Using 127 Indicators, Komnas HAM Will Measure Human Rights Implementation In Ministries/Institutions

JAKARTA - The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) initiated a planned and systematic measurement in ministries and institutions related to the implementation of human rights as 'HAM assessment'.

The program is an effort to encourage the realization of conducive conditions for the implementation of human rights in Indonesia and carry out the mandate in Law (UU) Number 39 of 1999 concerning Human Rights and Law Number 7 of 2012 concerning the handling of social conflicts.

"The assessment of human rights is a momentum to continue to strengthen and encourage human rights efforts in Indonesia," said Human Rights Advancement Sub-Commission Coordinator Anis Hidayah at the Kick-Off Meeting and Seminar on Human Rights Assessment at Ministries and State Institutions in Indonesia" on Tuesday, April 30, in a written statement, confiscated by Antara.

He said Komnas HAM's initiative to conduct this assessment was because there was no method that could measure compliance with ministries and institutions on human rights principles comprehensively and sustainably.

"Until today, no one method has been able to measure the implementation of human rights. The purpose of this assessment is to encourage the responsibility in the implementation of human rights to be more optimal by the government as the stakeholder of human rights obligations," he said.

He said there were two categories of rights that were considered, namely economic and social rights as well as civil and political rights.

On economic and social rights, what will be judged is non-discrimination, the right to health, the right to education, and the right to work. As for civil and political rights, what is considered is the right to freedom of opinion and expression as well as the right to freedom of assembly and organization.

In practice, he said, the national commission used 127 indicators to measure the fulfillment of state obligations in the implementation of human rights.

To carry out the Human Rights Assessment program which is part of the national priority, said Anis, Komnas HAM will conduct trials of the program in seven ministries and institutions.

Then, in 2025, Komnas HAM will conduct human rights assessments of the seven ministries and institutions. Furthermore, a gradual human rights assessment will be held to seven local governments.

The first phase of this year is that there are seven ministries and institutions. The first is related to the right to health, the Ministry of Health. Then the right to education at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek). Then the right to work is the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker) and BP2MI. Then the right to freedom of expression and opinion is that there are the Police and the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo)," said Anis.