ILR researcher Erwin Natosmal Oemar remarked here on Monday that there was an upward trend in the human rights index in the era of the government of President Jokowi.
"Despite an improvement, the value had not exceeded the value of human rights protection in the previous administration period," Oemar noted.
According to Oemar, the 2012 Human Rights Index during the era of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was recorded at 5.74 after which it dropped to 5.4 in 2013 and fell again to 4.15 in 2014. Furthermore, it plummeted again to 3.82 in 2015 and then climbed up to 4.25 and 4.51 respectively in 2016 and 2017.
ILR highlighted that Jokowi, as the incumbent presidential candidate, had not prioritized human rights as a strategic public policy in his vision and mission, and even so with his competitors, Prabowo Subianto.
Oemar regretted the exclusion of human rights in a bid to strengthen the principle of the rule of law and to achieve the basic goals of the state.
"There is time before January 9, 2019, when the presidential and vice-presidential candidates still have the opportunity to improve and streamline the vision and mission submitted during registration," Erwin stated.
The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) had earlier also highlighted the lack of commitment to resolve cases of human rights violations in the vision and mission of two presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the 2019 Presidential Election.
Two candidate pairs -- Joko Widodo-Ma`ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno -- have failed to include human rights issues in their vision and mission.
Reporting by Dyah Dwi Astuti, Otniel Tamindael
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