THE BALINESE TRADITIONAL LAW INSTRUMENT, A REALISM BETWEEN THE BALANCE OF COSMIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONTEXT

This study aims to examine whether the substance of Balinese traditional law instrument (the awig-awig) contradicts to human rights. This study employed normative legal research. The result shows that the awig-awig stands as convention but, on the other side, it is constructed by the Desa Pakraman under the Balinese Local Government Regulation Number 3 of 2003. Therefore, based on the hierarchy of the norm, it is not a fully autonomous community. Moreover, it is separated from the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia and internationally. The traditional law instrument should inline to the national law and international law, especially those related to human rights values. Although it aims to keep the balance of cosmic or universe, international and national instruments related to human rights should be used as a reference to construct customary rules, particularly for the one that is related to kesepekang (a rejection) and manak salah (a sanction for boy and girl born twin). It potentially causes social friction due to its disruption to the human rights values and adequate standard of living. Keywords: balance cosmic, Balinese traditional law instrument, human rights.