Mahfud MD: Many Do Not Understand The Difference Between Serious Human Rights Violations And Serious Crimes

The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) of the Republic of Indonesia Prof. Mahdfud Md explained the difference between gross human rights violations and serious human rights crimes in Padang, Monday (18/12/2023). BETWEEN/Muhammad Zulfikar.

PADANG - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) Prof Mahfud Md said that many parties cannot distinguish between gross human rights violations and serious crimes. "The serious human rights crime was committed by residents against the residents. It was a serious human rights crime," said Mahfud Md in Padang, Antara, Monday, December 18. Meanwhile, what is meant by gross human rights violations is carried out in a structured, systematic and massive manner. If the perpetrator is the state by making a plan then it can be concluded as a gross human rights violation, even though the number of victims is only one person. However, if in a tragedy dozens of people died and hundreds of people were injured as happened in Sorong Papua, and a group of criminals was carried out, it would fall into the category of serious human rights crimes. "So, it must be distinguished by serious human rights crimes from gross human rights violations. Unfortunately sometimes people fuss over it and say the government does not understand its definition," he explained. In front of Andalas University students, Prof Mahfud explained the cause of gross human rights violations in 1965 until now cannot be brought to a human rights court because he has no strong evidence. "In addition, the perpetrators of gross human rights violations in 1965 have also died, making it difficult to drag the case to court," he said. "The 1965 case, General Suharto's generation is all dead, while those who are not dead are not involved in making decisions," he explained.

Not only that, the involvement of General Suharto has not been proven because at that time it was a civil war. For example, what happened in the East Java region between the PKI and the pesantren.