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, 10 June 2016–Five years after the Human Rights Resource Centre’s inaugural “Rule of Law for Human Rights in the ASEAN Region: A Baseline Study,” the HRRC presented today its latest research study, “Update on the Rule of Law for Human Rights in ASEAN: The Path to Integration,” at a launch attended by distinguished guests […]
Five years after HRRC’s inaugural Rule of Law for Human Rights in the ASEAN Region: A Baseline Study, the Centre will be presenting an update of the baseline at a launch in Jakarta, Indonesia, in the afternoon of 10 June. The forthcoming study, Update on the Rule of Law for Human Rights in ASEAN: The Path to […]
Depok, 25-26 April 2016—The Human Rights Resource Centre attended the first Asian Research Symposium, which was hosted by one of the Centre’s university partners, namely University of Indonesia. Held at the University of Indonesia’s campus in Depok, the symposium was attended by various researchers, academics, and scholars from universities and research centres all across Asia. […]
Jakarta, 21–22 March 2016—In order to gain insight and ideas on the development of National Action Plans (NAPs) in South East Asia as well as to build the capacity of civil society actors on the United Nation Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP), Oxfam South East Asia held a two-day workshop on “Community-Based […]
Jakarta, 22 January 2016—Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) together with Madhyam, the ETO Consortium and the EU-ASEAN FTA Campaign Network, organized a two-day regional workshop in Jakarta with the theme “Rethinking International Investment Agreements.” The workshop brought together regional and international activists and experts to discuss international investment agreements that provide extensive protection to foreign […]
Jakarta, 17 December 2015—This year, the End of Year Seminar of the International NGO Forum on Indonesia Development (INFID) focused on evaluating ASEAN’s performance in involving the public; protecting, promoting, and respecting human rights; and preparing for the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community. The event was attended by representatives of relevant ministries of the […]
Jakarta, 15 December 2015—Children as victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) is growing as the demand for child sex escalates. UNICEF and UNFPA estimate that 2 million children are exploited in prostitution and pornography every year. Many children rescued from red light districts were reportedly infected with HIV/AIDS and therefore could not reintegrate […]
Jakarta, 7 December 2015—In commemoration of the upcoming Human Rights Day, which is on 10 December, the Indonesian Representative for AICHR and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Indonesia held a viewing of “Timbuktu” followed by a discussion on “Freedom of Religion and Belief and the Challenge of Intolerance in ASEAN.” It was […]
Jakarta, 23 November 2015—The Raffles Institution kindly invited the Human Rights Resource Centre (HRRC) to meet with students participating in its Global Studies Program during their visit to Jakarta. The Program is an inter-disciplinary one for selected year 5 students (17-18 years old), which encompasses social sciences, area studies and other disciplines which contribute to the study […]
Jakarta, 12 November 2015—The Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P) at the University of Queensland and the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) held a Roundtable Expert Meeting on “Developing and strengthening national mechanisms for mass atrocities prevention in Indonesia.” The half-day meeting was attended by representatives from research organizations, Indonesia’s National Human […]
