| Indonesia's Not-so-Human Rights |
| Written by Jennie S. Bev | |
| Monday, 12 January 2009 | |
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On December 10, the world commemorated the 60th year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Joseph Saunders, the deputy program director of Human Rights Watch in New York, who lived in Indonesia for two and a half years in the 1990s, answered this question: Do human rights violators today face more intense pressure when they trample on rights than they did 60 years ago? The answer, he said, is a resounding yes. However, Indonesia’s posture in terms of respect for and adherence to human rights principles needs to be examined critically, and, given the ominous attacks on minority religions over 2008, the country has to look critically at worsening intolerance on the part of hard-line fundamentalists. Historically speaking, the human rights movement has come a long way and today it has become a strong feature of most of the world’s constitutions, observed or not. Also, many governments have created human rights ministries and signed international treaties as supported by the United Nations Human Rights Council and the UN Human Rights Commissioner for Human Rights. And the establishment of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands is one great leap forward in protecting fundamental human rights. In Indonesia, the Constitution Undang-Undang Dasar 1945 acknowledges at least 15 human rights principles: self-determination (Preamble and article 1), citizenship (article 26), equality before the law (article 27), work (article 27), decent life (article 27), association (article 28), express an opinion (article 28), religion (article 29), national defense (article 30), education (article 31), social welfare (article 33), social security (article 34), independent judiciary (elucidation of articles 24 and 25), preserve cultural traditions (elucidation of article 32), and preserve local language (elucidation of article 31). Indonesia is also an elected member of United Nations Human Rights Council among 47 members of 63 contenders, of which other 12 Asian countries are Bangladesh, Bahrain, China, India, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka. Thus it looks good on paper.
On April 11, 2002, The
Rome Statute 1998 was ratified by 60 states which brought the
International Criminal Court being. However, Indonesia has yet to
ratify this statute, regardless of the current 56 ratifications and
62 signatures from other states.
In 2004, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono adopted a National Plan
of Action on Human Rights, which states that Indonesia intends to
ratify the Rome Statute in 2008.
The International
Criminal Court has been making significant progress in its five years
of operation. It is the first permanent court mandated to prosecute
the perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and
“crime of aggression.” On crime of aggression, there will
be no prosecutions until the states come into an agreeable
definition. Saunders said it is expected that the first trial will
get underway this year although the court has been under attack in
recent months following the issuance of an arrest warrant for
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan on charges pertaining to genocide
in Darfur.
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written by rad , March 31, 2009
ICC is interfering in Indonesian sovereignty!
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USA & Israel have already made example NOT to ratify ICC, WHY should WE ratify THIS??? Have we forgotten the loss of sovereignty to the Dutch? Do we want to become, AGAIN, a tool of the West? Forever doing their bidding? NO to ICC ratification!!! report abuse
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written by Bush , January 15, 2009
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written by Chi , January 14, 2009
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written by somebody , January 12, 2009
what is written in the article is true. some people try to undermine this fact by blaming the victims or blaming other people who have nothing to do with that. and when somebody speaks up and write an article about this fact, instead of trying to make a rebuttal, they always try to attack the author of the article.
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written by irene puah , January 12, 2009
Reading the previous ugly comments, one need not wonder why Indonesia is so far down the in the human rights rankings!
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written by monkey toes , January 12, 2009
why dont you reflect in the mirror of what ur country the US have done in the past few years, before you judge other country like indonesia,, it is indeed indonesia is still lacking in covering human rights.. as it is still under the process of democracy just like wat american told to other countries to be.. moreover the UN as the world's #1 international organization has been on its dual standard about implementing human rights.. as we can see on israeli attack on gaza which obviously neglect humaaaaaannnnnn riiittttteeesssss of innocent civilianssssss..........UN just stand there watching instead of taking firm action in preventing larger innocent victims!!!!!!
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