Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With a population of around 238 million people, it is the world’s fourth most populous country, and has the world’s largest population of Muslims. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation’s capital city is Jakarta. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indonesia is a founding member of ASEAN and a member of the G-20 major economies.
Jakarta, 11 November 2015—Discussions held on the 10th and 11th of November during a workshop and dialogue hosted by the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics, the HRRC, the National Commission of Human Rights of Indonesia (Komnas HAM), and the Institute for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) […]
Yogyakarta, 9 November 2015—In the first joint workshop hosted by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC), discussions focused on ensuring a rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, in the region. The ASEAN is making significant strides in addressing trafficking in […]
Jakarta, 30 September 2015—The Reporting and Assurance Frameworks Initiative (RAFI), an on-going collaboration of Shift, Mazars, and the HRRC, continued its multi-stakeholders consultation series with a meeting with CSOs on 28 September, and an expert consultation meeting on the 29th of September. The UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework, officially launched in February 2015, provides the […]
Jakarta, 29 September 2015—The organizers of the 2015 Summer Institute have issued a Synthesis Report on the discussions and activities at this year’s annual event. Themed “Preventing Slavery and Trafficking in Persons in the ASEAN,” the Summer Institute was held from the 11th to the 14th of August 2015 in Bali, Indonesia. It comprised a 2.5-day workshop and half […]
The Investment & Human Rights Project of the London School of Economics (LSE IHRP), in collaboration with the HRRC, will host a workshop (10 November) and a multi-stakeholder dialogue (11 November) in Jakarta that will aim to contribute directly to the ongoing work of the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and civil society to […]
On January 2015, the Human Rights Resource Centre published “Keeping the Faith: A Study of Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion in ASEAN.” The Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Thailand country reports have been translated to Khmer, Bahasa Indonesia, Burmese, and Thai, respectively. The original report and the translations can be downloaded below. Keeping the Faith: […]
Jakarta, 1 September 2015—At the beginning of September 2015, the HRRC attended a half-day event on “Business and Human Rights Guidelines for ASEAN Community Post-2015.” Conducted by the Indonesian Representative to the AICHR in cooperation with the Netherlands Embassy, this event is the third part of a debate series aimed to provide a platform for […]
The UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework officially launched in February 2015 and provides the first comprehensive guidance for companies to report on how they respect human rights in practice. This would not have been possible without the valuable input and active engagement of company, investor, civil society, government, and other stakeholders who participated in expert […]
The UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework officially launched in February 2015 and provides the first comprehensive guidance for companies to report on how they respect human rights in practice. This would not have been possible without the valuable input and active engagement of company, investor, civil society, government, and other stakeholders who participated in consultations […]
Denpasar, 13 August 2015—The third day of the Summer Institute on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights began with a panel titled “The ASEAN as Anti-Trafficking Actor: Supporting the AICHR and ACWC in fulfilling the Trafficking Convention and the ASEAN Action Plan.” His Excellency Rafendi Djamin, the AICHR Indonesian Representative and Her Excellency Datin Paduka […]
