Brief biography

Eka Nugraha Putra is an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School - O.P. Jindal Global University, India. He holds a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) from Indiana University - Maurer School of Law, the United States. His research focuses on criminal law, cybercrime, human rights, free speech, and media law. Since 2019, Putra is also working as a legal advisor at BULLY ID, a platform that focuses on protecting cyberbullying and online harassment victims through three services: relationship health check, revenge porn report, and legal and psychological counseling with licensed experts. Putra was selected as Digital Forensic Lab’s Scholar (2021). The project provides training for scholars in combating disinformation, protecting the integrity of information, and fostering media literacy and resilience in their regions. He was also involved in Indiana University’s Diplomacy Lab (2020), a collaboration project with the U.S. Department of State on researching several countries' compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Starting in February 2021, Putra is working as a research fellow for Criminal Law, Cyberlaw, Free Speech, and Media Law at International NGO for Indonesian Development (INFID). In 2022, Putra joined the Research Center of Education and Policy (Pusat Studi Pendidikan Kebijakan), Indonesia as a legal consultant and researcher. Putra was selected as an International Research Fellow at the Information Society Law Center at the University of Milan, Italy, for 2022-2023. He also received Fulbright Scholarship (2018) and AIFIS – Luce Fellowship (2019-2020) for his research entitled "Criminal Defamation and Free Expression in the Digital Age."

Research interests

• Criminal Law
• Cybercrime
• Human Rights
• Free Speech
• Media Law

Awards

• International Research Fellowship at the Information Society Law Center, University
  of Milan, Italy for 2022-2023
• AIFIS-Henry Luce Research Fellowships 2019-2020
• Fulbright Scholarship 2018

Publications

• Indonesia Needs a Strong Public Interest Defence to Stem the Tide of Online Defamation
  Cases, On INDONESIA AT MELBOURNE, Published on May 10, 2022; “ITE Law Revision for the Guarantee of Free Expression” (Revisi UU ITE untuk Jaminan
  Kebebasan Berekspresi).
• Book chapter in “Mata Air Indonesia Maju: Sebuah Bunga Rampai Gagasan Kepada Cak Imin.” Editors: Sugeng Bahagijo, Sabiq Mubarok, and Mugiyanto. Published by Gramedia in April 2022.
• “Establishment of NGO Funds in Indonesia: Working Group for the Preparation of the
  Presidential Regulation on NGO Endowments Funds In Indonesia” (Pembentukan Dana LSM di Indonesia: Kelompok Kerja Perumusan Perpres Pendanaan LSM di Indonesia), ON
  INTERNATIONAL NGO FORUM FOR INDONESIAN DEVELOPMENT (INFID), Published on November 2021.
• “Formulating Bullying as a Crime” (Merumuskan Perundungan sebagai Kejahatan) ON
  KOMPAS.ID, () Published on October 1, 2021.
• “What Lies Behind the Murals: Restless Voices in The Pandemic Era” ON INTERNATIONAL
  NGO FORUM FOR INDONESIAN DEVELOPMENT (INFID), Published on September 2, 2021.
• “Cut Retaliation Value in Criminal Law," ON THE JAKARTA POST, Published on February 26, 2019.