HAKAN Encourages Update Of The Citizenship Law: Protection Of Mixed Marriage Children And Diaspora Becomes A National Agenda

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JAKARTA - Thousands of children from mixed marriages and Indonesian diaspora descendants are still facing legal status uncertainty. They often lose their citizenship because the age limit for choosing Indonesian citizens is too short, or hampered when they want to re-committ to their homeland.

This condition is proof that Indonesian citizenship regulations have not fully sided with the social dynamics of modern society and global reality.

Seeing these problems, the Hope of Inter-National Families (HAKAN) is present as a forum for the mixed marriage family and the Indonesian diaspora.

Through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) themed Changes of the Citizenship Law: Encouraging Indonesia Gold 2045, Thursday, November 6, HAKAN invites various stakeholders from legislative, executive, and academic elements to discuss the direction of national citizenship policy in the future.

This forum is an important momentum to formulate more inclusive and humanist legal solutions, so that the country does not lose the potential of the younger generation of the diaspora who have received international education and experience.

Umun HAKAN Chair Analia Trisna assessed that the renewal of Law Number 12 of 2006 is a strategic step to ensure legal protection for all children of the nation, without exception, including those born from across countries and cultures.

Through this activity, HAK hopes that the issue of citizenship can be a serious concern for the government and the DPR in the draft national policy. The improvement of the citizenship system is believed to strengthen the role of the diaspora and Indonesian descendants abroad as strategic partners in realizing the vision of Indonesia Emas 2045.

The hope of Inter-National Families (HAKAN) is an organization that focuses on legal advocacy, social protection, and empowerment of mixed marriage families and Indonesian diaspora.

HAKAN is committed to becoming a bridge between the state and its citizens abroad to ensure that national rights remain protected and contribute to national development.