Ms Yuyun Wahyuningrum

Yuyun Wahyuningrum is Senior Fellow for Atrocity Prevention and Southeast Asia at the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, University of Queensland, and a PhD researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on human rights regionalism, atrocity prevention, ASEAN governance, freedom of religion or belief, enforced disappearance, civic space, and regional accountability mechanisms.

With more than 28 years of experience across academia, diplomacy, government engagement, and civil society, she has worked extensively with regional and international organizations throughout Southeast Asia. From 2019 to 2024, she served two consecutive terms as Indonesia’s Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), including as Chair in 2023, advancing human rights initiatives through regional dialogue, coalition-building, and policy engagement.

Yuyun regularly lectures at universities and contributes to international conferences and policy forums on ASEAN, human rights, democracy, migration, and regional governance. She is the author of academic publications, policy briefs, and opinion articles, and is a frequent commentator in leading media outlets across Southeast Asia.

Her work is distinguished by a rare combination of scholarly expertise, diplomatic experience, and public engagement. Her leadership within ASEAN has enriched her research with empirical insight and institutional realism, while her scholarship brings analytical depth and critical reflection to policy and practice in the Asia-Pacific region