Joint Letter on Indonesia’s Candidacy for Election to the UN Human Rights Council

19 September 2023

Indonesia is seeking to become a member of the UN Human Rights Council for the next two years. The elections for the UN Human Rights Council for the 2024 – 2026 period will be held in October 2023. Indonesia is re-applying for membership.

The Human Rights Council is the key UN intergovernmental body responsible for human rights, charged with overseeing, promoting and protecting human rights around the world. It needs human rights compliant states to be a credible body.

A ... read more

Posted on 05:03 PM in democracy, Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Environment & Climate

#TalkAboutPapua: Indonesia’s new Criminal Code – Impacts on Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Papua

Monday, 11th of September 2023, 6:30 p.m., Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin

On 6th December 2022 the Indonesian Parliament passed a new Criminal Code. It contains a number of provisions that put civil liberties at considerable risk and seriously violate international human rights law and standards. In today’s event of the series #TalkAboutPapua our guest Andreas Harsono, seasoned researcher at Human Rights Watch Indonesia and long-time observer of Papuan affairs, will shed light on the anticipated implications regarding the ... read more

Posted on 07:58 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua
Tags: #TalkAboutPapua, Comflict, Conflict, Criminal Code, Indonesia, Indonsia, Papua, penal code, Strafgesetz, Westpapua

(Deutsch) Hannover Messe: Keine Investitionen auf Kosten von Umwelt und Menschenrechten

Sorry, this entry is not available in English

Posted on 12:58 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Press Releases, Environment & Climate
Tags: Hannover Messe, Indigenenrechte Indonesien, Indonesia, International People's Tribunal, Klimaschutz, human rights, Rettet den Regenwald e.V., Stiftung Asienhaus, Watch Indonesia! e.V

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Indonesia

submitted March 2022

https://www.watchindonesia.de/wp-content/uploads/UPR_Submission_Indonesia_-2022_WI_WPN.pdf

 

Human Rights Council
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Indonesia
4th cycle (7-18 November 2022)

Joint Stakeholders’ Submission by:
Watch Indonesia! e.V.
West Papua Network (WPN)

I. Introduction

1. This stakeholder report is a joint submission by Watch Indonesia! and the West Papua Network (Westpapua-Netzwerk, WPN). The report highlights key concerns, trends and significant developments in the human rights situation in Indonesia including a particular focus on the region West Papua between June 2017 and March ... read more

Posted on 02:52 PM in Activities, joint position papers, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Position Papers, Press Freedom, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Society & Religion
Tags: 1965, discrimination, women's rights, Gerechtigkeit, Indonesia, Justiz, communism, human rights, military, Minderheitenrechte, Munir, Papua, Police, religion, impunity, terrorism, death penalty, Vereinte Nationen, dealing with the past, Westpapua, Women´s rights

(Deutsch) Dossier: Menschenrechte 2022. Aktuelle Lage in 17 Ländern. Politische Handlungsempfehlungen (Internationale Advocacy Netzwerke)

Sorry, this entry is not available in English

Posted on 05:52 PM in Activities, joint studies and reports, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Publications

Westpapua: Reject Extension of Special Autonomy & Free Victor Yeimo

West Papuan people are rejecting the extension and revision of the special autonomy law. In support of a call by West Papuan grassroots organisations, on 25 May 2021 TAPOL and the Papuan People’s Petition (Petisi Rakyat Papua, PRP) hosted a range of West Papuan grassroots organisations and NGOs from around the world to make statements at an online event titled “West Papua: Reject Extension of Special Autonomy and Free Victor Yeimo”. Victor Yeimo is the international spokesperson for PRP who ... read more

Posted on 11:36 AM in Activities, democracy, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Press Freedom, Regional Conflicts
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, human rights, Papua, political prisoners, Westpapua

Women’s Rights and Violence against Women in Indonesia with a focus on West Papua

19th May 2021, 11am – 12.30pm (CEST) I 4pm Jakarta Time (WIB), 6pm Jayapura time (WIT)

In English and Bahasa Indonesia with translation

Indonesia is ranked 107th out of 195 countries and regions on the 2020 Gender Development Index. Women’s civil liberties and human rights are neither on the political nor the legal level sufficiently addressed, particularly when it comes to gender
based violence or discrimination. In West Papua, women’s lives are additionally burdened by the ongoing armed conflict as well as ... read more

Posted on 04:55 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, Papua, Women´s rights

Neue Publikation: Themenheft Menschenrechte in Indonesien und Timor-Leste 2020

Watch Indonesia! Für Menschenrechte, Demokratie und Umwelt in Indonesien und Osttimor e.V. (Hg.)

© Watch Indonesia! e.V. 2020

zum download

Editorial

Große Hoffnungen wurden 2014 in den Amtsantritt des amtierenden indonesischen Präsidenten Joko Widodo, besser bekannt als „Jokowi“, gelegt. Zuvor begeisterte er mit seinem Wahlkampf all jene Indonesier*innen, die an eine Fortführung der 1998 initiierten Reformasi, die eine umfassende demokratische Öffnung beinhaltete, glaubten. Jokowi nährte den Glauben in der Bevölkerung an die Verwirklichung der Menschenrechte und die ... read more

Posted on 01:26 PM in Justice, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, East Timor, Papua, Position Papers, Press Freedom, Publications, Studies, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, Watch's Studies and Reports
Tags: Frauen, women's rights, gender, Indonesia, LGBTQI, human rights, Menschenrechte Indonesien, East Timor, press freedom, Strflosigkeit, Timor-Leste, transitional justice

Online Discussion: Indonesia 55 years after Suharto’s seizure of power. End impunity, secure human rights!

 

Human Rights Day

Thursday, 10 December 2020 – 14-16 h (CEST) / 20 – 22h (WIB)

*Held in English with translation                                                                                         *Deutscher Veranstaltungstext s. unten

2020 marks the 55th anniversary of General Suharto establishing the military regime commonly known as ... read more

Posted on 11:56 AM in Activities, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Regional Conflicts
Tags: 1965, human rights, Indonesia, palm oil, Papua, impunity

WATCH AND DISCUSS: Indonesische Dokumentarfilmreihe “Wirtschaftswachstum zuerst, Menschenrechte später?!”

*English version below*

Online-Veranstaltungsreihe*

*In englischer Sprache; Deutschübersetzung der Diskussion bei Bedarf

WATCH AND DISCUSS

Im Rahmen unserer Online-Veranstaltungsreihe “Wirtschaftswachstum zuerst, Menschenrechte später?!” laden wir Euch herzlich zur Filmvorführung und Diskussion  zum Thema

Religionsfreiheit in Indonesien in Gefahr?

am Mittwoch, den 14. Oktober 2020 um 16 Uhr MESZ/ 10.00 EDT / 21.00 WIB ein

Die rhetorische Unterstützung der Menschenrechte durch den indonesischen Präsidenten Joko “Jokowi” Widodo hat auch in Punkto Religionsfreiheit nicht zu sinnvollen politischen Initiativen geführt. Religiöse Minderheiten sind Schikanen, Einschüchterungen und Gewalt durch Regierungsbeamte und ... read more

Posted on 10:24 AM in Activities, democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Society & Religion, Environment & Climate