Muhammad Rizaldi is a Bachelor of Law graduate from the University of Indonesia. He is also an Australia Awards scholar with a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Melbourne. Since 2011, he has begun his career in legal and judicial reform programs as a paralegal at the Legal Aid Society. He then continued to work as a researcher at MaPPI FHUI in 2013 and was appointed chairman in 2019. Rizaldi was also listed as a research adjunct at IJRS and has been serving as its interim executive director since 2025.

With more than 13 years of experience as a researcher, Rizaldi has been engaged in programs addressing various issues, including the protection of vulnerable groups, access to justice, judicial reform, anti-corruption, human rights, and philanthropy. Most recently, he has been part of the Liaison Team for the Supreme Court and the Judicial Commission, a legal expert for the Ministry of Human Rights in drafting the presidential regulation on human rights integration in law, and a member of the steering committee of the Open Government Indonesia/OGI’s National Action Plan Coordination Team initiated by the Ministry of Planning and Development.

Recent publications:
1. Indonesia’s Legal Development Index 2023 (2025).
2. Impact and Costs of Handling Narcotics Crime in Indonesia (2025)
3. Policy Recommendations for Strengthening Legal Institutional Governance in the 2025 – 2029 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) (2024).