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Information received from the source
166. No information was received from sources regarding outstanding cases.
General allegation
167. Information was submitted by NGOs to the Working Group concerning obstacles
reportedly encountered in the implementation of the Declaration by the Government of
Indonesia. This information was transmitted to the Government.
168. According to the reports, in early 2005, the National Human Rights Commission
(Komnas Ham) conducted an investigation into the disappearance in 1998 of 8 activist students
and 14 democracy activists. However, the Commission’s efforts to investigate certain members
of the military and special forces, as well as places where it was believed that the disappeared
were reportedly detained, were allegedly obstructed at every stage.
169. On 8 November 2006, Komnas Ham presented an official report of its findings to the
Attorney General, the Supreme Court and the Indonesian Parliament. In the report, 27 officers of
the State Army, the National Police and State Intelligence were implicated in the
above-mentioned disappearances. However, the Attorney General has reportedly taken no action
to pursue the matter further by filing formal charges against the alleged perpetrators or pressing
for prosecution. No response was received from the Government regarding this general
allegation.
Request for a visit
170. On 12 December 2006, the Working Group requested to undertake a mission to Indonesia
either in late 2007 or early 2008, in order to facilitate the clarification of outstanding cases. A
communication from the Government acknowledging receipt of the request was received on
24 January 2007. In March 2007, at the request of the Permanent Mission of Indonesia, the
Secretary of the Working Group met with representatives of the Permanent Mission to discuss
outstanding cases and the mission request. On 8 March 2007, the Secretariat received a note
from the Permanent Mission, explaining that Indonesia had recently received a visit from a
Special Rapporteur and that two further visits were scheduled for 2007. For this reason, the
Government considered that its agenda for 2007 was already full and that greater benefit would
be derived if the Working Group visited at a later date.
Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding
171. In previous years and during the year under review, the Working Group transmitted 162
cases to the Government; of those, 3 cases have been clarified on the basis of information
provided by the source and 159 cases remain outstanding.
Observations
172. The Working Group reiterates the observations made in the 2006 annual report, since it
received no information from the Government thereon.
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