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Indonesia to push for ratification of UN treaty on enforced disappearance
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Mahfud MD (tribunnews.com/Istimewa)
T
he government has pledged to push for a swift ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPED) in the House of Representatives, after more than a decade of delays.
Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD told the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) earlier this week that Indonesia was in the process of ratifying the convention.
The ICPED is the only one of the UN’s nine core conventions on international human rights that Indonesia has yet to ratify. The other eight are on the elimination of racial discrimination (ICERD); the elimination of discrimination against women (CEDAW); and the elimination of torture and inhuman treatment (CAT); as well as on the rights of people with disabilities (CRPD); on political rights (ICCPR); on social, economic and cultural rights (ICESCR); on children’s rights (CRC); and on the protection of migrant workers (ICMW).
In a press briefing on Thursday, Mahfud said the government’s plan had been welcomed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet.
The coordinating minister claimed the government would communicate with lawmakers to expedite the ratification of ICPED.
"We will tell [the lawmakers] that the bill has caught the attention of the UN Human Rights Council so it should be passed immediately," he said.
The House, however, has yet to schedule a meeting to process the ratification.
