Senior academics and the wider academic community at Padjadjaran\nUniversity (Unpad) issued the Padjadjaran Appeal, criticising\nIndonesia\u2019s membership of the Board of Peace (BoP) and the Agreement on\nReciprocal Trade (ART), as well as the military aggression by the United\nStates and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to\nAtwar Bajari, chair of Unpad\u2019s Council of Professors, Indonesia\u2019s stance\nin diplomacy and its independent foreign policy is currently undergoing\na severe test amid various dynamics. \u2018From President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s\ndecision to join the Board of Peace, to the signing of the Agreement on\nReciprocal Trade (ART), the substance of which is highly detrimental to\nIndonesia, and to the military aggression against Iran conducted by\nIsrael with American support,\u2019 he said in a written statement on Friday,\n6 March 2026.<\/p>\n
The Padjadjaran Appeal notes that the opening of the 1945\nConstitution positions Indonesia firmly on foreign policy principles\nthat support freedom as a right of all nations and the abolition of\ncolonialism everywhere for reasons of humanity and justice; Indonesia\nalso participates in upholding a world order based on independence,\nlasting peace and social justice. The group of Unpad professors strongly\ncondemned the military action by Israel with US support against the\nIslamic Republic of Iran, arguing that attacking a sovereign state\nconstitutes an extreme escalation that breaches international law,\nthreatens regional stability, and raises the risk of a broader regional\nconflict. \u2018If such practices are permitted to continue, the\ninternational legal order based on the rule of law will lose its moral\nand legal legitimacy,\u2019 said Atwar.<\/p>\n
The Council of Professors also expressed deep sorrow at the deaths of\nIran\u2019s leaders and other civilians. The tragedy is seen not only as a\nloss for Iran, but also as a dangerous precedent in international\nrelations in which political murder of a head of state or leader could\nbecome normalised as a tool of foreign policy. The Unpad professors\nurged the Indonesian government to act firmly and consistently with the\nprinciples of an independent and active foreign policy, and with the\nconstitutional mandate to participate in maintaining world order based\non independence, lasting peace and social justice. \u2018The President should\nurgently conduct a comprehensive evaluation of membership in the Board\nof Peace,\u2019 he said. The House of Representatives was also urged to\nconduct a critical study of the broad impacts of the Agreement on\nReciprocal Trade (ART) and of Indonesia\u2019s membership in the Board of\nPeace. The Padjadjaran Appeal was also directed at the United Nations\n(UN) and the international community to immediately halt all forms of\nmilitary aggression and to press all parties to return to the diplomatic\npath and to seek resolution in accordance with international law.<\/p>\n
Editors Note: Cholil Nafis: Prabowo pledges to resign from BoP if it\nis not beneficial.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/unpad-academic-community-criticises-bop-and-art-policy-1772812845", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }