Identifier
Created
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08JAKARTA405
2008-02-28 11:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
HUMAN RIGHTS -- CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATES IN UN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 000405
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, DRL/AWH, IO,
DRL/MLGA FOR SHAMMOND
IO/RHS FOR AOSTERMEIER
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/28/2018
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL ID
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS -- CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATES IN UN
REVIEW
REF: STATE 15507
Classified By: Dep/Pol/C Daniel Turnbull for reasons 1.4 (b,d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 000405
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, DRL/AWH, IO,
DRL/MLGA FOR SHAMMOND
IO/RHS FOR AOSTERMEIER
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/28/2018
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL ID
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS -- CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATES IN UN
REVIEW
REF: STATE 15507
Classified By: Dep/Pol/C Daniel Turnbull for reasons 1.4 (b,d).
1. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia--one of the first members of the
UN Human Rights Council--will be among the first tranche of
countries to undergo a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by
that body. Indonesian civil society coalitions have
submitted information on human rights to the UN Human Rights
Council for consideration during the review, which will take
place in mid-April. Activists from national and Papuan NGOs
have used the UPR to leverage GOI counterparts on human
rights concerns. This message responds to reftel request.
END SUMMARY.
2. (C) MAJOR COALITIONS INVOLVED: Several major coalitions
of NGOs have provided input to the UPR process. Poloffs met
separately with Rafendi Djamin, head of Human Rights Working
Group (HRWG),and Budi Hernawan from the Catholic Diocese of
Jayapura, who represent an interdenominational coalition of
Papuan human rights groups. We encouraged their
participation in the U.N. review.
3. (U) AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DOMESTIC ADVOCATES: Rafendi told
us that HRWG had worked with 24 other NGOs to gather
information to submit to the UN for use in Indonesia's
review. The 24 NGOs reportedly had used the need to provide
information on human rights concerns for the UPR as an
opportunity to leverage meetings with GOI counterparts on key
human rights concerns. HRWG had held consultative meetings
with major civil society organizations, including the CEDAW
Working Group of Indonesia, ELSAM, Kontras, legal aid
organizations and others to gather information for the
submission. Before finalizing their submission, the
coalition had met with GOI counterparts, including the
military and the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas
HAM),to discuss the key concerns to be included in the civil
society submission to the UPR process.
4. (C) ANGLING FROM JAYAPURA: Human rights NGOs in the
Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua are also
participating in the UPR. The Catholic Peace and Justice
Secretariat (SKP) and the Evangelical Christian Church of
SIPDIS
Papua--the region's major Protestant denomination--have
prepared a major report on human rights in the region for
inclusion in the UPR process. Given the history of human
rights violations in Indonesia's two easternmost provinces,
human rights groups there are keen to participate in the
process.
5. (C) THE BOTTOM LINE: Indonesian civil society is engaged
with the UPR and several major NGOs are using it to their
advantage to further domestic conversations with key GOI
interlocutors, such as the military, about human rights.
Poloffs encouraged this and will continue to monitor
civil-society reactions to the UN review of Indonesia's human
rights challenges.
HUME
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, DRL/AWH, IO,
DRL/MLGA FOR SHAMMOND
IO/RHS FOR AOSTERMEIER
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/28/2018
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL ID
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS -- CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATES IN UN
REVIEW
REF: STATE 15507
Classified By: Dep/Pol/C Daniel Turnbull for reasons 1.4 (b,d).
1. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia--one of the first members of the
UN Human Rights Council--will be among the first tranche of
countries to undergo a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by
that body. Indonesian civil society coalitions have
submitted information on human rights to the UN Human Rights
Council for consideration during the review, which will take
place in mid-April. Activists from national and Papuan NGOs
have used the UPR to leverage GOI counterparts on human
rights concerns. This message responds to reftel request.
END SUMMARY.
2. (C) MAJOR COALITIONS INVOLVED: Several major coalitions
of NGOs have provided input to the UPR process. Poloffs met
separately with Rafendi Djamin, head of Human Rights Working
Group (HRWG),and Budi Hernawan from the Catholic Diocese of
Jayapura, who represent an interdenominational coalition of
Papuan human rights groups. We encouraged their
participation in the U.N. review.
3. (U) AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DOMESTIC ADVOCATES: Rafendi told
us that HRWG had worked with 24 other NGOs to gather
information to submit to the UN for use in Indonesia's
review. The 24 NGOs reportedly had used the need to provide
information on human rights concerns for the UPR as an
opportunity to leverage meetings with GOI counterparts on key
human rights concerns. HRWG had held consultative meetings
with major civil society organizations, including the CEDAW
Working Group of Indonesia, ELSAM, Kontras, legal aid
organizations and others to gather information for the
submission. Before finalizing their submission, the
coalition had met with GOI counterparts, including the
military and the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas
HAM),to discuss the key concerns to be included in the civil
society submission to the UPR process.
4. (C) ANGLING FROM JAYAPURA: Human rights NGOs in the
Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua are also
participating in the UPR. The Catholic Peace and Justice
Secretariat (SKP) and the Evangelical Christian Church of
SIPDIS
Papua--the region's major Protestant denomination--have
prepared a major report on human rights in the region for
inclusion in the UPR process. Given the history of human
rights violations in Indonesia's two easternmost provinces,
human rights groups there are keen to participate in the
process.
5. (C) THE BOTTOM LINE: Indonesian civil society is engaged
with the UPR and several major NGOs are using it to their
advantage to further domestic conversations with key GOI
interlocutors, such as the military, about human rights.
Poloffs encouraged this and will continue to monitor
civil-society reactions to the UN review of Indonesia's human
rights challenges.
HUME