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Download or read book ICLHR 2021 written by Bernard Nainggolan and published by European Alliance for Innovation. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of the First International Conference on law and human rights (ICLHR 2021). Where held on 14rd-15th April 2021 by virtually meeting in GMT+7 (Asia/Jakarta). This conference was held by Universitas Kristen Indonesia with the theme "ASEAN diversities and its principles toward ASEAN (Legal) Integration in Pandemic Era." The papers from this conference were collected in a proceedings book entitled: Proceedings of the First International Conference on law and human rights (ICLHR 2021). The presentation of such a multi-discipline conference will provide a lot of inspiring inputs and new knowledge on current trends in the fields of human rights, criminal law, civil law, politics, public policy, health law, education law, economic law, international law, and international private law. According to the argument, this conference will act as a valuable reference for numerous relevant research efforts in the future, especially in ASEAN. The committee recognizes that the smoothness and success of this conference cannot be separated from the cooperation of numerous stakeholders. As such, we like to offer our profound gratitude to the distinguished keynote speaker, invited speaker, paper presenters, and participants for their enthusiastic support of joining the First International Conference on law and human rights. We are convinced that the contents of the study from various papers are not only encouraged productive discussion among presenters and participants but also inspire further research in the respected field. We are greatly grateful for your willingness to join and share your knowledge and expertise at our conference. Your input was essential in ensuring the success of our conference. Finally, we hope that this conference will serve as a forum for learning in building togetherness, especially for academic networks and the realization of a meaningful academic atmosphere for the development of digital literacy in various fields of life. Thus, we hope to see you all at the second ICLHR.