'Basic rights education starts in the family'

'Basic rights education starts in the family'

People talk about human rights, but many are still unsure what
the issue is all about. The Jakarta Post asked some people which
of their basic rights they felt were least protected.

Titi, lives in Muara Baru, North Jakarta with her husband and
five children. The Jakarta administration plans to evict the
family this month:

I don't have a school certificate so I don't understand much
about human rights. But I think the policy on eviction violates
human rights, although I cannot do anything to resist it.

I just hope the administration will give us adequate
compensation, enough for us to go on and make a living in a new
place.

Luky Setyaka, 25, is a wait staff at a Japanese fast-food
restaurant in Central Jakarta. He lives with his family in
Bekasi:

What are human rights? That's a simple question but not easy
to answer.

It is much easier for me to say that the protection of human
rights here is very poor. We even hear of human rights abuses
taking place within the smallest social unit; the family.

Let's take the basic right of expression. Our parents keep
telling us to obey what our elders say as they are more
experienced. They neglect the young who want to express their
minds.

It's necessary to educate people on human rights starting
within the family. There's nothing to lose if we try it in our
own family, right?

--The Jakarta Post