Human rights courses planned for universities<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights is
\ndeveloping courses in human rights to be taught at universities.<\/p>\n
Commission chairman Munawir Sjadzali said that currently the
\nsubject could not be taught at primary or secondary schools.<\/p>\n
\"Our school curriculum is already too big,\" Munawir said.<\/p>\n
Initially it is hoped that human rights would be taught as an
\noptional subject at universities, he said, adding that he had
\ndiscussed the matter with officials at the Ministry of Education
\nand Culture.<\/p>\n
Munawir opened a workshop yesterday to hammer out the human
\nrights studies curriculum.<\/p>\n
The four-day meeting, held at the commission's headquarters in
\nJakarta, is jointly organized with the Canadian Human Rights
\nCommission.<\/p>\n
Twenty-five participants -- from the government, military,
\nuniversities, non-governmental organizations and of the human
\nrights commission -- are involved.<\/p>\n
The involvement of Canada follows the visit by Canadian Prime
\nMinister Jean Chretien in January 1996, during which he pledged
\nhis government's cooperation to help with the promotion of human
\nrights in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Canadian Ambassador Gary J. Smith told The Jakarta Post
\nyesterday that the cooperation was a two-way exchange of ideas
\nand information between members of the two human rights
\ncommissions.<\/p>\n
\"We are talking about how information on human rights is
\npassed along to the citizens and the governments in various
\ncountries. We have quite a long experience in Canada with our
\nhuman right commission,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Canada has been one of the most vocal foreign critics of
\nIndonesia's human rights record. In 1992, it froze financial
\nassistance to Indonesia in protest over Jakarta's policy in East
\nTimor.<\/p>\n
The workshop is the first project that the Indonesian human
\nrights commission has held with a foreign institution. (05)<\/p>",
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