monitoring can also be done by developing the web-based tools made by
Komnas HAM together with the UNESCO.40
2.2.4. What are the Challenges in Optimizing the Implementation of
SDGs Activities?
Hartono stated that the challenge for Komnas HAM when carrying out
SDGs activities was the mainstreaming of the SDGs within Komnas HAM
internally.41 The SDGs are still considered as a burden that is not easy to
understand, and not considered as part of the job.42 Another challenge is getting
other government institutions to pay more attention to the invitation to
collaborate with Komnas HAM.43 In the past, the presence of high echelon
officials at events organized by Komnas HAM was rare, but now it is reported
that the response has improved.44 For example, Indonesia’s Coordinating
Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto was present as a speaker at
the webinar “The Role of the National Human Rights Commission on the Impact
of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Human Rights and the SDGs in Indonesia” which
was held on 22 December 2021.45
2.2.5. What are the Solutions to the Challenges Faced in the
Implementation of SDGs Activities?
The solution in strengthening the mainstreaming of the SDGs in Komnas
HAM is to make the SDGs as something practical and easy to implement within
Komnas HAM internally.46 Therefore, Hartono expressed the need for a
framework which accommodates this need.47 In addition, Hartono also stated
the importance of routine capacity building in order to strengthen Komnas
HAM’s knowledge regarding the SDGs.48 Hairansyah (Coordinator of the SubCommission on Human Rights Enforcement / Commissioner for Mediation)
stated that the mainstreaming of the SDGs in Komnas HAM “is not only
Ibid. See also: Danish Institute for Human Rights, “Working with the 2030 Agenda to Promote
Human Rights: NHRI Initiatives in the Asia Pacific Region” (n. 10), 12.
41 Ibid.
42 Ibid.
43 Ibid.
44 Ibid.
45 Komnas HAM, “Peran Komisi Nasional Hak Asasi Manusia terkait Dampak Pandemi COVID19 terhadap Hak Asasi Manusia dan Tujuan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan di Indonesia” [“The
Role of the National Human Rights Commission regarding the Impact of the COVID-19
Pandemic on Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals in Indonesia”], YouTube
video, minutes 27-49, accessed on 9 January 2021, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJI6vfguT
ow.
46 DIHR Project Interview - NHRI Role with Indonesia (n. 16).
47 Ibid.
48 Ibid.
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