The Indonesian Journal of Agrarian Law is committed to upholding the highest ethical standards in legal research, particularly in the highly sensitive fields of land governance, agrarian reform, and indigenous rights. Authors must ensure that their research respects the dignity, rights, and welfare of all involved parties, especially local and indigenous communities.
1. Ethical Approval for Empirical and Field Research
For research involving human participants (e.g., fieldwork with farmers, interviews with indigenous communities, or surveys of landowners), authors must confirm that the study has been approved by an appropriate institutional ethics review board. The name of the approving committee and the approval number must be clearly stated in the manuscript.
2. Exemption for Doctrinal/Normative Research
Purely normative legal research analyzing agrarian regulations, land laws, or court decisions using public documents is generally exempt from formal ethics board approval. Authors conducting doctrinal research should include a statement in their manuscript confirming that ethical approval was not required.
3. Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC)
Given the focus of the journal, authors conducting research involving indigenous peoples or local communities must adhere to the principles of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC). Participants must be fully informed about the research objectives, potential impacts, and how their knowledge and data will be used.
4. Consent for Publication and Anonymity
For articles containing personally identifiable data (such as specific land dispute narratives or personal land ownership details), authors must obtain explicit consent for publication. To protect participants from retaliation or legal jeopardy in sensitive land disputes, authors must anonymize personal and spatial data where necessary and state this in the manuscript.
5. Data Protection
Authors must ensure the secure handling of sensitive data, including community maps, land certificates, and interviews. Data must be stored securely and shared only in accordance with the journal's Data Sharing and Reproducibility Policy.
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