RESEARCH
The NCHR places the SDGs in an important position within the inclusion of the SDGs into
the NCHR’s annual reports and strategic plan. An annual report is a document mandatorily
made by the NCHR to be delivered to the executive (President), legislative (House of
Representatives), and judicative (Supreme Court) bodies.121 Reporting the SDGs activities
performed by the NCHR has become a strategic step to show that the NCHR is capable
and has performed endeavors to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs beyond Goals
5 and 16 for the strategic stakeholders mentioned above. The performed SDGs activities
have been reported from its 2017 report until 2019 report.122 In the 2019 annual report,
activities conducted by the NCHR had significantly increased compared to those within the
annual reports in 2017 and 2018, where there was less frequency of discussion concerning
the SDGs and human rights.123 The 2017, 2018, and 2019 annual reports presented the
activities towards implementing the SDGs in general.124 The 2019 annual report has already
started to report specific goals of the SDGs, although not all were explicitly explained.125
When this research was made, the 2020 annual report has not yet been published.
Meanwhile, the strategic plan is important since it serves as a guideline for the NCHR to
conduct its activities. The NCHR has placed the SDGs as a part of its policies and strategies
as of the NCHR Strategic Plan 2020-2024.126 However, the seven prioritized issues in the
NCHR Strategic Plan 2020-2024 is limiting and appear to adjust itself to Goal 16, particularly
only to Targets 16.1, 16.3, and 16.6.127 According to Beka Ulung Hapsara (Coordinator for
the Sub-Commission of the Advancement of Human Rights / Commissioner for Education
and Dissemination for the National Commission on Human Rights), the seven prioritized
issues were selected by using the people’s primary need approach based on the complaints
data the NCHR received. In the previous strategic plan during the 2015-2019 period,
matters concerning the SDGs were not included yet and there was no revised version of
the strategic plan.128
Collaborations between the NCHR and either its foreign or domestic partners
have produced positive activities in relation to the SDGs and human rights. These
collaborations are in accordance with the duties and authorities of the NCHR to
establish partnerships in the field of study and research as well as dissemination.129
121
See: ibid., Law 39/1999 (n. 9), Article 97.
122
(1) “NCHR 2017 Annual Report” (n. 94), 91 and 43; (2) “NCHR 2018 Annual Report (n. 94), 36, 54, and
90-91; and (3) “NCHR 2019 Annual Report” (n. 88), 36, 91, 94-95, 110, 114-116, 118, and 120. See also
in general: (1) “Restitution of Rights of the Victim of the Human Rights Violation: NCHR 2015 Annual
Report” (n. 94); and (2) “The Fulfillment of Rights of the Minority and Vulnerable Group in Indonesia:
NCHR 2016 Annual Report” (n. 94).
123
Compare to: ibid.
124
Compare to: ibid.
125
“2019 NCHR Annual Report” (n. 88), 94-95 and 114.
126
Komnas HAM Republik Indonesia, “Rencana Strategis Komisi Nasional Hak Asasi Manusia 20202024” [Strategic Plan of the National Commission on Human Rights 2020-2024], 43-46.
127
Ibid.
128
See in general: Komnas HAM, “Rencana Strategis Komisi Nasional Hak Asasi Manusia Tahun 20152019” [Strategic Plan of the National Commission on Human Rights 2015-2019]. See also: UNGA Res.
70/1 (n. 2).
129
Law 39/1999 (n. 9), Article 89 Paragraph (1) Letter f and Paragraph (2) Letter c.
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