Jakarta – The year 2019 was grim in terms of the enforcement of human rights, as it was a political year for the nation, according to Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM).
” The year 2019 was a grim year for human rights enforcement,” Deputy Chair of Komnas HAM Hairansyah mentioned throughout an online interview on Tuesday.
The Commission noted that a number of polling officers (KPPS) had lost their lives following the April 2019 simultaneous governmental and legal elections, while 10 protesters passed away during the post-election rallies on Might 21-23 in Jakarta, whereas five protesters lost their lives, and 2 others got injured throughout rallies held to reject the revisions of the law on the Corruption Obliteration Commission (KPK) and the Criminal Code (KUHP) in a number of regions.
Previously, the criminals behind the loss of those lives have neither been called nor processed lawfully.
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The abovementioned reports on human rights offenses were amongst 2,727 problems received by Komnas HAM in 2019, with most grievances targeting the National Authorities.
Most accusations of human rights violations devoted by the authorities worried the use of force, reaching 45 percent; followed by slow handling of cases, touching 23 percent; legal proceedings not following the treatments, at 10 percent; torture, 10 percent; criminalization, five percent; discrimination, 4 percent; and others, 3 percent.
In order to avoid future offense of human rights and no recurrence of the 2019 bleak human rights records, the Commission has actually advised that the president strengthen the commitment to magnify the protection of human rights and promote policies and regulations in line with the human rights requirements.
” The context in the future is how to bring back human spirit or dignity in the country, specifically the state, especially the government,” Hairansyah highlighted.
Komnas HAM has advised to the National Authorities chief to end the culture of violence within the ranks and files of the apparatus and to avoid from using abuse in the line of responsibility.
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