Author: Cecep Mustafa

Let’s talk about the Global Biodiversity Framework, or GBF for short. Think of it as the world’s new action plan for protecting nature. Its mission is bold: halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. Let’s talk about the Global Biodiversity Framework, or GBF for short. Think of it as the world’s new action plan for protecting nature. Its mission is bold: halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. The GBF is built around four major goals: To make this vision real, the framework includes 23 targets. One of the most well-known is Target 3, or 30 by 30, which aims…

Today, we’re exploring a powerful and fast-growing movement: Green Justice and judicial activism in environmental law. Green Justice is about fairness. It says everyone—no matter where they live or how much they earn—has the right to clean air, clean water, and a safe climate. For years, environmental action focused mainly on protecting wildlife and parks. Now the focus includes people and communities, especially those facing the worst environmental harm. This shift has led to an increase in climate lawsuits. Around the world, citizens are turning to courts when governments and corporations fail to act. One major example is the Urgenda…

Kunjungan ke sistem keamanan pengadilan di Melbourne menunjukkan bahwa keamanan sejati bukan soal penjaga gerbang atau tembok tinggi, melainkan soal hubungan dan kejelasan. Di Victoria, mereka menata ulang konsep keamanan dari akarnya dan berani bertanya: apa sebenarnya makna keamanan? Jawaban mereka jauh lebih dalam daripada sekadar CCTV di setiap sudut atau petugas berseragam; keamanan jarang tentang penghalang, tetapi tentang hubungan yang kuat. Fondasinya adalah kejelasan hukum melalui Court Security Act 2017, yang dengan tenang dan presisi menjelaskan siapa berwenang apa, batasannya, serta peran setiap orang sehingga sistem menjadi dapat diprediksi dan minim eskalasi. Teknologi hadir bukan sebagai tontonan yang menegangkan,…

Reflections from the visit to Melbourne’s multi-layered court security system reveal a central insight: true security is not defined by barriers, but by relationships. In Victoria, judicial safety is grounded in calm structure and human-centered design. The Court Security Act 2017 provides clear roles and predictable processes, strengthening institutional trust. Emotional support from Court Network volunteers demonstrates that many risks can be diffused simply by listening early and empathetically. Technology—CCTV, duress alarms, integrated monitoring—operates quietly as a servant rather than a spectacle, supported by facility management that treats buildings like vital organs. Digital protection forms the modern perimeter, with cybersecurity…

JHP Journal Editor’s NoteBy Cecep Mustafa The Double-Edged Sword of Progress Progress rarely knocks. It arrives with a notification. Indonesia’s Fintech revolution, much like the rest of the digital age, began with a promise: instant access, frictionless money, inclusion for the unbanked. A thousand apps bloomed, each offering freedom at the speed of a click. Yet somewhere between innovation and implementation, we signed something we didn’t read — an unseen contract. It is a curious document, this invisible agreement. No lawyer drafts it, no notary stamps it, and yet it governs our most intimate financial lives. We scroll, we click…

JHP Journal Editor’s NoteBy Cecep Mustafa The Gospel of Progress—and Its Price Indonesia has always been a believer in progress. When the gospel of Financial Technology—Fintech—arrived, it came cloaked in the language of liberation. The future, it promised, would be frictionless. Money would move faster, bureaucracy would melt, and even those long invisible to banks would find a seat at the digital table. But every revolution has its casualties, and every innovation its shadow. The very code written to democratize finance has also mechanized exploitation. What began as a promise of inclusion has, in too many cases, devolved into a…

JHP Journal Editor’s NoteBy Cecep Mustafa Indonesia’s Digital Shadows and the Law’s Long Memory Every click, every scroll, every “I agree” is a confession of sorts. In this century of constant connection, we live trailed by invisible witnesses—our data. These fragments of code, once inert and meaningless, have become the modern archive of human behavior. They remember what we forget. They expose what we conceal. For the law—especially in Indonesia, whose legal bones were built in the analog age—this is a haunting development. Courts once weighed truth in kilograms: stamped paper, handwritten signatures, the steady voice of a witness in…

JHP Journal Editor’s NoteCecep Mustafa It begins innocently enough—with a download. A few taps, a few fields filled out, and within minutes, money materializes in your account. It feels like magic—technology’s triumph over red tape, a small miracle for the weary and underbanked. But magic, as every good fable warns, always comes with a price. For many Indonesians, the sleek interface of financial technology—Fintech—has become less a gateway to empowerment and more a portal into digital bondage. Behind the smooth logos and cheerful slogans lurk the same old predators, now armed with algorithms and access to your contact list. The loan…

JHP Journal Editor’s NoteCecep Mustafa I. A New Financial Dawn Indonesia’s digital revolution didn’t arrive with a fanfare—it crept quietly into our pockets. Today, there are more mobile phones than people, more data plans than dinner tables, and more financial apps than most of us can name. In this new ecosystem of infinite clicks, money itself has gone digital. Fintech promised liberation: loans without lines, payments without paperwork, opportunity without oppression. It was sold to us as the democratization of finance—the idea that technology could succeed where institutions had failed, finally extending a hand to the millions left outside the…

By Cecep MustafaJHP Journal Editor’s Note Indonesia was promised a financial awakening. When Fintech arrived, it came draped in utopian language—democratization, inclusion, empowerment. It promised to unshackle millions from bureaucracy and bring credit to the unbanked. The future, it seemed, could be downloaded. Yet behind the sleek interfaces and cheerful slogans, another story unfolded: one of desperation, data theft, and digital coercion. What began as liberation has, for many Indonesians, become a quiet form of bondage. The Double-Edged Promise Peer-to-peer lending was meant to bypass the old gatekeepers of finance. For the first time, a street vendor in Riau or a…