Past Gross Human Rights Violation Cases are Reopened

Commission National on Human Rights Chair Atnike Nova Sigiro on the possibilities of resolving past gross human rights violation cases.

Abdul Manan

February 6, 2023

PRESIDENT Joko Widodo’s statement on January 11 acknowledging 12 gross human rights violation in the past raised hopes that these cases may finally see the light of day. The president expressed regrets for the incidents and vowed to restore the victims’ rights.

Efforts by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to resolve these cases through legal channels have always hit a brick wall. All their reports never went beyond

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