RESEARCH central and regional levels.61 Third, providing death benefits for health workers.62 Fourth, providing subsidies for tariff adjustments for non-wage earners and non-workers.63 Fifth, allocating treatment costs for the COVID-19 patients.64 Sixth, the government also provides tax facilities of goods and services for the COVID-19 mitigation purposes and relaxing the import provisions for medical devices.65 Komnas HAM RI encourages and supports several government efforts, especially in exempting the treatment cost for patients infected with the COVID-19 virus.66 Komnas HAM RI also appreciates the government’s measures to set fee the prisoners in order to prevent the virus spread.67 In August 2020, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights stated that 119 thousand prisoners received the 2020 General Remission.68 From the human rights perspective, everyone, including persons with disabilities and prisoners, has the right to live and the right to a good and healthy environment as stipulated in Article 9 paragraph (1) and paragraph (3) of the Human Rights Law. On the other hand, Komnas HAM RI also criticized several aspects of the pandemic mitigation, among other things, regarding health facilities and infrastructure that were unequally and inappropriately distributed; it prevents the fulfillment of citizens’ rights from accessing health facilities.69 Also, limited distribution of medical personnel in the mitigation of the COVID-19.70 Especially with a large number of medical personnel who have died due to it, resulting in a more limited number of medical personnel.71 Poor working conditions faced by the medical personnel put them in the new vulnerable group during the COVID-19 pandemic.72 Even though there are rewards, incentive policies, or compensation for the medical personnel who have died, they are not able to substitute the right to health that has been violated. 61 Ibid. 62 Ibid. 63 Ibid. 64 Ibid. 65 Ibid. 66 “Begini Teknis RS Klaim Biaya Perawatan Pasien COVID-19”, Kementrian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia, published on 7 July 2020, https://infeksiemerging.kemkes.go.id/info-corona-virus/beginiteknis-rs-klaim-biaya-perawatan-pasien-covid-19. 67 “Menilik Kebijakan Asimilasi Narapida di Masa Pandemi COVID-19”, Direktorat Jenderal Pemasyarakatan Kementerian Hukum dan HAM Republik Indonesia, published on 10 May 2020, http:// ditjenpas.go.id/menilik-kebijakan-asimilasi-narapidana-di-masa-pandemi-covid-19. 68 “Pemberian Remisi Umum Tahun 2020 pada Peringatan Hari Ulang Tahun Indonesia ke-27”, Kementerian Hukum dan HAM Republik Indonesia Kantor Wilayah Nusa Tenggara Barat, published on 17 August 2020, https://ntb.kemenkumham.go.id/berita-kanwil/berita-utama/3357-pemberian-remisiumum-tahun-2020-pada-peringatan-hari-ulang-tahun-indonesia-ke-75. 69 Ibid., Tata Kelola Penanggulangan COVID-19 dalam Perspektif HAM (n.6), hlm. 62-63. 70 “Beban Ganda Tenaga Medis Perempuan di Tengah Pandemi”, published on 18 December 2020, https:// www.kompas.tv/article/131691/beban-ganda-tenaga-medis-perempuan-di-tengah-pandemi?page=all. 71 See: “363 Tenaga Medis Meninggal karena Covid-19, Ini 3 Saran dari IDI”, published on 16 December 2020, https://www.kompas.com/sains/read/2020/12/16/070200323/363-tenaga-medis-meninggalkarena-covid-19-ini-3-saran-dari-idi?page=all. 72 This statement was conveyed in the FGD January 29, 2021 by Ganis Irawan from the Indonesian Medical Association. 21