National Inquiry into Indigenous Land Conflicts Released

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) last week released the results of the country's first-ever national inquiry into indigenous rights abuses, capping more than a year's probe into the drivers of escalating indigenous land conflicts, which have doubled in recent years.

The findings, released in the form of four books, are the result of Komnas HAM-directed investigations into 40 carefully selected conflicts between indigenous communities and companies in Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Maluku and Papua provinces. The cases involved a series of public hearings that gave company representatives and indigenous persons the chance to air competing grievances.

March 22, 2016