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Retno tells UN council Jokowi regrets nation’s past human rights abuses
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Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi speaks during a United Nations Security Council session in New York, the United States, on Jan. 18. (The Jakarta Post/Courtesy of Foreign Ministry)
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oreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had acknowledged and expressed regret on behalf of the state for 12 gross human rights violations in the country’s history, as part of efforts to improve protections in the future.
Retno was speaking at the council’s 52nd session in Geneva on Monday.
She said preventing future human rights violations required coming to terms with past mistakes, adding that “Indonesia has that courage”.
“Indonesia is committed to rehabilitating the victims, without negating the judicial resolution,” Retno said.
She referenced Jokowi’s Jan. 11 apology on behalf of the nation for its past gross human rights violations.
"With a clear mind and a sincere heart, I, as the leader of this country, admit that gross human rights violations have happened in several incidents, and I regret them very much," Jokowi said at the time.
The President listed 12 gross human rights violations that took place from the 1960s to the early 2000s, including the communist purges of the 1960s and the forced disappearances of student protesters in the late 1990s.
