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39/1999, whereas the parties have the right to submit reports.154 The NCHR could choose to
follow-up those reports by correlating the issues both to the articles on human rights in Law
39/1999 and to the SDGs relevant thereto. On the other hand, the public also requires an
explanation, that the rights under Law 39/1999 are relevant to the SDGs, hence, they could
integrate the SDGs in either of their complaint or recommendation.155 Sille Stidsen from the
DIHR stated the importance of “initiating dialogue with relevant duty bearers in relation
to patterns of neglect and violations found in the handling of complaints”. According to
Stidsen, “when such patterns emerge, it could be brought up in dialogue with the relevant
ministries and local authorities—and pointed out that this neglect is out of sync with
commitments under the SDGs”. The NCHR also needs to actively exercise its supervision
functions, for instances, supervising the enforcement of human rights within the society
and voicing out opinion in relation to human rights to a chairperson of a court and connect
it with the SDGs. This act will surely strengthen the implementation and integration of the
SDGs in the NCHR. In the implementation of the NCHR’s duties and authorities according to
its functions, the SDGs web-based tool and human rights indicator could be optimally used
as supporting instruments.
According to the activities carried out by the NCHR from 2015 until 2020 in Chapter 3,
there are several activities seen as focusing on study and research (Article 89 Paragraph (1)
of Law 39/1999) and dissemination (Article 89 Paragraph (2) of Law 39/1999). However, it
is necessary to point out that there are no activities found as explicitly related to the SDGs
and relevant human rights with mediation (Article 89 Paragraph (4) of Law 39/1999) and
activities connected to the monitoring function (Article 89 Paragraph (3) of Law 39/1999).
One of the most prominent parties that could become the primary driver to ensure that
the NCHR is supporting the achievement of the SDGs in relation to human rights, is the
NCHR’s SDGs Team—which of course needs full support from all commissioners and staffs.
From the NCHR internal parties, Asri Oktavianty Wahono (Coordinator for Mediation in the
NCHR) stated within her answer to the questionnaire of the importance of evaluation for
the NCHR’s SDGs Team, including the existence of a program that could support a more indepth implementation of the SDGs and human rights in the NCHR.156 The NCHR SDGs Team
also needs to strengthen its performance with the strategic third party, bearing in mind
that there were only 20% of the respondents who were aware of the SDGs Team existence
according to the questionnaire distributed to the participants of the NCHR External FGD.
With respect to the collaboration, from the NCHR’s internal perspective, for instance, Asri
Oktavianty Wahono stated that the NCHR needs to actively collaborate with the ministry
and other institutions in relation to the SDGs.157 From the external perspective, the fact
that there were only 30% of the respondents who were aware of the NCHR’s collaboration
activities with the third parties, according to the questionnaire result, shows a sign that
indeed, the collaboration among the NCHR with the Ministry of National Development
Planning / National Development Planning Agency (hereinafter: Ministry of NDP / NDPA),
154
See: ibid, Article 89 Paragraph (3) Letters b-g as well as Paragraph (4), Article 90, and Article 101.
155
See: ibid, Article 89 Paragraph (3) Letters a and h.
156
Also elaborated by Asri Oktavianty Wahono in the: NCHR Internal FGD (n. 7).
157
Ibid.
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