Law No. 39/1999 and Law No. 26/2000

I refer to an article by Mr. Hery Susetyo published in The Jakarta Post on March 14, 2001, titled More serious uncertainty about the law looms.

There are two mistakes in the article. It mentioned that Law No. 39/1999 concerns the human rights court and Law No. 26/2000 concerns the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The fact is that Law No. 39/1999 is about human rights (including the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights, Komnas HAM). While Law No. 26/2000 is about human rights court/tribunal (where Komnas HAM can act as a single human rights investigative body for gross violations of human rights such as genocide and systemic violations). While the law/act concerning the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is still in process in the House of Representatives.

ANDI NURMAN NURUSMAN

Investigation Staff

Monitoring Bureau

Komnas HAM

Jakarta