Amnesty International, Indonesia: UN Committee calls for better protection of child rights

Indonesia

• Jamestown Foundation,  Indonesia Avoids Open Territorial Dispute, Despite Concerns, 3 July 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53be902c4.html
• Amnesty International,  Death Sentences and Executions 2013 - Asia-Pacific, 27 March 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53bd2e278.html
• International Trade Union Confederation,  Global Rights Index 2014 - Indonesia, 19 May 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53bcf9add.html
• Minority Rights Group International,  State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014 - Indonesia, 3 July 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53ba8deb7.html
• Amnesty International,  Indonesia: UN Committee calls for better protection of child rights, 1 July 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53b69a024.html

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• Minority Rights Group International,  State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014 - Afghanistan, 3 July 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53ba8e0214.html
• Minority Rights Group International,  State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014 - Australia, 3 July 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53ba8e0120.html
• Minority Rights Group International,  State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014 - Bangladesh, 3 July 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53ba8e002c.html
• Minority Rights Group International,  State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014 - Bolivia, 3 July 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53ba8e005.html
• Minority Rights Group International,  State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014 - Brazil, 3 July 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53ba8dff5.html

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NGO Report Via UNHCR for Indonesia State

Papuan Activist

 Indonesia

• Amnesty International,  Indonesia: UN Committee calls for better protection of child rights, 1 July 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53b69a024.html
• Freedom House,  Freedom in the World 2014 - Indonesia, 26 June 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53b2b8c23e4.html
• International Federation for Human Rights,  Will Indonesia's economic development come at the expense of human rights?, 19 June 2014.  Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53b1202414.html

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Amnesty Internasional: Indonesia: Investigate Ill-treatment of Protesters and Intimidation of Journalists in Papua

Amnesty International is concerned about allegations that police ill-treated protesters involved in a proindependence protest in Papua as well as intimidated journalists who were covering it.

On 26 November, police arrested at least 28 political activists including three women who participated in a pro-independence protest in Waena, Jayapura organized by the West Papua National Committee (Komite Nasional Papua Barat, KNPB). According to a human rights lawyer who saw them in detention at the Jayapura City police station, there were indications that they had been beaten after they were arrested. Some of the detainees had bruises or swelling on their mouth, eyes, forehead and body. At least 12 people are still in police custody.

The authorities must ensure that all those who are detained have access to lawyers of their choosing and that those who are suffering injuries have immediate access to medical treatment. The authorities must also ensure a prompt, thorough, and effective investigation into the allegations of ill-treatment by the police and ensure that those suspected of involvement, including persons with command responsibility, are prosecuted in proceedings which meet international standards of fairness. Victims should also be provided with reparations.

Amnesty International continues to receive credible reports of human rights violations committed by
the security forces in the provinces of Papua and West Papua, including torture and other ill-treatment, unnecessary and excessive use of force and firearms and possible unlawful killings. Investigations into such reports are rare and only few perpetrators have been brought to justice. The lack of accountability and the failure to criminalize acts of torture in the Criminal Code contributes to this culture of impunity.

Our organization is also concerned that the Jayapura City police personnel reportedly intimidated at
least three journalists while they were covering the KNPB protest in Jayapura. Police personnel approached them and hit one of the journalists in the head. Police also attempted to grab their cameras and told them to leave the area. One of the journalists was intimidated by the police to delete photos he had taken of the protest.

Journalists play a crucial role in exposing human rights violations and abuses, especially in Papua where authorities restrict access to international observers, including human rights organizations and journalists. Harassment, intimidation and attacks against journalists and human rights defenders can have a chilling effect, and can contribute to a climate of impunity. Amnesty International calls on the authorities to investigate all allegations of attacks, intimidation and harassment of journalists in Papua and ensure they – and others – are not obstructed from conducting their legitimate work.

Amnesty International does not take a position on the political status of Papua, or any other province of Indonesia. However, people in Papua and elsewhere in Indonesia should be able to peacefully express their views free from harassment, threats and the fear of criminalization. Our organization believes that the right to freedom of expression includes the right to peacefully advocate referendums, independence or any other political solutions that do not involve incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.

