It is important to mention that though the report on the SDGs is presented
briefly, in fact, the 2020 Annual Report of the National Commission on Human Rights
is full of the SDGs nuances. Although the 2020 Annual Report of the National
Commission on Human Rights has not been explicitly stated and clearly linked to the
SDGs, the implementation of Komnas HAM’s authority based on statutory regulations
and international instruments is closely related to the SDGs in all goals.12
Komnas HAM’s 2020-2024 seven strategic issues are also relevant for the
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SDGs. The relevance of the seven strategic issues of Komnas HAM and the SDGs
was stated by Mimin Dwi Hartono (Acting Head of Advancement Support of Human
Rights Bureau of the National Commission on Human Rights) as follows: agrarian
conflicts (Goals 1-3, 6-7, 9, and 11-17), apparatus and citizen violence (Goals 5, 10,
and 16-17), gross human rights violations (Goals 10 and 16-17), access to justice
(Goals 5 and 16-17), freedom of opinion, expression, and assembly (Goals 4-5, 10,
and 16-17), intolerance and extremism (Goals 4-5, 10, and 16-17), and institutional
arrangements (Goals 16-17).14
In the SDGs reporting presented in the 2020 Annual Report of the National
Commission on Human Rights, there are a number of interesting evaluations from
Komnas HAM. First, the year 2020 was stated by Komnas HAM as the year of
“implementation” while the previous year, 2019, was said to be the year of “learning”.15
Second, the increase from the “learning” stage to the “implementation” stage can be
said to be a contribution from the presence of Komnas HAM’s SDGs Team which has
made effort to integrate the SDGs into Komnas HAM’s programs and activities.16
Third, Komnas HAM acknowledged that “The internalization of the SDGs in the
work of Komnas HAM is still not evenly distributed in terms of the implementation of
duties and functions of Komnas HAM” and conveyed that “the SDGs still only exhibit
the atmosphere of promotion of human rights and have not touched much on the
function of enforcement of human rights”.17
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For a discussion on the legal basis for Komnas HAM SDGs implementation, see in general: Komnas
HAM, “Research: Strengthening the Position and the Roles of the National Commission on Human
Rights in Supporting the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Indonesia” (n. 2).
13 Mimin Dwi Hartono, “Tujuan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan dan Pemajuan serta Penegakan HAM:
Pembelajaran dan Langkah ke Depan" [“Sustainable Development Goals and the Promotion and
Enforcement of Human Rights: Lessons and Steps Forward” (PowerPoint Presentation on Webinar
“Internal Campaign for Sustainable Development Goals at Komnas HAM: Sustainable Development
Goals in the Context of Promoting and Enforcement of Human Rights in Indonesia”)], 20 December
2021.
14 Ibid., Hartono.
15 Komnas HAM 2020 Annual Report (n. 1), translated by authors, 83.
16 Ibid., translated by authors, 82.
17 Ibid., translated by authors, 84.
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