: A Discourse of Religious Freedom in the Context of A Quasi Theistic Secular Indonesia. Scholar Press.
- Al Khanif, 2013. Protecting the Rights of Religious Minorities in the Framework of International Human Rights Law and Islamic Law, Global & Strategies, 7 (2).
- Al Khanif, 2012. The Rights of Intra-Islamic Minorities: Indonesian Case and Its Critique, Humanitas, 3 (1).
- Al Khanif, 2010. Dilemma of Religious Freedom in the Context of Cultural Relativity and State Sovereignty, Global & Strategies, 4 (2).
- Al Khanif, 2010. Hukum dan Kebebasan Beragama di Indonesia, Book published by Laksbang Publishing: Yogyakarta.
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