I. INTRODUCTION 1. The Indonesian National Human Rights Commission (Komisi Nasional Hak Asasi Manusia, popularly known and referred to by its acronym “Komnas HAM”), provides this submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (hereafter the Committee) with regard to the Indonesia‟s implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (IESCR). 2. This submission does not provide a complete assessment of Indonesia’s compliance with the IESCR, but only focus on the relevant recent and current areas of Komnas HAM’s works in regard to Komnas HAM’s role to monitor Indonesia’s Compliance with IESCR. The Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is an independent institution. Under the Law No. 39/1999 on Human Rights, Komnas HAM has objective to: a) Develop conditions conducive to the implementation of human rights in accordance with Pancasila1, the 1945 Constitution, the United Nations Charter, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and b) Improve the protection and upholding of human rights in the interests of the development of Indonesian people as a whole and their ability to participate in several aspects of life. 3. To achieve the aims, Article 76 states that Komnas HAM functions are to conduct study, research, dissemination, monitoring and mediation on human rights issues. Thus, Komnas HAM has statutory functions which are: dissemination of national and international human rights concepts, conducting research on various international human rights instruments with a view to recommending their ratification thereof or accession thereto, monitoring and conducting inquiry on the implementation of human rights and submitting views, advices and recommendations to the authorities concerned for the implementation of human rights and conducting regional and international cooperation for the promotion and protection of human rights. 4. Under its statutory function, Komnas HAM can conduct a human rights monitoring including to monitor the implementation of the international human rights to which Indonesia is a state party, in this case the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). 5. Komnas HAM is also a national human rights institution with an “A” accreditation by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. II. THEMATIC ISSUES Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic 6. 1 As of late December 2021, according to the recorded official data from Indonesia’s Ministry of Health there have been around 4.2 million people being infected by COVID-19 virus with around Pancasila is or literally five principles is the Indonesian state ideology which is enshrined in the preamble of the 1945 Constitution. The five principles are: a belief in the One and Only God; just and civilised humanity; the unity of Indonesia; democracy led by wisdom of thoughts in deliberation amongst representatives of the people; and achieving social justice for all people of Indonesia.