Community Participation in Environmental Monitoring as an Manifestation of the Principles of a Just Legal State
Keywords:
Community participation, Environmental monitoring, Rule of law, Ecological justiceAbstract
This study examines public participation in environmental supervision as a manifestation of the principle of a just rule of law within the Indonesian constitutional framework. Environmental protection is constitutionally guaranteed as a human right under Article 28H paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution, requiring not only state responsibility but also active community involvement. The research employs a normative juridical method using statutory and conceptual approaches, focusing on the analysis of the 1945 Constitution, Law Number 32 of 2009 on Environmental Protection and Management, and its implementing regulations, particularly Government Regulation Number 22 of 2021. The findings indicate that although Indonesian positive law formally guarantees public participation in environmental oversight, its implementation remains largely procedural and has not yet achieved meaningful participation due to limited access to information, low environmental legal literacy, and weak law enforcement mechanisms. As a result, public involvement often lacks substantive influence on environmental decision-making and supervision. This study concludes that strengthening legal frameworks and institutional mechanisms is necessary to ensure effective, inclusive, and equitable public participation. Such reinforcement is essential to realizing ecological justice and transforming public participation into a substantive constitutional instrument that supports democratic governance, environmental sustainability, and the realization of a just rule of law in Indonesia
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