a. study and examine international human rights instruments with the aim of
providing recommendations concerning their possible accession and
ratification;
b. study and examine legislation in order to provide recommendations
concerning drawing up, amending and revoking of legislation concerning
human rights;
c. publish study and examination reports;
d. carry out literature studies, field studies, and comparative studies with other
countries;
e. discuss issues related to protecting, upholding and promoting human rights;
and,
f. conduct cooperative research and examination into human rights with
organizations, institutions or other parties, at regional, national and
international levels.
(2) To carry out its function as disseminator as referred to in Article 76 , the National
Commission on Human Rights is charged with and authorized to:
a. disseminate information concerning human rights to the Indonesian public;
b. take steps to raise public awareness about human rights through formal and
non-formal education institutes and other bodies;
c. cooperate with organizations, institutions or other parties at national, regional
and international level with regard human rights;
(3) To carry out its supervisory function as referred to in Article 76, the National
Commission on Human Rights is charged with and authorized to:
a. monitor the execution of human rights and compile reports of the output of
this monitoring;
b. investigate and examine incidents occurring in society which either by their
nature or scope likely constitute violations of human rights;
c. call on complainants, victims and accused to request and hear their
statements;
d. call on witnesses to request and hear their witness statements, and in the
case of prosecution witness to request submission of necessary evidence;
e. survey incident locations and other locations as deemed necessary;
f. call on related parties to give written statements or to submit necessary
authenticated documents as required upon approval of the Head of Court;
g. examine houses, yards, buildings, and other places that certain parties reside
in or own, upon approval of the Head of Court;
h. on approval of the Head of Court, provide input into particular cases currently
undergoing judicial process if the case involves violation of human rights of
public issue and court investigation, and the input of the National
Commission on Human Rights shall be made known to the parties by the
judge;