● To question the GoI about the process of ensuring the revision of Presidential Regulation No. 68 of 2020 and strengthening of the National Commission for Disabilities to function as an independent national mechanism for the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities. Multiple Discriminations A. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Papua 48. In the last three years, there has been an increase in armed conflict between Indonesian security forces and pro-independence Papuan armed groups. The area of intense armed conflict was initially concentrated in the Central Mountains region in Papua Province, but now it is also happening outside the region. The pro-independence Papuan armed group (Organisasi Papua Merdeka/OPM) comprises a range of groups that have carried out more sporadic attacks, mainly against military and police targets, but also more recently against non-Papuan residents or migrants. They are also involved in human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings, taking hostages and kidnappings. Armed clashes have led to an increase in refugees, especially from the central highlands of Papua, who are feared to be the target of military operations. 40 49. Since the killing of 19 construction workers in Nduga Regency by members of the TPNPB (West Papua National Liberation Army) in the central highlands of Papua Province on December 2, 2018, military personnel (Indonesian National Army/TNI) have been deployed in more than a dozen districts in the Pegunungan Tengah of Papua region to hunt down the perpetrators and as a demonstration of the strength of the security forces against the TPNPB. The Pegunungan Tengah area is largely isolated from public services and is known as the TPNPB operating stronghold. The area is mostly inhabited by indigeneous Papuans or Orang Asli Papua (OAP), except for a few small towns where migrants run small businesses or work in government positions. As a result of the additional mobilization of security forces in the region, the indigenous Papuans were afraid of being targeted and then fled from their villages. According to information from Komnas HAM Papua Office, it is estimated that up to now there are still around 10 thousand people, both men, women, and children, from Nduga Regency who have not returned to their hometowns and have to live in other areas. This figure may increased considering the limited resource to do data collection and the administration for population record there is minimal. 50. In Puncak Regency, as well as in the Pegunungan Tengah, it is estimated that around 7,000 indigenous Papuans have became internally displaced persons (IDPs) since April 2021 as a result of the assassination of the Indonesia’s Intelligence Chief for Papua, a high-ranking military official. Some of the residents of Puncak Regency have returned, but some have not. 51. Military operations also took place in Intan Jaya Regency after members of a pro-independence Papuan armed group killed two members of the military in an armed attack on December 17, 2019. On the other hand, a Christian priest was killed after experiencing torture, which, based on an investigation by Komnas HAM, was carried out by military personnel.41 According to information from the local church and Komnas HAM staff in Papua, at least 15 villages in the sub- districts of Sugapa, Ugimba and Hitadipa (all in Intan Jaya Regency) were affected by the military operation that caused more than eight thousand indigenous people to flee their homes. 40 Areas of Pegunungan Tengah or Central Highland in Papua consist of 14 regencies. Komnas HAM, Press Release No. 04/Humas/KH/XI/2020, Komnas HAM’s Investigation into the Killing of Reverend Yeremia Zanambani di Distrik Hitadipa, Intan Jaya, 2 November 2020, can be accessed at https://www.komnasham.go.id/files/20201123-keterangan-pers-no-046-humas-kh-$8VACE.pdf. 41