Minister Yasonna Leaks The Contents Of Jokowi's Presidential Decree In Past Human Rights Cases, What Is It?

Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly (Screenshot/ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkum HAM) Yasonna Laoly gave a leak regarding the presidential decree (keppres) regarding the settlement of serious human rights cases in the past which was being drafted. In the Presidential Decree, it will be oriented towards efforts to recover victims.

"The presidential decree that is being prepared by the government is solely oriented towards efforts to restore victims of past gross human rights violations," Yasonna said in a webinar broadcast on the FHUNPAK YouTube channel, quoted from Antara, Friday, December 10.

The orientation is intended so that peace between the parties concerned and the unity and integrity of the nation can be realized without intervening in the judicial handling process as mandated by Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the Court of Human Rights.

It should be noted that, apart from being oriented towards the recovery of victims, the presidential decree on the resolution of past serious human rights cases consists of two other important points. These points are the disclosure of the truth of cases of gross human rights violations in the past and a guarantee that these gross human rights violations will not be repeated in the future.

The presidential decree, Yasonna added, will become the legal basis for ministries/agencies, local governments, and other parties involved in handling incidents of alleged gross human rights violations through non-judicial mechanisms that are more planned, systematic, and integrated.

Then, Yasonna emphasized that the government's efforts in drafting the presidential decree were not aimed at replacing the role of the Law on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (UU KKR).

"The government's efforts are not in order to replace the role and function of the Law on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which has been annulled by the Constitutional Court," he stressed.

On the other hand, he explained, the government through the Directorate General of Human Rights and the National Law Development Agency of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights is currently refining the academic text of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Bill.

"The draft Law on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a follow-up to the cancellation of Law Number 27 of 2004 concerning the Truth and Reconciliation Commission," said Yasonna.