Ready To Join The Indonesian Delegation At The UN UPR Session, Menkumham Will Explain The Achievement Of Human Rights In The Country

Menkumham Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly. (Between)

JAKARTA - Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) Yasonna H. Laoly is scheduled to lead the Indonesian delegation at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session.

Yasonna will discuss human rights progress in the country in the meeting which will be held on 9-11 November 2022 at the UN Human Rights Council.

"The UPR trial is an important agenda for the Indonesian government," said Director General of Human Rights at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Mualimin Abdi in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, November 8.

Mualimin said the meeting would be an event to explain the human rights progress that the Government of Indonesia has made to the international community.

"The joint constructive dialogue at the UN Human Rights Council will once again show that Indonesia has a strong commitment in the promotion of human rights in the country," he said.

In the forum, said Mualimin, Yasonna will also explain a number of challenges and achievements that have been carried out by the Government of Indonesia in the progress of human rights.

"The Minister plans to also explain the achievements of the Indonesian Government in mainstreaming business and human rights in Indonesia," he explained.

During the UN UPR session, Yasonna will be accompanied by the Indonesian Permanent Deputy for the United Nations in Geneva, namely Febryan A. Ruddyard. Including delegation members from various ministries and non-ministerial government agencies.

For information, the UN UPR session was a meeting held at the UN Human Rights Council to review efforts to progress human rights by 193 UN member states.

The delegates who attended not only submitted reports, but also had dialogues and recorded a number of constructive criticisms in recommendations submitted by UN member states.

The Indonesian government has also carefully prepared the report script which will be raised on the agenda.

Not only involving ministries and non-ministerial government agencies concerned, the report has also been discussed intensively with academics and human rights activists in the country.