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NCHR was trusted as the SDGs coordinator for Asia Pacific by the GANHRI.106 In February
2018, the NCHR participated in the Annual Session of GANHRI, where one of the discussion
topics was concerning the SDGs.107 The NCHR’s position as the coordinator was strategic
since it could support the strengthening of the NCHR’s roles in achieving the SDGs and
inspire the National Human Rights Institutions (hereinafter: NHRIs) in Asia Pacific region.
The presence of the SDGs web-based tool based on human rights indicators can be
considered as one of the strategic activities that the NCHR has conducted from 2015 to
2020, with respect to the SDGs and human rights.108 The SDGs and human rights webbased tool is strategic since it contains indicators standard for human rights that could be
used as guidelines in implementing the SDGs.109 Besides that, the scope of goals discussed
within the web-based tool encompass not only Goals 5 and 16, however, it also covers
Goals 1-4, 6, 8, and 10.110 In the future, there is a plan to complete the goals that have not
been included in the web-based tool.111 The presence of the web-based tool is one of the
important evidences of the NCHR’s work in giving contribution to achieve the SDGs outside
of Goals 5 and 16 that can be accessed by all stakeholders.
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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.
106
Feri/IBN, “Integrasi HAM dalam Sustainable Development Goals” [Integration of Human Rights in
the Sustainable Development Goals], Komnas HAM, published on 10 September 2019, https://www.
komnasham.go.
id/index.php/news/2019/9/10/1145/integrasi-ham-dalam-sustainable-developmentgoals.html. For GANHRI’s background, see: “A Brief History of GANHRI”, GANHRI, accessed on 15
January 2021, https://nhri. ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/History.aspx.
107
RO/OL-3, “GANHRI Anugerahi Penghargaan Tertinggi Kepada Komnas HAM ‘Akreditasi A’”
[GANHRI Granted the Highest Award to the NCHR ‘A Accreditation’], Mediaindonesia.com, published
on 24 February 2018, https://mediaindonesia.com/politik-and-hukum/146685/ganhri-anugerahipenghargaan-tertinggi-kepada-k omnas-ham-akreditasi-a.
108
Komnas HAM, UNESCO, and UNSDG, “Human Rights Based Development in Indonesia”, accessed on
2 January 2021, https://sdg.komnasham.go.id/en/sdgs/ (hereinafter: web-based tool). See also: (1) NCHR
2017 Annual Report (n. 94), 91 and 43; (2) Tim Penyusun Laporan Kinerja Biro Renwakes Komnas HAM,
“LKIP 2017 Biro Perencanaan, Pengawasan Internal and Kerjasama” [Planning, Internal Supervision
and Partnership Bureau LKIP 2017] (hereinafter: Planning, Internal Supervision and Partnership Bureau
LKIP 2017), 24-25 and 27; (3) NCHR List of SDG’s Activities (n. 99); and (4) MDH, “Komnas HAMUNESCO Kerjasama Mengarusutamakan SDGs dan HAM” [NCHR-UNESCO Partnership Prioritize the
SDGs and Human Rights], Komnas HAM, published on 20 April 2017, https://www.komnasham.go.id/
index.php/news/2017/6/1 2/351/tindak-lanjut-kerja sama-komnas-ham-unesco-asia-pasifik.html.
109
Ibid., web-based tool.
110
Ibid.
111
See: (1) MDH, “Kerjasama dengan UNESCO, Mendorong Kebijakan Berbasis Bukti” [Partnership
wth UNESCO, Encourages Evidence-Based Policies], Komnas HAM, published on 20 March 2018,
https://www.komnasham.go.id/index.php/news/2018/3/20/1014/kerjasama-dengan-unesco-mendorongkebijakan-berbasis-bukti.html; (2) “NCHR-UNESCO Partnership Prioritize the SDGs and Human
Rights” (n. 108); and (3) “NCHR 2019 Annual Report” (n. 88), 95.
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