Jakarta, dpd.go.id – The Case in Freeport Papua has not faded and now the case in Mesuji and Bima adding the long lists of violations of human rights (HAM) in Indonesia. Could the fault lies in Law Number 39 Year 2009 on Human Rights so it needs to be revised, or the fault lies in the lack of supervision on the implementation of this law?

Poengky Indarti, Imparsial Executive Director, mentioned that the lack of understanding of human rights (HAM) for the apparatus and the bureaucracy, also the lack of monitoring of human rights violations to be one of the triggers for these human rights cases. “I suggest holding some education and training for the officials and the bureaucracies to minimize incidents like this”, he explained in the Public Hearings Meeting Committee I DPD RI. Poengky also adds there are weaknesses in the law on human rights that need to be revised, such as the authority of the National Commission on Human Rights is proposed to be made a separate Law in order to strengthen the function and role of National Commission on Human Rights.

Perpetrators of torture in cases of violations of human rights today is mostly done by state officials such as police and army, so that violations are carried out without any action to punish the perpetrators. “If they were convicted, they would just get a lighter sentence. This is why the protection of human rights in our country is getting worse “, said Wahyu Wagiman (Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy) at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday (17/01/2012).

According to Sri Palupi, violence against migrant workers, especially women, malnutrition, unemployment and all the things as a result of poverty, is a form of human rights violations. “When it is viewed from the side of the economic, social and cultural rights, many people have been deprived of their rights. Whether it’s their rights to work, health, education, social security and the rights of families to get help “, said this Chairman of the Institute for Ecosoc Rights.

It is expected that the government to implement tougher laws to the perpetrators of violations, especially state officials, and will be even better if the government also established a human rights court in conflict-prone areas.

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