Legislator Reminds Human Rights Ministry to Measure Performance According to Presidential Regulation Mandate
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Rieke Diah Pitaloka, a member of Commission XIII of the House of Representatives (DPR RI), has reminded the Ministry of Human Rights (KemenHAM) to measure its performance achievements based on the mandate of Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 156 of 2024, rather than merely on high budget absorption.
According to Rieke, Presidential Regulation No. 156 of 2024 mandates the Ministry of Human Rights to act as a driver of change in national human rights governance.
“This means success must be measured by how much faster complaints are resolved, how much stronger human rights compliance is in government administration, how much more effective coordination is across ministries and regional governments, and how much more tangible protection is for vulnerable groups,” said Rieke in a statement following a working meeting of Commission XIII of the DPR RI with the Ministry of Human Rights at the Parliamentary Complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Wednesday.
Rieke said the establishment of the Ministry of Human Rights through Presidential Regulation No. 156 of 2024 is a constitutional mandate to strengthen the state’s presence in respecting, protecting, fulfilling, enforcing and advancing human rights.
The regulation also affirms that the ministry is tasked with administering government affairs in the field of human rights through policy formulation, services, complaints, advocacy, assessment, compliance, strengthening of human rights instruments, cross-sectoral coordination, and national oversight of implementation.
The ministry has realised 95.45 per cent of its national priority targets, supported by the drafting of the National Human Rights Action Plan (RANHAM) 2026–2030, the launch of the Indonesian Human Rights Index, the development of One Human Rights Data, digitalisation of complaints through the Public Communication Service Information System for Human Rights Violations (SIMASHAM), and the strengthening of human rights awareness among more than 256,000 members of the public through the issuance of 153,016 certificates.
She also commended the ministry’s governance, which recorded assets of Rp143.37 billion, equity of Rp140.88 billion, a State Treasury Management Index (IPPN) score for ministries and agencies of 98.43, and the completion of 100 per cent of follow-up actions on recommendations from the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK).
Rieke called for SIMASHAM, which begins operating in July 2026, to become a responsive public service instrument rather than merely a digital innovation.
“The state has an obligation to ensure that every policy and every rupiah of the state budget truly delivers a sense of justice for the people,” she said.