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CURRICULUM VITAE

PROFESSOR HARKRISTUTI HARKRISNOWO

Indonesia’s Candidate for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

(2017-2021)

An Indonesian Expert, Academic, Advocate and Policy Maker on Human Rights and Women’s Issues

Education

1991

: Graduated from College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University (Ph.D in Criminal Justice System)

1988 : Graduated from College of Criminal Justice, Sam

Houston State University (Master of Arts – M.A.) 1982 : Graduated from University of Indonesia (Master of Laws

– M.H.) 1979 : Graduated from University of Indonesia Faculty of Law

(Bachelor of Laws – S.H.) Professional Background 2015 – present : Chair, Council of Professors, University of Indonesia 2015 – present : Acting Executive Director, Human Rights Resource

Center 2014 - 2015 : Director General for Human Rights, Ministry of Law and

Human Rights Republic of Indonesia 2015 : Delegation of the Republic of Indonesia to ASEAN-ROK

Ministerial Roundtable and Exhibition on Public Governance, South Korea

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2014 : Delegation of the Republic of Indonesia to the Session

of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, in Geneva, Switzerland

2013 : Delegation of the Republic of Indonesia to the Session

of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, United States of America

2013 : Head of Delegation of the Republic of Indonesia to the

Session on the Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland

2012 : Delegation of the Republic of Indonesia to Universal

Periodic Review Session in Geneva, Switzerland 2008 : Delegation of the Republic of Indonesia to Universal

Periodic Review Session in Geneva, Switzerland 2008 : Head of Drafting Team for Law on the Elimination of

Racial and Ethnic Discrimination 2007 : Delegation of the Republic of Indonesia to the

Commission on the Status of Women in New York, United States of America

2006 - 2014 : Director General for Human Rights, Ministry of Law and

Human Rights Republic of Indonesia 2005 - 2008 : Head of the Revision Team for the Juvenile Justice

System Law 2004 - 2004 : Head of the Committee for Human Rights Training for

the Members of the National Police 1999 - 2000 : Head of Drafting Team for Law on Victim and Witness

Protection 1994 : Consultant to the Canadian International Development

Agency for the Study on the Role of Women and Center for Women Studies in Indonesia

1991 - 1995 : Lecturer on Gender Studies Postgraduate Program,

University of Indonesia

Professor Harkrisnowo is the author of articles and papers on international law and international relations (in English and Indonesian) in national and international publications, including:

• The Role of Academics in Promoting the Integrated Justice System in Indonesia, held by the Indonesian Society of Judicial Watch, Jakarta, 7 April 2002

• The Urgency of Legislation on Witness and Victim Protection, Malang, 20 March 2002

• Promoting Legislation as A Measure to Combat the crimes of Corruption, Collusion and Nepotism. Indonesia Criminal journal vol. 2 no. 1, pp. 1-7, January 2002

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• The Role of Women in the Metropolitan Areas: Today and Tomorrow, held by the State Ministry for Women Affairs in Jakarta, 10 December 2001

• Children’s Rights and Criminal Responsibility of a Child, presented on Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation in Jakarta, 29 November 2001

• The Concept of Justice in Indonesian Pluralistic Society and The Chances of Promoting Reconciliation from socio-legal perspective, Jakarta, 30 November 2001

• Witness and Victim Protection Bill in the Criminal Justice Process, Jakarta, 20 November 2001

• Violence against Women in from a Criminal law Perspective, presented in Seminar on Violence Against Women Conflict Areas, Jakarta, 16 April 2001.

• Abortion in Legal Perspective, presented in seminar on Abortion from a Gender Justice Contemporary Fiqh, by Fatayat Nahdatul Ulama in Jakarta, 27 April 2001.

• Women and Their Rights within the Family and the Community, paper is presented in Discussion on Women’s Rights within the Family and the Community, Jakarta, 17 January 2001.

• The Role of Women in Metropolitan City Now and in the Future: a Socio-legal Perspective, paper for Dialogue Reflection held by Jakarta Diocese, 10 December 2000.

• The Criminal Justice System and the Rights of Witness. Paper for Seminar held by the Attorney General Office in Jakarta, 15 November 2000.

• Criminal Law and the Perspective of Violence against Women in Indonesia, Journal Study of Indonesia, vol. 10, no. 2, Sept 2000, pp. 54-67.

• Violence Against Women: the Indonesian Experience. An Oratio for the University of Parahyangan, Bandung, 16 Sept 2000.

• Racial Discrimination Law: A Need for Indonesian Pluralistic Society. Presented in Seminar held by Solidaritas Nusa Bangsa in Mataram, 27 Oct 2000.

• Ombudsman: A look Into the draft of Ombudsman Act. Presented in Seminar held by The National Ombudsman Commission, 18 September 2000

• The Indonesian Police: the Issue of Independence. Presented in Seminar held by University of Indonesia, Jakarta, 7 Sept 2000

• Violence against Women in Socio Legal Perspective, Jurnal Hukum (Journal on Legal Studies), no. 14. vol 7, August 2000.

• Protection for Victim and Witness in the Indonesian Criminal Justice System. Discussion Paper for Department of Justice, 25 August 2000

• International and National tribunal for Human Right, presented in Seminar held by the Department of Justice in Jakarta, 24 August 2000

• Gender Dichotomy on Indonesian Law: An Endless Loss? Paper for Seminar held by the Faculty of Law, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, 20 May 2000

• A Paradigm Shift within the Police Agency. Paper for Seminar on The Integrity of Law Enforcement Officers, Jakarta, 1 April 2000

• Law Enforcement in Indonesia, published on Merdeka News, 6 October 1999 • Violence against Women: A Proposal for Reform in the Criminal Justice System.

Paper for Workshop on Criminal Justice Issues for Elimination of Violence Against Women, Jakarta, August 1999

• Legal Analysis on Crime Victims, presented in Seminar on The Position and Protection Toward Rape Victim in Indonesian Criminal Justice System, December 1998

• Violence against Women, presented in Training for Lecturers on Criminal Law and Criminology, Semarang, November 1998

• Women and Human Rights, presented in Seminar on Women and Violence, Jakarta October 1998

• Children’s Rights and the Child Court Law, presented in Seminar on the Rights of the Child, July 1998

• Strategies to Prevent Violence against Women, presented in Panel Discussion on Violence Against Women, July 1997

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• Increasing Women’s Awareness of Human Rights, presented in Workshop on Reducing Violence against Women, Jakarta, February 1997

• Legal Protection for Children, presented in Seminar on Indonesia: A rule-of-law-based Country, Jakarta, August 1995

• Women and Crime in Criminological and Legal Perspectives, presented in National Seminar on Criminology VII, December 1994

• Law and Improving Women Workers’ Productivity, presented in Seminar on Labor Law and Women, Jakarta, July 1994

• Women Behind Iron Bars. In Hukum dan Pembangunan Magazine, No. 1 XXIV, February 1994.

• Children’s Rights in Prison, in Child and Crime, Faculty of Social and Political Studies, University of Indonesia, pp.52-65, 1993

• The Rights of the Offending Children, presented in Seminar on Treatment of Offenders in Developing Society in Jakarta, June 1992

• Perception on Future Women’s Role & Position, presented in Seminar on Women’s Role and Law Enforcement in Jakarta, July 1991

• Women, Crime and Criminal Law, presented in Seminar on Women and Crime in Jakarta, May 1991

March 2016