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then correlate it with the goals and targets in the SDGs. Subsequently, the SDGs could be
integrated at the time of the NCHR’s implementation of its duties and authorities in relation
to its function of mediation.97
This chapter will explain a number of the NCHR’s activities which were specifically planned
for the interest of achieving the SDGs that took the human rights aspects into consideration.
From the SDGs’ perspective, activities that have been conducted by the NCHR could be
divided into two large parts. First, activities involving all of the SDGs in general. Second,
activities specifically connected to one or more goals in the SDGs, however, do not cover
all of the SDGs. This chapter will classify activities that have been conducted by the NCHR
that have had strategic impacts for the NCHR to explore its role in all the SDGs. In order to
elaborate on such activities, identification will also be made on the aspects of duties and
authorities in the NCHR’s functions.98
It is necessary to note that the NCHR’s Sustainable Development Goals Team (hereinafter
NCHR’s SDGs Team) has made a list of the SDGs activities implemented by the NCHR from
2016 until 2020.99 The list consists of activities conducted from 2018 until 2020.100 In both
2016 and 2017, there is only one recorded activity in each year from the NCHR’s SDGs Team’s
list.101 In the list of activities during 2016-2018, the NCHR's SDGs Team also have specifically
identified relevant goals of the SDGs that were connected to the activities.102 Meanwhile,
in the 2020 list, there is no such identification, and in the 2019 list, the SDGs are only
identified in two activities.103 Aside from relying upon the SDGs activities conducted by the
NCHR according to the list made by the NCHR’s SDGs Team, this research also see resources
from other NCHR’s documents such as annual reports, strategic plans, performance reports
as well as other relevant resources outside of the NCHR.
The NCHR’s SDGs Team was established in 2019.104 The establishment was an important step
in ensuring the existence of a key-player who can specifically work and focus on the SDGs
and human rights in the NCHR.105 The establishment of this team is a positive preliminary
step in strengthening the roles of the NCHR in achieving the SDGs in Indonesia. In 2016, the
97
Law 39/1999 (n. 9), Article 89 Paragraph (4) and its explanation.
98
For the duties and authorities related to the NCHR functions, see: ibid., Law 39/1999, Article 76
Paragraph (1) and Article 89.
99
(1) Komnas HAM, “Laporan Kegiatan Tim Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Komnas HAM
Tahun 2020” [Activity Report of the NCHR’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Team 2020]
(hereinafter: “Activity Report of the NCHR’s SDGs Team 2020”); (2) Komnas HAM, “Laporan dan
Review Kegiatan Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Komnas HAM 2019” [Report and Review of
the NCHR’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Activities 2019] (hereinafter: “Report and Review
of the NCHR’s SDGs Activities 2019”); and (3) Komnas HAM, “Komnas HAM List of the SDGs’
Activities” [NCHR’s List of the SDGs’ Activities] (hereinafter: “NCHR’s List of the SDGs’ Activities”).
100
Ibid.
101
Ibid., “NCHR’s List of the SDGs’ Activities”.
102
Ibid.
103
(1) “Activity Report of the NCHR’s SDGs Team 2020” (n. 99); and (2) “Report and Review of the
NCHR’s SDGs Activities 2019” (n. 99).
104
See: (1) “NCHR 2019 Annual Report” (n. 88), 94; and (2) Ibid., “Report and Review of the NCHR’s
SDGs Activities 2019”, 5.
105
See: ibid.
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