Parliament Grills Government on Data for Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations

Commission XIII of the House of Representatives has highlighted the lack of synchronisation in data held by government ministries and agencies regarding the number of victims of past gross human rights violations. Legislators are concerned that this inconsistency could affect efforts to rehabilitate victims of gross human rights violations.

Member of Commission XIII of the House of Representatives, Mafirion, stated that during a working meeting with the Coordinating Ministry for Law, Human Rights, and Security; the Ministry of Human Rights; the Ministry of Health; the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM); and the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK), the data presented was relatively the same as that delivered in a meeting a decade ago. “The data presented repeats the past, only the people have changed,” said Mafirion during the meeting at the DPR, MPR, and DPD Complex on Thursday, 2 April 2026.

For example, he cited that the data presented by Komnas HAM on the number of victims of past gross human rights violations recorded more than 8,000 people, but in the LPSK records, the number of victims was only 6,000 people.

Mafirion questioned this ongoing inconsistency. Even though victim data collection has been carried out for nearly two decades. “I’ve been saying this all along, these gentlemen are not working, just repeating,” said the PKB faction politician.

In that meeting, another Commission XIII member, Rieke Diah Pitaloka, raised a similar issue. She said that the ministries and agencies agree on the recognition of 12 gross human rights violation events.

However, she continued, from that agreement, the government shows an anomaly because the data collection process carried out is different, including regarding the provision of Priority Indonesian Health Cards. The government records 726 recipients.

The problem, Rieke said, is that the implementation of victim rehabilitation through the Priority KIS instrument has not been effective. Because out of 726 recipients, only dozens use the Priority KIS per year. “And even then with limited claim values,” she said.

With these issues, Rieke assessed that there is a gap between formal and real access in victim rehabilitation efforts. She urged the government to immediately fix the data collection and no longer use the excuse that the inconsistency occurs because there is no single data foundation or human rights violation victim certificate. “This has the potential to divide victim protection,” said the PDIP politician.

Deputy Chairman of Commission XIII of the House of Representatives, Andreas Hugo Pareira, said that the resolution of compensation and rehabilitation for victims and witnesses of gross human rights violations must be fulfilled, including in providing social security to other compensation.

The provision of social security to other compensation, he said, will reduce the vulnerability experienced by the victims so far, while strengthening public trust that the state is truly present in providing protection and justice.