The Director General Of Human Rights Proposes A Form Of PP Optimizing The Protection Of Human Rights Defenders

Public Discussion on the Launch and Dissemination of Research Results of "Greet of Protection of Human Rights Defenders 2014 2023" in the Gondangdia area, Jakarta, Friday (27/9/2024). (ANTARA/Fath Putra Mulya)

JAKARTA - Director General of Human Rights (Dirjen HAM) Dhana Putra proposed the formation of a government regulation (PP), as a derivative of Law Number 39 of 1999 concerning Human Rights (UU HAM), to optimize efforts to protect human rights defenders in Indonesia.

"Perhaps, if it is not ready for changes to the Human Rights Law, then it could also be proposed about the PP related to protection for human rights defenders because it is applicative in nature," said Dhana in a public discussion in the Gondangdia area, Jakarta, Friday, September 27, which was confiscated by Antara.

According to him, Articles 100 to Article 103 of the Human Rights Law already stipulates the provisions that every person, group, organization, or institution must be involved in the protection and promotion of human rights. However, the regulation is still normative.

"Of course this requires an applicative regulation," said the Director General of Human Rights.

He said, although Articles 100 to Article 103 of the Human Rights Law did not contain the delegation of the formation of PP, the derivative regulations could still be issued.

"The mandate of the constitution is like that. To carry out the law properly, PP was formed, even though there was no delegation," he said.

However, according to Dhana, legislators can still be linear with efforts to revise the Human Rights Law. The Director General of Human Rights assessed that the current Human Rights Law has been too long, so there needs to be changes that adapt to the current conditions.

"We also already have an academic paper. Even from the prolegnas, God willing, maybe in the future we will optimize the amendment to Law Number 39 of 1999," he added.

Dhana conveyed this in response to one of the recommendations for the Partnership Report.

In the report entitled Kelubu Pelindungan Against Human Rights Defenders 2014 '2023, the Partnership found that attacks and threats against human rights defenders continued to occur with increasingly diverse patterns and forms of attack.

The partnership said that there was a change in the type of attack on human rights defenders, namely from an attack that the persecution shifted to a legal attack or judicial damage.

Therefore, one of the recommendations from the Partnership to the state is to strengthen laws and regulations on the protection of human rights defenders.

In addition, the Partnership also recommends that related parties carry out the responsibility to recognize, guarantee and protect human rights defenders, including stopping the use of violence and criminalization against human rights defenders.