A/HRC/19/58 Indonesia Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under the urgent action procedure Cases sent under the standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 0 0 0 0 162 162 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) N/A 0 0 Urgent appeal N/A Government response N/A General allegation Yes Government response No Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit Yes Invitation extended No 285. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and, regrettably, no response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in A/HRC/4/41. General allegations Summary of the general allegation 286. The Working Group received information from credible sources concerning obstacles encountered in the implementation of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance in Indonesia. This information was transmitted to the Government on 13 January 2011, after the Working Group’s ninety-second session. 287. It was reported that, between 1997 and 1998, a number of students and other activists who opposed the former President Suharto’s New Order regime were victims of enforced disappearance in Indonesia. According to the source, while nine of the students originally abducted were released later (Pius Lustrilanang, Desmon J Mahesa, Haryanto Taslam, Mugiyanto, Aan Rusdianto, Faisol Reza, Rahardja Waluya Jati, Nezar Patria and Andi Aref), 13 remain disappeared: Suyat, Yani Afri, Sonny, M. Yusuf, Noval Alkatiri, Dedy Hamdun, Ismail, Bimo Petrus, Abdun Naser, Hendra Hambali, Ocok Siahaan, Yadin Muhidin and Wiji Thukul. However, according to the source, no effective measures are being undertaken to investigate these cases. 288. Reportedly, in October 2006, the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) released the results of an inquiry that made reference to numerous human rights violations against these activists, including torture and enforced disappearance, and requested reparations for the victims and their families. The report was later submitted to the Attorney General, to investigate the alleged crimes. 289. The source informed the Working Group that the Attorney General did not follow up the recommendations made by Komnas Ham because he argued that, according to article 43 of Law No. 26/2000, the establishment of an ad hoc Human Rights Court by the Parliament was a precondition to any investigation. However, the source indicated that, in previous 67

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