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Abstract

This Article recounts a complete history of Indonesia’s implementation of the 1958 NY Convention. In particular, the elaboration and analysis focus on the comparison between related provisions in the 1999 Indonesian Arbitration Law and the Convention’s provisions as well as on several key Indonesian court decisions on enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Different than other writings in this area, this Article looks more closely at the practical issues which affect the way Indonesian courts apply or interpret the 1958 NY Convention, such as procedural hurdle and the judicial capacity to comprehend and understand basic concepts and principles of arbitration. The Article shows that those practical issues very much influence the implementation of the Convention in Indonesia while the courts oscillate between monism and dualism, and highlights the important role of doctrines in developing Indonesian jurisprudence on this area. In that vein, the conclusion here may also contribute in answering the wider question about the position of treaties under Indonesian law and how they are implemented in Indonesia beyond the superficial debate on monism-dualism.

Bahasa Abstract

Artikel ini menguraikan sejarah lengkap pelaksanaan Konvensi New York 1958 oleh Indonesia. Secara khusus, penjelasan dan analisis terfokus pada perbandingan antara ketentuan-ketentuan di UU Arbitrase 1999 dan ketentuan-ketentuan di Konvensi serta beberapa kasus-kasus pengadilan yang penting mengenai pelaksanaan putusan arbitrase asing. Berbeda dengan tulisan-tulisan lain yang membahas pelaksanaan Konvensi New York 1958 di Indonesia, Artikel ini menganalisis lebih lanjut masalah-masalah praktis yang mempengaruhi aplikasi dan penafsiran Konvensi tersebut oleh pengadilan Indonesia, misalnya hambatan prosedural dan kapasitas pengadilan untuk memahami dan menguasai konsep-konsep dan asas-asas dasar arbitrase. Artikel ini menunjukkan bahwa masalah-masalah praktis tersebut sangat mempengaruhi implementasi Konvensi New York 1958 di Indonesia sementara pengadilan mengambil posisi yang berbedabeda antara monisme dan dualisme dalam putusan-putusannya, serta menyoroti peran sentral dari doktrin dalam mendorong pengembangan yurisprudensi di bidang ini. Dalam konteks yang lebih luas, kesimpulan dari tulisan ini dapat memberikan kontribusi terhadap perdebatan akademis mengenai posisi perjanjian internasional dalam hukum Indonesia dan bagaimana perjanjian-perjanjian internasional diimplementasikan di tataran yang lebih dalam daripada dikotomi antara teori monisme-dualisme.

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