Summary: This is an analysis of alternative reports that have included children. Español / FrançaisThis is an analysis of alternative reports that have included children. It responds to the gap in information concerning children...
[JAKARTA, 10 April 2012] - Survivors of sexual violence in Indonesia face an uphill battle in recovery as a result of an inadequate legal system, police inaction, and prevailing societal attitudes that tend to be suspicious of victims, say activists...
[22 October 2011] - The Health Ministry has spoken out against criticism by women’s rights activists and health experts of a ministerial guideline on female circumcision, saying the instruction was issued specifically to combat genital...
[9 February 2012] - The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure which was adopted at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, will be open for signature at a signing...
Summary: Accountability for cases of trafficking are also worrying, with less than one per cent of cases being brought to court. [JAKARTA, 9 April 2012] - Recent cases of missing children in Indonesia have raised concerns about human trafficking and...
Summary: Amid increasing reports of physical abuses resulting in deaths in youth detention and correctional centres across the country, an Indonesian state commission has embarked on a national campaign to scrap detention and imprisonment of...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
Summary: INDONESIA: Young punks shaved for 're-education' (Russian)
Полиция "исправляет" мораль панков в исправительной школе, сбривая их прически.
Десятки юношей и девушек были задержаны в индонезийской провинции Ачех за то,...
Summary: That a 15-year-old boy faced a possible five-year prison sentence for allegedly stealing a pair of sandals sparked an public outcry. [PALU, 5 January 2011] — Indonesians dumped over 1,200 pairs of sandals, flip-flops and slippers at...
[16 January 2012] - Calls to abolish child prisons have intensified across the country, led by the Indonesian Police Profession Association (ISPKI).
Children are currently held in prisons in Indonesia due to the fact that at...
