RESEARCH
3. THE ROLES OF THE NCHR
IN ACHIEVING THE SDGs
It is important to note that in principle, the NCHR’s activities that are not explicitly aimed to
specifically achieve the SDGs, can still very much be connected with the SDGs. One way to
identify that is to see the relation between articles in the Law 39/1999 and the goals and
targets in the SDGs according to the UNGA Res. 70/1 as elaborated in the Chapter 2.
In general, the NCHR received 32,136 complaint files from 2015 to 2019.88 However, not all
of them are related to the violation of human rights.89 For instance, around 15.8% of the
complaint files in 2019 were not related with human rights.90 The NCHR has also made a
classification based on the highest number of human rights violations among the complaint
files in 2019.91 From 4,778 complaint files considered as a human rights violation, the right
to welfare is on the first rank amounting to approximately 50.7% and the right to obtain
justice is ranked second amounting to approximately 31%.92 Welfare for example, could be
related to Goal 1 which is focusing on poverty and justice could be connected to Goal 16.93
Other examples, for instance, in the context of managing mediation. As of 2015 until
2019, mediation concerning land dispute has always ranked as the highest case.94 With
the exception of the year 2017, the amount of mediation in land dispute was always above
45%.95 Meanwhile, employment case always ranked as the second highest case from 2015
until 2019.96 Similar to the previous opinion, the NCHR could identify articles or rights that
are usually utilized and relevant with the cases related to land dispute and manpower,
88
Tim Penyusun Laporan Tahunan Komnas HAM 2019, “Laporan Tahunan Komnas HAM 2019” [NCHR
2019 Annual Report] (2020) (hereinafter: “NCHR 2019 Annual Report”), 41.
89
Ibid., “NCHR 2019 Annual Report.”
90
Ibid.
91
Ibid., 42.
92
Ibid.
93
Ibid.
94
(1) Tim Penyusun Laporan Tahunan Komnas HAM 2015, “Pemulihan Hak-Hak Korban Pelanggaran
HAM: Laporan Tahunan Komnas HAM 2015” [Restitution of Rights of the Victim of the Human Rights
Violation: NCHR 2015 Annual Report] (2016) (hereinafter: “Restitution of Rights of the Victim of the
Human Rights Violation: NCHR 2015 Annual Report”), 112; (2) Tim Penyusun Laporan Tahunan Komnas
HAM 2016, “Pemenuhan Hak Kelompok Minoritas and Rentan di Indonesia: Laporan Tahunan Komnas
HAM 2016” [The Fulfillment of Rights of the Minority and Vulnerable Group in Indonesia: NCHR 2016
Annual Report] (2017) (hereinafter: “The Fulfillment of Rights of the Minority and Vulnerable Group
in Indonesia: NCHR 2016 Annual Report”), 84; (3) Komnas HAM, “Laporan Tahunan Komnas HAM
2017” [‘NCHR 2017 Annual Report’] (2017) (hereinafter: “NCHR 2017 Annual Report”), 72; (4) Tim
Penyusun Laporan Tahunan Komnas HAM 2018, “Laporan Tahunan Komnas HAM 2018” [NCHR 2018
Annual Report] (hereinafter: “NCHR 2018 Annual Report”) (2019), 37; and (5) Ibid., “Laporan Tahunan
Komnas HAM 2019” [‘NCHR 2019 Annual Report’], 50.
95
Ibid.
96
Ibid.
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