Komnas HAM Receives 3,003 Human Rights Violation Complaints in 2025

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) received 3,003 complaints of alleged human rights violations throughout 2025. This figure marks a significant increase compared to the total complaints received in 2024. The total number of alleged human rights violation complaints was revealed in the Komnas HAM 2025 Annual Report. Komnas HAM Chairperson Anis Hidayah stated that the human rights situation in 2025 shows the main challenge is the gap between the acceleration of national development and the implementation of human rights principles. Anis outlined three major points regarding the human rights situation in 2025. The first is the socio-political crisis following the new administration. “One of the most decisive dynamics for the human rights situation in 2025 is the strengthening of public demands regarding justice, state accountability, and the quality of democracy,” Anis said at the Komnas HAM office in Central Jakarta on Monday, 6 July 2026. Of the total 3,003 complaints received, 2,670 were submitted through the Komnas HAM Secretariat General in Jakarta and 333 through six regional secretariats. After a verification process, 891 complaints were not processed further as they were only copies, while another 1,087 complaints were discontinued following formal and material examinations. Komnas HAM followed up on the human rights violation complaints by holding 97 complaint hearings, handling 472 cases through monitoring, issuing 65 recommendations, providing 11 human rights opinions in court (amicus curiae), handling 90 cases through mediation, and reaching 6 mediation agreements. The ten most reported actors were the Indonesian National Police (Polri) with 805 complaints, followed by corporations with 479 complaints, individuals with 331, regional governments with 279, the central government or ministries with 202, judicial institutions with 165, the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) with 107, state-owned or regional-owned enterprises with 103, educational institutions with 69, and the prosecutor’s office with 63 complaints. In comparison, during the previous year, Komnas HAM received and handled 2,305 cases of alleged human rights violations from across Indonesia and abroad.