Ministry of Human Rights invites civil servants across ministries and local governments to register as national human rights analysts
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Human Rights (Kemenham) is inviting civil servants across ministries, agencies, and local governments to register as national human rights analysts.
Head of the Human Rights Human Resource Development Centre, Aditya Sarsito Sukarsono, explained to ANTARA that this year the ministry is opening 2,000 functional positions for human rights analysts.
“We are providing opportunities for civil servants in all ministries, local governments, and provincial governments to join as human rights analyst functionaries, whose duties include providing protection and understanding in the field of human rights,” he said when met in Jakarta on Monday.
He explained that human rights analysts would work at the level of regulatory analysis and policy formulation. Their presence in every ministry, agency, and local government is expected to shift policies towards a more human rights-based approach.
“They will assist policymakers in drafting legislation at the regional level,” Aditya said.
In addition, human rights analysts will work to embed human rights values in society, including through the resolution of both horizontal and vertical conflicts, particularly in conflict-prone areas.
Administrative selection is currently under way following the opening of online registration in January, which runs until 1 July. Prospective applicants can complete the registration form via the website analisham.kemenham.go.id.
The main requirement, Aditya said, is that applicants must be Grade III civil servants from any government institution. Teachers working in state schools are also eligible to register.
“Teachers are also welcome, so that if there is bullying or violence among students, it can be handled by a human rights analyst at the school,” he said.
Aditya further explained that human rights analysts are needed across all ministries, agencies, and local governments given the high level of social dynamics and vulnerability. There must therefore be individuals capable of translating human rights values into every issue affecting citizens.
He recounted the successful role of human rights analysts in mediating a conflict in Kampung Pulo, East Jakarta.
“There were people living in a cemetery, and they were assisted by the DKI Jakarta Human Rights Regional Office. At the time, we had already trained them in non-judicial mediator competencies and human rights analyst qualifications, enabling them to resolve community disputes outside the courts,” he said.
The Ministry of Human Rights believes that sound analysis will strengthen the direction of state policy. Human rights analysts are therefore expected to support the state’s efforts to respect, protect, advance, uphold, and fulfil human rights.
“We hope that the work of upholding, protecting, and advancing human rights can be carried out by human rights analyst functionaries, wherever they work. We are building an ecosystem or community of human rights across all ministries, agencies, local governments, and provincial governments,” he said.