Hope Privately Involved, Menkumham Yasonna Encourages Digital Platforms To Overcome Human Traffic

Menkumham Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly. (Between)

JAKARTA - Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly said the use of technology is an important way to overcome the current problems of human trafficking.

He also encouraged collective efforts from various parties to address the issue of human smuggling and human trafficking. Including the involvement of the private sector.

"Strengthening the involvement of various digital technologies and platforms can reduce the risk of human trafficking in online spaces," he said in a written statement, Thursday, February 9, was confiscated by Antara.

In its implementation, he said, strong communication is needed between platform makers, policymakers and law enforcers so that technology can work optimally.

The Indonesian government itself has issued various policies to address human trafficking problems. This can be found in the new Criminal Code (KUHP), and Government Regulations in Lieu of the Job Creation Law (Perppu of the Job Creation Law) which are expected to positively support business and labor protection.

In the future, Indonesia will advocate for a more responsive and proactive Bali Process on the trend of human trafficking and encourage increased collaboration between all members, observers and other relevant stakeholders.

On this occasion, Yasonna said that the Government of Indonesia, especially the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, is also committed to creating a conducive environment for foreign investors. This is realized in the form of legal reforms to increase ease of doing business in Indonesia, one of which is reform in the immigration sector.

"The ease of doing business in Indonesia is supported by the simplification of immigration policies and immigration services online," he said.

One of these conveniences is that currently foreigners can get visas to live in Indonesia under the second house policy.

In addition to policy reform in the field of immigration, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights has also launched digital applications for the establishment of individual companies (PT Individuals) to facilitate micro and small businesses as legal entities.

Then there is also a simplification of the process of legalizing foreign public documents through apotille services. Apostille significantly cut the bureaucracy in legalizing foreign public documents and preventing unnecessary business transaction delays due to the long legalization process.

To note, the Bali Process or Bali Process on People Smugling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime is a cooperation forum that discusses issues of trafficking in persons, smuggling of humans and other related crimes in the region.

The multilateral organization consists of 49 international countries and organizations as well as 18 observer countries and nine international organizations.