Jakarta hosts rights symposium

Jakarta hosts rights symposium

JAKARTA: Indonesia will host the fourth multilateral symposium
on human rights, which will be opened on Monday by Minister of
Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda.

Ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa said on Friday that
current human rights issues worldwide would be discussed in the
two-day event.

"Among the topics will be the corporate and social
responsibilities of human rights, advantages and challenges in
the Internet era, minority rights and human rights training for
the police," Marty said.

Sponsored by the governments of Canada, China and Norway, many
countries such as Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia will send
their representatives to the meeting.

The annual symposium was held in Canada last year, when
Indonesia offered to play host for this year's event. -- JP