Komnas Perempuan Urges Bill On Ratification Of The Forced Anti-Disappearance Convention To Be Ratified

Illustration of the Komnas Perempuan Building in Jakarta. (doc. Setkab)

JAKARTA - Komnas Perempuan emphasized the importance of accelerating the discussion of the International Convention Ratification Bill for the Protection of Everyone from Forced Disappearance in the DPR to be ratified immediately.

"The ratification of this convention will provide a clear way for legal certainty for victims of forced disappearances and their families," said Komnas Perempuan Chairman Andy Yentriyani in an online public discussion entitled "Involving the Ratification of the International Convention on Force Disappearance", in Jakarta, Tuesday, August 5, was confiscated by Antara.

According to Andy, victims of forced disappearances are entitled to the truth of incidents of human rights violations.

"The part of this right to truth is of course a legal process and breaking impunity, and the most important thing is that the guarantee of events does not repeat itself in the future," he said.

Andy emphasized that Komnas Perempuan fully supports the ratification of this convention as an effort to provide legal certainty for victims of forced disappearances and their families.

"The family of the victim of forced disappearance also has the right to know the fate of his family, whether alive or dead and if he has died, the family knows where his grave is, and performs worship according to his belief as a way to cover the psychological downturn. The certainty of the status of the person removed is also important as a basis for population administration," he said.

Commission I of the DPR has agreed to discuss this bill since June 9, 2022 and there have been several discussion processes.

The first discussion was through a hearing (RDP) with Echelon I Officials of the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Law and Human Rights on January 31, 2023.

Meanwhile, the second and third discussions were carried out through a Public Hearing Meeting (RDPU) with Experts / Academics / NGOs on September 14, 2022 and June 19, 2023.

Komnas Perempuan became one of the parties who were asked for opinions regarding the ratification of this bill through the RDPU on June 19, 2023.