WHRDs Day 2021: Interview with Damairia Pakpahan

29 November & 10 December 2021 Interview with Damairia Pakpahan Country Representative for PI in Indonesia On the occasion of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (29 November) and Human Rights Day (10 December) we asked some of the women human rights defenders working for PI about their experiences, passions and visions for a better […]
Commemorating International Women’s Day

Towards Justice through Gender Equality and Awareness Watch the recordings of the event to learn more about the important role played by Women Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia (in Bahasa Indonesia) Jakarta [19 March] – International Women’s Day, commemorated internationally every year on 8 March, is a tradition started in 1908 when more than 15.000 […]
WHRDs’ Important Role Promoted Through a Video Contest and Documentary Films Screening

Commemorating International Women’s Day Towards Justice through Gender Equality and Awareness [Jakarta] 19 March 2021 – International Women’s Day, commemorated internationally every year on 8 March, is a tradition started in 1908 when more than 15.000 women marched to demand shorter working hours, good wages and voting rights in New York.1 On the occasion of […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition “Repression and Silencing of Activists Is Not Just: Indonesia’s Electronic Information and Transactions Law “

[Jakarta] 22 February, 2021 “If the ITE Law cannot provide a sense of justice, I will ask the DPR to jointly revise this law, this ITE Law” (President Joko Widodo during a TNI-Polri leadership meeting at the State Palace, Monday 15/2/2021) The President’s statement is a reaction to the public unrest towards the many criminalization […]
2020: A Dark Page in the History of Human Rights in Indonesia

Several human rights organisations reflected back on this past year and are calling for a government response against the declining human rights standards in the country Respect for human rights is not yet the norm in Indonesia, and fighting for basic rights remains a steep challenge for many. Human rights defenders play a vital role […]
National Human Rights Institutions and the Protection of Human Rights Defenders: Insights from Indonesia and Thailand

National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) that comply with the Paris Principles are in a unique position to guide and advice Governments on their human rights obligations, including their duty to protect human rights defenders. Even if their mandate may be limited on paper, there is a whole range of actions they can undertake to contribute […]