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Minister ensures humane approach in fulfillment of human rights

Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly emphasized the importance of establishing humane guarantees for ...

Govt must ensure new Criminal Code does not hurt people: Legislator

The government must ensure that the implementation of the recently passed Criminal Code Law does not harm or ...

Parliament's plenary session passes Criminal Code Bill into law

The House of Representatives (DPR RI) passed the Criminal Code Bill into law during the parliament's plenary ...

Draft Criminal Code must uphold human rights aspects: Komnas HAM

The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has asked the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) to ...

Building inclusive governance and strengthening diversity in regions

Born under the slogan Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, or Unity in Diversity, Indonesia has been blessed with ethnic, cultural, ...

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 ...

Jakarta, West Java, Banten models for rights-based services: Laoly

  Jakarta, West Java, and Banten provinces will serve as role models for the development of human rights-based ...

Gen Prabowo strives for better, humanistic and professional police

- will no longer apply. However, the transformation will take time and cannot be done in an instant, thereby ...

Minister condemns armed group's attack on Kiwirok's healthcare workers

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga condemned the attack by the armed criminal ...

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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 ...

Rights body receives 139 reports of alleged human rights violations

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Office in Central Sulawesi Province had received 139 reports of ...

PGN among top 10 award recipients for upholding human rights

State gas firm PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) ranked among the top five companies bestowed awards by the ...

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More forceful human rights mechanisms needed in ASEAN

Ten years since its establishment, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) has yet to fully ...

ASEAN should embody victims' rights' protection as core value: AICHR

The ASEAN community should uphold the dignity and rights of those falling victims to human rights violations as its ...

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Taking a closer look at Indonesia's chances at UNHRC By Yuni Arisandy

Indonesia's global image is considered to be quite impressive since it has played active roles and held important ...