Family planning as individual rights and collective efforts – An analysis of discourses in international human rights law and Indonesian legislation

Johanna Nilsson

Family planning as individual rights and collective efforts – An analysis of discourses in international human rights law and Indonesian legislation

Johanna Nilsson

Department of Law

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Abstract

As is commonly known, the Indonesian national family planning programme, once celebrated for its success, now faces a number of challenges in the post-Soeharto context. One imminent issue is the programme’s conformity with international human rights standards with regard to sexual and reproductive rights, for which reason the current legislation (the 1992 Health Act and the 1992 Act on Development of Population and Happy and Prosperous Families) is now considered for reform by parliament.

This paper discusses the constructions of the right to family planning in Indonesian law, compared to relevant international human rights standards, in the format of a discourse analysis inspired by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe’s discourse theory. The paper explores which discourses dominate (hegemonize) the current legislation, and around which nodal points the right to family planning is defined and given its meaning.

Original language	English
Number of pages	17
Publication status	Unpublished - 2008
Event	5th Asian Law Institute Conference - Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore Duration: 2008 May 22 → 2008 May 23

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Conference	5th Asian Law Institute Conference
Country/Territory	Singapore
Period	2008/05/22 → 2008/05/23

Bibliographical note

This paper was presented at the 5th Asian Law Institute Conference in Singapore on 23 May 2008, as part of a panel on human rights, constitutional law and administrative law.

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Indonesia
discourse theory
human rights
family planning
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Family planning as individual rights and collective efforts – An analysis of discourses in international human rights law and Indonesian legislation

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