JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra said the target for Indonesia to serve as president of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a common desire.
"The desire of the Indonesian government to play an increasingly important role in the international arena, including in the field of human rights," said Yusril in a press conference in Jakarta, Wednesday, December 17, reported by ANTARA.
He said Indonesia had been elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council several times, namely six times after being elected with the highest vote (186 votes) in October 2023.
In fact, he continued, in 2024 Indonesia, represented by Ambassador Febrian Ruddyard, served as one of the Vice Presidents of the UN Human Rights Council.
According to him, this illustrates Indonesia's progress in carrying out international diplomacy as a participation in creating lasting world peace and confirms the establishment of colonialism on earth must be abolished because it is against humanity and justice.
The international diplomacy was coordinated by several ministries, namely the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Human Rights, the Ministry of Law, the Ministry of Coordinating for Political and Security Affairs, and the Ministry of Coordinating for Political and Security Affairs.
"I myself have attended the Human Rights Council in Geneva many times and we have started to be asked frequently, we explain once with the best possible way and of course there are shortcomings so we also make improvements," he said.
Indonesia's desire to become president of the UN Human Rights Council was previously voiced by Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai in the momentum of the 77th World Human Rights Day.
"Today, the Ministry of Human Rights with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the Deputy Head of Bappenas, has taken a position today, we will seize the president of the UN Human Rights Council," said Pigai when delivering his speech at the World Human Rights Day event, in Jakarta, Wednesday (10/12).
Pigai said that to achieve Indonesia's Gold 2045, preparations need to be made from now on, starting with prioritizing human rights values. According to him, in the next five years, Indonesia needs to build human rights strengthening.
"What is broken, we recover, repair. What is good, we maintain, maintenance. What does not exist, we build. The next five years will accelerate, until 2034. The following five years, we will influence the region. Only the last five years, we are leading (leading) at the world level," he said.
Pigai said that taking over the baton of world leadership should not be taken lightly. This step, he said, can begin by making Indonesia the president of the UN Human Rights Council.
The department is considered important so that Indonesia can initiate the formation of human rights policies that have not existed so far. He highlighted the absence of conventions on human rights and corruption, human rights and the environment, human rights and elections, to human rights and development.
"If the leadership of the president of the UN Human Rights Council is in the hands of the son of the Indonesian nation, he will knock and will change the world order. Sure. So, don't wait for 2045 to lead the world, today we start, but we have to build civilization," he said.
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