Amira Paripurna is a faculty member of Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, as well as a researcher at Human Rights Law Studies (HRLS) Faculty of Law, Universitas Airlangga. She teaches for Bachelor of law program, Master of law program at faculty of law, as well as Master of Police Science at Postgraduate School, Universitas Airlangga. Her subjects and major research interest include criminal law, policing terrorism, international human rights law, criminal justice system, political violence and crime, and juvenile law and justice. She holds a Ph.D. from School of Law, University of Washington, USA (2017). Her dissertation entitled ‘The Use of Intelligence in Indonesian Counterterrorism Policing.’ In 2007-2008 she received Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (FF-IFP 2007-2008) to pursue a Master of Law (LLM.). Part of her educational background included completing an LLM at the University of Utrecht, in the Netherlands, specializing in International Criminal Justice and Human Rights Law; a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) at the Airlangga University specializing in Criminal Law.