INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW ON THE EXPLOITATION AND NEGLECT OF INDONESIAN WORKERS IN MALAYSIA

Authors

  • Yordan Gunawan Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and Facultat de Dret, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
  • Logi Farman International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.
  • Labib Dianatadilaga Jayapraja International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.
  • Muhammad Sulthan Faqih Taufik International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.
  • Dwilani Irrynta International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33061/wh.v28i2.8022

Keywords:

Exploitation, Neglect, Labour

Abstract

With the increasing number of Indonesian workers in Malaysia, the
problems related to the supervision and protection of workers in
are also more and greater in accordance to the international legal
norm. Malaysia has identified to commit human rights violations in
general and labor rights, in particular exploitation and neglect of
workers, which contradicts the Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) between Indonesia and Malaysia along with the International
Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions. In the case of a worker with
the initial YT(60), his employer was identified as not providing
wages for 7.5 years and it was faund in 2022. The research used
normative legal methods. The source and data used in this study are
secondary sources in the form of legal materials. The result showed
that the applicable MoU between the two countries is adequate, yet
Malaysia was identified to violate some provisions in the MoU itself.
Therefore, there is an urgency for the two countries to reinforce
laws regarding such issues, including a more detailed agreement
regarding the placement and all rights of migrant workers regulated
by the national law of the receiving country, namely Malaysia

Author Biographies

Yordan Gunawan, Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and Facultat de Dret, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Yordan Gunawan is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law. He received Bachelor’s degree from the Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and continued his study at the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Republic of China. Yordan also finished his study at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland where he got a certificate in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.

He is currently a PhD Researcher at the Department of International Law and International Relations, Faculty of Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.

His research fields are Public International Law, International Disputes Settlement, Law of International Organization, and International Environmental Law.

Yordan is also serves as a Chairman of the Association of International Offices of Muhammadiyah Higher Education Institution (ASKUI PTMA) where he leads more than 90 International Offices in Indonesia, following his previous two terms position as a Director of International Relations Office in the University. Yordan can be reached at yordangunawan@umy.ac.id

Logi Farman, International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.

Logi Farman is a student of the international program for Law and Sharia, faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.

Labib Dianatadilaga Jayapraja, International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.

Labib Dianatadilaga Jayapraja is a student of the international program for Law and Sharia, faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.

Muhammad Sulthan Faqih Taufik, International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.

Muhammad Sulthan Faqih Taufik is a student of the international program for Law and Sharia, faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.

Dwilani Irrynta , International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta.

Dwilani Irrynta is a student of the International Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. Lani participated the student exchange program to Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws International Islamic University Malaysia in 2019 and Faculty of Law, Adam Mickiewiz University, Poland from 2020 to 2021. She can be contacted through dwilani.i.law18@mail.umy.ac.id

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Gunawan, Y., Farman, L., Jayapraja, L. D., Taufik, M. S. F., & Irrynta , D. (2022). INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW ON THE EXPLOITATION AND NEGLECT OF INDONESIAN WORKERS IN MALAYSIA. Wacana Hukum, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.33061/wh.v28i2.8022

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