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.

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

(Deutsch) Pressemitteilung vom 10.05.2023 zur Hauptversammlung der HeidelbergCement AG am 11.05.2023

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Posted on 05:08 PM in Activities, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Press Releases, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aktionärsversammlung, end cemend, HeidelbergZement, HeidelbergZement AG, Indonesia, Kendeng, Save Kendeng, Zement

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

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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

(Deutsch) Diskussionspapier zum Parlamentarischen Frühstück zu Feministischer Entwicklungspolitik

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Posted on 05:39 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Publications
Tags: Government of Germany, feministische Außenpolitik, feministische Entwicklungspolitik, Indonesia

New Publication on Urban Transformation in Jakarta und Berlin 2022

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

© Watch Indonesia! e.V. 2022 

Articles available in English and Bahasa Indonesia:

• Joint Centre Urban Systems: Facilitating Co-Governance and International Collaboration for Sustainability in Jakarta by Urban Transition Management 
• Sarinah: Dari Alienasi ke Partisipasi bagi transformasi perkotaan yang berkeadilan sosial 
• Eka Kusuma and Seruni F. Lestari: Going Sustainable – Behind the Effort Towards a more  Eco-friendly Online Food Culture in Jakarta 
• Frans A. ... read more

Posted on 02:48 PM in Activities, Disasters, Feature, Human Development, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Project Urban Transformation, Publications, Studies, Environment & Climate
Tags: Berlin, democracy, Energiewende, Entfremdung, Jakarta, Kampung, Kiez, Klimaadaption, Klimakrise, Klimanotstand, Müll, Ökologie, Partizipation, Räumungen, Resilienz, Stadtentwicklung, Teilhabe, Transition Management, Urbane Transformation, Urbanisierung, Verkehrswende, Wasserkrise, Wohnen

(Deutsch) G20-Gipfel im Zeichen der Multikrise – Wo steht Indonesien?

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Posted on 06:53 PM in Human Rights, Information and Analysis, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Economy, Europe G20 Summit, G20, G20 presidency, G20 presidency Indonesia, Indonesia, Joko Widodo

(Deutsch) Hauptversammlung von HeidelbergCement 2022

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Posted on 04:33 PM in "In the Spotlight", Activities, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Campaign, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, Karst, Kenden, Save Kendeng, SaveKendeng, Umwelt, Zement

(Deutsch) Pressemitteilungen zur Hauptversammlung von HeidelbergCement

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Posted on 06:28 PM in Activities, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Campaign, Mining, Press Releases, Environment & Climate
Tags: EndCement, HeidelbergCement, Kendeng

Refugees in Indonesia: Lingering in Permanent Limbo?

by Annika Püfke and Antje Missbach

In December 2021, for the fourth time within the last two years, Indonesian authorities saw themselves forced to facilitate a rescue mission to save 105 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, from deadly danger at sea. Having fled persecution in Myanmar and then become stuck in refugee camps in Bangladesh, the Rohingya had suffered perilous conditions for more than a month, trapped on an unseaworthy boat and insufficiently equipped ... read more

Posted on 04:44 PM in Activities, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: Aceh, Asyl, Asylum, asylum seekers, boat, Boot, detention centre, refugees, Geflüchtete, Indonesia, Internierung, Rohingya

(Deutsch) Neue Hauptstadt, alte Probleme

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Posted on 03:10 PM in Activities, democracy, Indonesia, Publications, Society & Religion, Environment & Climate