This explorative paper investigates the application of human rights to civil law cases in Indonesia. Human rights are often placed within the realm of public law. Yet, fundamental rights and freedoms also apply to private law cases. The human rights literature, however, does not exist in Indonesian private law. This article explores how human rights are applied in Indonesian civil law cases with reference to the models of human rights application developed by Aharon Barak and Olha Cherednychenko. We found that in Indonesia, judges apply human rights law to civil law cases indirectly, yet this application is inconsistent. The Supreme Court has attempted to increase legal unity by making case law (yurisprudensi) more accessible and by issuing internal regulations that must serve as guidelines for judges-including the application of fundamental rights in civil law cases. Case law and guidelines, however, lack thorough legal reasoning and are, therefore, difficult to apply to complex cases.

I. Introduction
 II. The Relationship between Human Rightsand Private Law
  A. Models of Intersections between Human Rights and Private Law
  B. Human Rights Application in Indonesian Private Law
 III. Application of Human Rightsin Indonesian Private Law
 IV. Human Rights in the Supreme Court’sInternal Regulations
 V. Conclusion

• Shidarta(Professor of Legal Philosophy at Bina Nusantara University) Corresponding Author
• Stijn Cornelis van Huis(Lectuerer at Bina Nusantara University)
• EkoRiyadi(Lecturer at Faculty of Law at the Islamic University of Indonesia)