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AICHR welcomes adoption of law on torture prevention by Thailand

Indonesia's Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Yuyun Wahyuningrum ...

Work with sincerity to gain public's adoration: Police Chief

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo called on his personnel to give their best service with utmost ...

Police force should hone personnel's skills: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin expects the higher ranks of the Police Force to hone their personnel's skills in ...

Prevent torture to build a human rights culture: women's commission

The building of a human rights culture in society necessitates the prevention of torture, Deputy Head of the National ...

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 ...

Commission seeks guidelines for investigating women in conflict

The National Commission on Violence Against Women has urged the National Police chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to ...

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It is time to rally behind Sexual Violence Crime Law

Applause arose in the plenary hall, as House Speaker Puan Maharani stroked the gavel signifying the Sexual Violence ...

Minister Marsudi highlights three torture-prevention strategies

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

Commission to follow up on sexual violence crime bill's ratification

The National Commission on Violence Against Women lauded the House of Representatives' commitment to discuss and ...

Foreign Minister confirms 133 Indonesians departed from Ukraine

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi reported that out of the total of 165 Indonesian citizens in Ukraine, as many as ...

Activist lauds gov't, DPR for sexual violence bill

Migrant Care lauds the government and the House of Representatives for drafting the Law on Sexual Violence Crime as a ...

Forced Marriage Article must cover lack of consent: ICJR

The forced marriage article within the sexual violence prevention bill (RUU TPKS) must specifically include lack of ...

Rights body exposes forced labour, slavery at district head's home

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) came across practices of forced labour and actions akin to slavery ...

Forced marriage, sexual slavery in sexual violence bill purview

The government has included the issues of forced marriage and sexual slavery in the Sexual Violence Prevention Bill ...

Three-month imprisonment slapped on man torturing cat in East Java

The Tulungagung district court in East Java sentenced a 23-year-old man to three months' imprisonment for torturing ...