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LPSK initiates strategy to bolster psychosocial rehabilitation program

The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) launched a collaboration strategy to strengthen the psychosocial ...

RI, M'sia, Philippines ink MoU on finding solutions for statelessness

The national human rights commissions of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have signed an extension to a ...

Indonesia to chair human rights discussion at 37th AICHR Meeting

Indonesia will chair the 37th Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) that will be ...

Commission urges DPR to pass Domestic Workers' Protection Bill

The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has called on the House of Representatives (DPR) ...

Minister spotlights three focus areas for human rights protection

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, at a regional forum on Tuesday, drew attention to three key areas of focus ...

Myanmar concert attack serious breach of humanitarian law: EU

The European Union (EU) has described the recent air strike at an outdoor concert in Myanmar as a serious violation of ...

KSP reiterates need for strengthening Commission for Disability

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) emphasized the need to institutionally strengthen the National Commission for ...

Foreign Minister underscores importance of strengthening AICHR's work

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Interface with the ASEAN ...

KuPP urges government to ratify OPCAT against human torture

Cooperation for the Prevention of Torture (KuPP) urged the government to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention ...

Minister Marsudi highlights three torture-prevention strategies

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi drew attention to three points to bolster prevention strategies on torture and ...

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Government must fulfill its obligations to uphold human rights

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development and members in Indonesia, expressed concern over continual violation ...

Palestine urges Israel to return 51 martyrs

Palestine has urged Israel to return the bodies of 51 Palestinian martyrs who they have been holding in a freezer since ...

Media Alert: Monash University experts

-Media Alert Monash University has several experts available for comment on a range of topics relating to the festive ...

UN high commissioner to visit Indonesia

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra`ad Al Hussein is scheduled to visit Indonesia next week to ...

Human Rights Institutions Pledge Support for Efforts to End Leprosy-related Discrimination

-   Global Appeal 2014 to End Stigma and Discrimination against People Affected by Leprosy was launched in ...