Published: http://www.refworld.org/docid/529d97224.html

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Report Amnesty International | Working to Protect Human Rights In Indonesia

Annual Report 2013

The state of the world's human rights

1. Background
2. Police and security forces
3. Freedom of expression
4. Freedom of religion and belief
5. Women’s rights
6. Impunity
7. Death penalty
8. Amnesty International Reports
9. Amnesty International Visits

Security forces faced persistent allegations of human rights violations, including torture and other ill-treatment and excessive use of force and firearms. At least 76 prisoners of conscience remained behind bars. Intimidation and attacks against religious minorities were rife. Discriminatory laws, policies and practices prevented women and girls from exercising their rights, in particular, sexual and reproductive rights. No progress was made in bringing perpetrators of past human rights violations to justice. No executions were reported.

Background

In May, Indonesia’s human rights record was assessed under the UN Universal Periodic Review. The government rejected key recommendations to review specific laws and decrees which restrict the rights to freedom of expression and thought, conscience and religion. In July, Indonesia reported to the CEDAW Committee. In November, Indonesia adopted the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, despite serious concerns that it fell short of international standards.

Indonesia’s legislative framework remained inadequate to deal with allegations of torture and other ill-treatment. Caning continued to be used as a form of judicial punishment in Aceh province for Shari’a offences. At least 45 people were caned during the year for gambling, and being alone with someone of the opposite sex who was not a marriage partner or relative (khalwat).

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Indonesia: Effective mechanisms critical for justice, truth and reparation for women survivors of gross human rights violations

As the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Indonesia, many women survivors of crimes under international law and gross human rights violations continue to be denied their rights to justice, truth and reparation.

Amnesty International urges the Presidential Advisory Council, which is understood to be developing a plan to deal with past gross human rights violations, to ensure that the plan contains timetabled steps to adequately address the situation of women survivors of conflict.

Women and girls suffered gross human rights violations, including unlawful killings, rape and other crimes of sexual violence and torture and other ill-treatment committed by Indonesian security forces during conflicts in various regions including Aceh and during the occupation of Timor-Leste (1975-1999).

Many have had no access to adequate medical, psychological, sexual and reproductive or mental health services or treatment for harm caused by these violations. And for those women and girls who were victims of sexual and gender-based violence, the stigma associated with these crimes has created a culture of silence in which many fear to report their case, and which prevents them from accessing justice, truth and reparation.

Women and girls not only suffer as direct victims of human rights violations, but also indirectly as family members of those who were killed or subjected to enforced disappearance. Under international law the Indonesian government has an obligation to provide full and effective reparation to victims of human rights violations. A national reparation programme should be established to provide measures of restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition. Amnesty International calls on the authorities to devise such a programme in consultation with victims, paying particular attention to consulting women, and to take into account the different experiences of women and men, as well as children, in its design and implementation.

Amnesty International welcomes the announcement by the government during the UN Human Rights Council session in September that it was working to finalize a bill establishing a truth and reconciliation commission. The failure of the authorities to date to establish a national truth commission has left many victims, including women and girls, without an effective mechanism for truth and full and effective reparation.

However, a truth commission must not be used as a substitute for a proper criminal justice process. Where a truth commission gathers information indicating individual criminal responsibility, it should forward such information, to the relevant prosecution authorities for further investigation, in order that, where sufficient admissible evidence exists, those responsible for crimes under international law are brought to justice in fair proceedings without recourse to the death penalty.

A truth commission should not have power to recommend amnesties or similar measures of impunity with respect to crimes under international law. In 2006, the Indonesian Constitutional Court struck down the Law on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (No. 27/2004) ruling that an article in it which provided reparation for victims only after they agreed to an amnesty for the perpetrator, was unconstitutional.

Amnesty International calls on Parliament to immediately debate, enact and implement a new law establishing a truth commission that is in line with international law and standards to ensure that crimes under international law can be addressed effectively.

Similar concerns and recommendations have also been raised by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee). In its Concluding Observations, published on 27 July 2012, the CEDAW Committee urged Indonesia to promptly investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of violence against women, including acts of sexual violence, perpetrated by private actors and by the security forces and to take comprehensive measures to provide medical and psychological support to women victims of violence, including sexual violence, committed during the conflicts, and to establish counselling centres for women. Amnesty International urges the Indonesian government to implement these recommendations without delay.

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