thejakartapost.com Lilian Budianto, Cha-am, Thailand
The power of the ASEAN human rights body has been watered down to a "consultative level" forum for the bloc's members, who have different political systems, after negotiators agreed to take into account each member's legal readiness. »»
Erwida Maulia , THE JAKARTA POST
The National Commission on Human Rights says the displacement of thousands of mudflow victims from their homes in the East Java town of Sidoarjo could be classified as a human rights violation »»
Komnas HAM menerima pengaduan dari Serikat Buruh Kimia Kesehatan dan Farmasi PT. Mulia Industrindo Tbk - Gerakan Serikat Buruh Indonesia (SBKIKEF - GESBURI PT.MI),Rabu (18/2). Sekitar 100 orang buruh diterima oleh Wakil Ketua Komnas HAM, Ridha Saleh yang didampingi oleh 2 orang staf pemantauan. SBKIKEF - GESBURI PT.MI menuntut penolakan PHK massal secara sepihak dan program rasionalisasi yang dilakukan oleh PT.Mulia Industrindo.
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ASEAN Charter closer to ratification
Tony Hotland , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 10/08/2008 10:30 AM | Headlines
Indonesia inched closer to ratifying the historic ASEAN Charter after the House of Representatives' special committee deliberating the document unanimously agreed Tuesday to ratify it, committee chairman Marzuki Darusman said. »»
The Network of four National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in Southeast Asia has comprised the Human Rights National Commission of Indonesia (Komnas HAM), the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP), and the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT).
It is 11 a.m. and three Indonesian children -- two boys and a girl -- are busily picking up palm oil seeds that have been dropped by their parents during harvest on a plantation in Sabah, Malaysia. »»
