RESEARCH The process of this research also includes the implementation of two Focus Group Discussions (FGD). The first FGD was held on 26 January 2021, where the FGD participants were consisted of three commissioners of the NCHR and sixteen staffs of the NCHR (hereinafter: NCHR Internal FGD).7 The second FGD was held on 29 January 2021 and was attended by the participants from external parties aside of the NCHR (hereinafter: NCHR External FGD), namely (sequenced in alphabetical order): Indonesia Center for Law and Policy Studies, Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy, Lembaga Demografi Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas Indonesia, Migrant CARE, National Commission on Violence Against Women, National Secretariat of the Sustainable Development Goals / Secretariat for the National Coordination Team of the Sustainable Development Goals, Self Reliant Development Foundation, and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (hereinafter: UNESCO).8 2. LEGAL BASIS The NCHR has a broad range of objectives in relation to human rights.9 First, in relation to “developing condition” which supports the implementation of human rights in Indonesia.10 Second, in relation to strengthening the “protection and enforcement of human rights” in “various aspects of life” in Indonesia.11 The two purposes above could be used as a general basis on how the NCHR needs to be recognized by the government in order to obtain more roles in implementing the SDGs in Indonesia. Within the international context, it is important to note that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (hereinafter: OHCHR) has identified, although only for the purpose of depiction, the connection between the SDGs and the relevant articles in the treaties related to human rights, to which Indonesia also has legally bound itself to a number of those treaties and also products of policies with soft law characteristics (in which ” The international instrument mentioned above will not be discussed in a specific manner, since the identification of connection between the SDGs and human rights has been done by the OHCHR. 7 NCHR Internal Focus Group Discussion with the Researcher Team (26 January 2021) (hereinafter: NCHR Internal FGD). 8 NCHR External Focus Group Discussion with the Researcher Team (29 January 2021). (hereinafter: NCHR External FGD). 9 Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 39 Tahun 1999 tentang Hak Asasi Manusia [Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 39 of 1999 concerning Human Rights] (authorised on 23 September 1999, promulgated on 23 September 1999) (hereinafter the Law 39/1999), Article 75. 10 Ibid., Article 75 Letter a. 11 Ibid., Article 75 Letter b. 2