1. Purpose and Scope
Jurnal Bina Hukum Lingkungan is committed to upholding the integrity, originality, and scholarly rigor of the legal research it publishes, particularly in the fields of environmental law, spatial planning law, and agrarian law. This policy sets out the standards governing the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, including generative AI and large language models, in the preparation, submission, review, and editing of manuscripts. It applies to authors, reviewers, and editors.

2. Limit on AI-Generated Content
Manuscripts must be the authors’ own original intellectual work. The Journal does not accept submissions in which AI-generated content exceeds 15% (fifteen percent) of the manuscript, as indicated by an AI detection report. Manuscripts exceeding this threshold will be returned to the authors without further review.

AI tools may only be used in a limited, supportive capacity, such as language editing, grammar checking, or translation assistance. AI must not be used to generate the substantive content of a manuscript, including its legal analysis, arguments, interpretation of statutes and case law, findings, or conclusions.

3. Mandatory Submission of Reports
Every submission must be accompanied by:

1. an AI detection report, showing the proportion of AI-generated content in the manuscript; and
2. an originality (similarity) report, issued by a recognized plagiarism-detection tool.

Manuscripts submitted without both reports will be considered incomplete and will not enter the review process. The Editorial Board may request that the reports be resubmitted or verified at any stage of the editorial process.

4. Author Responsibility and Disclosure

• Authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of their manuscripts, including every citation, legal source, and factual claim.
• Authors must verify all references, statutory provisions, court decisions, and doctrinal sources, as AI tools may produce inaccurate or fabricated information.
• Any use of AI tools, however limited, must be disclosed in a statement placed before the References, stating the name and version of the tool and the purpose of its use.
• AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors, because they cannot assume accountability, give consent, or hold responsibility for published work.
• AI-generated images, figures, or other visual materials must not be used unless the Editorial Board has given prior written approval.

5. Policy for Reviewers
Reviewers must not upload manuscripts, or any part of them, to AI tools, because doing so risks breaching confidentiality and the authors’ intellectual property rights. Peer review assessments must reflect the reviewer’s own expert judgment and must not be generated by AI.

6. Policy for Editors
Editors must treat all submitted manuscripts and editorial correspondence as confidential and must not input them into AI tools. AI detection and originality reports are used as screening instruments only. Final decisions rest with the Editorial Board, which may take into account the context, the nature of any flagged content, and the authors’ explanations.

7. Violations and Sancitions
If the Editorial Board finds a violation of this policy, including undisclosed use of AI, exceeding the permitted threshold, submission of falsified reports, or fabricated references, it may:

• reject the manuscript at any stage of the process;
• retract a published article in accordance with the Journal’s retraction procedures and publication ethics guidelines;
• notify the authors’ institution or funding body, where appropriate; and
• decline future submissions from the authors concerned.

8. Policy Review
Because AI technologies and publishing standards continue to evolve, the Editorial Board may revise this policy at any time. Authors are encouraged to consult the most recent version before submitting a manuscript.