scheme (Indonesia Investments, 2017). Only 16.7 percent of Indonesia’s
oil palm plantations is ISPO Certified.
r Komnas HAM. Komnas HAM is the Indonesian Human Rights
Commission. While its mandate encompasses a broad array of roles
with regards to implementing the UNGP BHR, it lacks the necessary
enforcement authority. Many of the Commission’s recommendations
have not been followed by the government or other parties. Komnas
HAM acknowledges that it can only secure limited support and
cooperation from the government. In order to strengthen its mandate,
Komnas HAM has proposed the revision of the Human Rights Law.
Operationalization of UNGP BHR: Various Initiatives
Indonesian government
The Indonesian government launched several initiatives to implement the
UNGP BHR. The Coordinating Ministry for Economic affairs has been acting as
a focal point to promote, incorporate, and implement UNGP BHR in Indonesia.
Their mandate is to synchronise economic policy and regulation with the UNGP
BHR (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2018).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized a national seminar on business
and human rights last January
2018, and a national symposium
Komnas HAM has been playing a
in September 2015 (Ministry of
significant role in pushing for the
Foreign Affairs, 2016). With ASEAN
adoption of the BHR framework
Intergovernmental Commission on
not only in Indonesia but in
Human Rights (AICHR), Indonesia
Southeast Asia as well.
maintains its position to support the
ASEAN Action Plan on Business and
Human Rights. In the UN forum, Indonesia is also campaigning to change the
nature of the UNGP BHR from voluntary to internationally legally binding.
For its part, the Ministry of State-Owned Enterpirses convened a consultation on BHR in April 2018, inviting 27 State-owned enterprises to create
adequate mechanisms to integrate human rights principles in their respective
companies (JDIH, 2018).
Several local governments are also initiating the implementation of human
rights principles in their regions.
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