A/HRC/8/23 Page 3 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its first session from 7 to 18 April 2008. The review of Indonesia was held at the 4th meeting on 9 April 2008. The delegation of Indonesia was headed by H.E. Rezlan Ishar Jenie, Director General of Multilateral Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs. For the composition of the delegation, composed of 21 members, see appendix below. At its 10th meeting held on 11 April 2008, the Working Group adopted the present report on Indonesia. 2. On 28 February 2008, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Indonesia: Jordan, Canada and Djibouti. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to resolution 5/1, the following documents were issued for the review of Indonesia: (a) A national report submitted / written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/1/IDN/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/1/IDN/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR, in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/1/IDN/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by the Netherlands, Latvia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France and Canada, was transmitted to Indonesia through the troika. These questions are available on the extranet of the Universal Periodic Review. I. SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE REVIEW PROCESS A. Presentation by the State under review 5. At the 5th meeting, on 9 April 2008, H.E. Rezlan Ishar Jenie, introduced the national report. Indonesia stressed the great importance that it attaches to the Universal Periodic Review and expressed appreciation to OHCHR for its work. Indonesia is a country with a population of more than 222 million scattered over 33 provinces, and therefore, under the decentralization scheme and the devolution of governance to the provinces introduced by the Government in 2004 through Law No. 32/2004 on Local Government, the broad consultations among all relevant stakeholders, including NGOs and national human rights institutions, had to be conducted in all Indonesian provinces, through a series of dialogues involving the participation of representatives of the Government and civil society at the local level. The process is in line with the national objective of establishing a network of human rights societies in 476 cities in the country, 436 of which now have their own local committees for the implementation of the National Action Plan on Human Rights (NHRAP) of Indonesia. 6. Given the limited time allocated to the preparation of the report before its submission to the United Nations on 25 February 2008, it only managed to conduct twice consultations with representatives of civil society and national institutions for human rights in the capital, and one consultation in Aceh Province. After the submission of the report, Indonesia continued efforts to publicly disseminate and discuss the Universal Periodic Review mechanism and the national report