Ratu Durotun 

NAFISAH

Ratu Durotun Nafisah is a Research Associate at the Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS), NUS Law Faculty. She obtained her undergraduate degree in law (S.H.) from Padjadjaran University, Indonesia and her LL.M from Melbourne Law School, Australia, where she was an Australia Awards Scholar. Prior to joining CALS, she was an adjunct lecturer and research fellow in constitutional law at the Faculty of Law, Padjadjaran University. Ratu’s research interests lie in constitutional law, democracy, and human rights. At CALS, Ratu is assisting Dr Dian A H Shah and Dr Mario Gomez on their “Judging and Social Cohesion in Asia” project.

Selected Publications

• “Excessive Reliance on Judicial Review in Indonesia: A Tactic to Avoid Democratic Accountability?”, Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law, Volume 10, no. 1, January 2023, pp. 97-110 https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/indjicl10&i=113
• “The Constitutional Right to Asylum and Humanitarianism in Indonesian Law: “Foreign Refugees” and PR 125/2016”, Asian Journal of Law and Society, Volume 8, Issue 3, October 2021, pp. 536 – 557 https://doi.org/10.1017/als.2021.8