Further bilateral cooperation on disability services is expected following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by the Australia-Indonesia Centre and the Indonesian National Commission for Disability (KND).
Human Rights
Nearly 10 million people have slipped out of Indonesia’s middle class since 2019, according to government statistics.
Indonesia’s plan to convert over 5 million acres of conservation and indigenous lands into agriculture will cause long-term damage to the environment, create conflict and add to greenhouse gas emissions, according to a feasibility study document for the Papua region mega-project.
Indonesia recently called on Muslim and Arab countries to cut trade with Israel in a move to bring an end to the bloodshed in Gaza.
Deputy Minister of Human Rights Mugiyanto Sipin reaffirmed Indonesia’s commitment to advancing human rights in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region while speaking at the 6th ASEAN Human Rights Dialogue here on Monday.
The Australia-Indonesia Centre’s newest research program is putting a focus on coastal communities to look at ways to tackle some critical economic and social gaps.
The Australia-Indonesia Centre’s newest research program is putting a focus on coastal communities to look at ways to tackle some critical economic and social gaps.
The UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary emphasise the important role of the judiciary in balancing the executive and legislative powers, and its essential role in protecting human rights.
The Indonesian government aims to evacuate at least 16,000 residents from villages around the active Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano that erupted and killed nine people and damaged thousands of houses, an official said on Tuesday.
Kuswoyo, a 48-year-old father of two, worked at an asbestos factory in Cibinong, Bogor, Indonesia, for 28 years. Each day, he would mix sacks of raw asbestos and polymers with his bare hands to create asbestos insulation thread.
Bali’s former governor, Mangku Pastika, has been talking to reporters about his reflections on how Bali has been changing over the last few years.
The incoming government in Indonesia must enter a new chapter for the promotion and protection of human rights as the country transitions under the leadership of Prabowo Subianto, Amnesty International Indonesia said ahead of his inauguration as president on 20 October 2024.
Rusmala Dewi was relieved to be reunited with her 11-month-old baby after they had been separated for more than a month.
During the dry season in the city of Makassar in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, the state-owned power company PLN rations hydroelectric power due to low water levels.
Dimas and Bella had plans to earn some money and travel Australia when they arrived for their working holiday.
Poor young women in Indonesian villages are becoming temporary wives for male tourists in exchange for a bride price leading to online condemnation of the practice.
