Indonesia seeks Human Rights Law revision to address digital rights
“The changing times present new challenges, from the digital space, environmental protection, the right to privacy, to other constitutionally protected rights that are dynamically evolving,” Mugiyanto said in a statement received here on Friday.
Speaking at a public consultation on the revision of the Human Rights Law at UIN Walisongo Semarang, Central Java, on Thursday (May 21), Mugiyanto explained that the law, which is now more than two decades old, needs to be updated because some of its substances are considered no longer relevant.
He added that the revision of the Human Rights Law is also aimed at strengthening the responsibility for respecting human rights, not only among state institutions, but also by the private and corporate sectors.
He emphasized that the law revision is being carried out in stages and is based on public participation to produce a regulation that is implementable and meets the needs of society.
“The revision of the Human Rights Law, which has been included in the National Legislation Program (Prolegnas), is being prepared in stages and is based on public participation,” he said.
Meanwhile, Director of the Center for Human Rights Studies at the Islamic University of Indonesia (UII), Eko Riyadi, proposed merging various human rights commissions into a single national institution to create a more integrated public complaint mechanism.
“The problem is that reporting remains uncoordinated and the data is never truly integrated,” Riyadi remarked.
As an example, he cited the case of a woman with intellectual disabilities who was uncertain whether to file a complaint with National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), the National Commission on Disabilities, or women and children protection agencies.
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Translator: Devi, Kenzu