CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION:
THE DYNAMICS OF GLOBAL AND
NATIONAL CONTEXT AND
THE NEW HUMAN RIGHT CHALLENGES
“Komnas HAM RI aims to: (a) develop conditions conducive to the
implementation of human rights in
accordance with Pancasila, the 1945
Constitution, and the Charter of the
United Nations, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
and (b) increase the protection and
enforcement of human rights to fully
develop the humanity of Indonesian
and their ability to participate in various areas of life.”
~ Article 75, Law No.39/1999
concerning Human Rights
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1.1. The Global Dynamics and
The New Challenges towards
The Promotion and Protection
of Human Rights
Human Rights, the existence of the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM RI - hereafter also
called the Commission or Komnas HAM),
and its mandate serve to realize human
rights as an everyday reality in the face
of various new challenges. The human
rights challenges that exist today are certainly different from those when the Law
Number 39 of 1999 concerning Human
Rights and the Commission was established in 1993. New human rights challenges are increasingly complex because
there is an intensification of interactions
between the global human rights situation and the national human rights situation. Interrelated global human rights
challenges, such as capitalism, poverty
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