On 5 February 2018, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights H.E. Zeid bin Ra’ad Al Hussein invited AJAR and 19 other civil society groups to discuss the implementation of human rights in the region. This occasion, which happened during High Commissioner Zeid’s official visit to Indonesia, also marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of […]
After many years of documenting and advocating on issues of violence against women in Papua, we must acknowledge that impunity is entrenched. Justice, truth, healing and guarantees not to repeat remain far from reach. This reality has driven us to develop a participatory approach. One that can provide a safe learning spaces for women in […]
Press Release Bringing Them Home: Fifteen Stolen Children Reunited with their Families in Timor-Leste Jakarta, Indonesia and Dili, Timor-Leste 20-27 November 2017 “I feel reborn today,” said Antonio Ximenes in the car on the way to the airport in Bali. He carefully took out a tattered black and white photograph of his sister from his […]
Press release: Timor-Leste’s NGO Coalition on CAT Submits Joint Shadow Report at the UN Committee Against Torture’s 62nd Session Geneva, Switzerland and Dili, Timor-Leste 21 November 2017 Life is not fair. I live like an animal that crawls on the ground. My life is difficult. I don’t have a decent house… (AM, a female rape and […]
Since November 2015, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) has worked with the Papuan Women Working Group (PWG), consisting of women activists, religious leaders and human rights organisations, with the goal to understand deeper the experiences of women victims of violence in the provinces of Papua and West Papua. The findings of our participatory action research […]
First-Year Anniversary of the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Truth-Seeking on Human Rights Violations in Aceh to Strengthen Peace 24 October 2017 Today marks the first-year anniversary of the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Aceh TRC) following its inauguration by the Governor of Aceh on 24 October 2016. The Aceh TRC’s presence is a milestone […]
Press Release: Regional Asia Seminar on the “Role of Truth in Strengthening Peace in Asia” Banda Aceh, 12 October 2017 More than 100 policymakers, academics, civil society and survivors from Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Timor-Leste and South Korea are gathering in Banda Aceh on 12 October 2017 to discuss the role of truth […]
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT 6 September 2017 Indonesia: Government must make public the 2005 fact-finding report on Munir’s case In commemorating the thirteen years after the killing of human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, 7th of September 2017, the undersigned regional and international human rights organizations call on the Indonesian President Joko Widodo to take decisive […]
PUBLIC STATEMENT 30 August 2017 Indonesia: Continuing failure in addressing enforced disappearances would worsen culture of impunity As people around the world today mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, AFAD (Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances), AJAR (Asia Justice and Rights), Amnesty International, IKOHI (Indonesian Association of Families of the Disappeared) and […]
Read More… from Public Statement on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances