Police join rights workshop<\/p>\n
CIBOGO, West Java (JP): All deputy police chiefs from
\nprecincts in seven strife-torn provinces are taking part in a
\ntwo-week human rights workshop here, which started on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The 38 officers, who are assistant superintendents, are
\njoining 38 representatives of campus-based human rights groups in
\nthe program funded by the United Nations High Commissioner for
\nRefugees (UNHCR) and organized by the Ministry of Justice and
\nHuman Rights.<\/p>\n
In his speech read by Deputy Minister for Human Rights
\nPromotion Hafid Abbas, Minister of Justice and Human Rights
\nYusril Ihza Mahendra said the workshop was expected to improve
\nthe participants' skills in handling refugees and promoting human
\nrights values.<\/p>\n
Yusril identified the troubled provinces as Maluku, Aceh,
\nRiau, Irian Jaya, East Nusa Tenggara, Southeast Sulawesi and West
\nKalimantan.<\/p>\n
\"As part of the international community, we have to abide by
\nvarious international conventions related to the management of
\nrefugees and protection of human rights,\" Yusril said.<\/p>\n
The workshop, he said, was also expected to prevent human
\nrights violations in violence-prone areas, which in the past were
\nlargely blamed on security authorities.<\/p>\n
Hafid said that after the workshop, the officers would be
\nresponsible in sharing their knowledge with some 7,100 police
\nofficers ranked below them.<\/p>\n
At the end of the workshop, the officers will receive diplomas
\nwhich allow them to train personnel.<\/p>\n
Speakers at the workshop include Hafis, Phillipa Candler of
\nUNHCR, Satya Arinanto of the University of Indonesia and several
\nofficers from the National Police. (01)<\/p>",
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