Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) proposed four bills for the 2025–2029 National Legislation Program of the House of Representatives (DPR) during a meeting here on Wednesday.The four bills comprised the Bill on Domestic Workers' Protection, the Bill on Criminal Procedure Code, the Bill on Customary Law Communities, and the Bill on Human Trafficking.
"Komnas HAM is seeking to develop a conducive condition for human rights implementation in accordance with (the national ideology) Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, the UN Charter, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," Komnas HAM chairperson Atnike Nova Sigiro said.
She informed that the bills were proposed by considering human rights needs. According to Sigiro, the Domestic Workers' Protection Bill, which has been pending for almost two decades, is needed because there are many domestic workers who are at risk of inadequate legal protection.
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"The bill will regulate work agreements between domestic workers and employers, thereby providing legal certainty and fair protection to all parties," she said.
She further noted that the Bill on Criminal Procedure Code is very crucial because it is related to the principles of law protection and enforcement. Dozens of tests have found that the current provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code are in conflict with the Constitution in relation to human rights, she said.
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She added that the Customary Law Communities Bill needs to be ratified to recognize and respect the presence of customary law communities in the context of human rights. Lastly, she said that the Human Trafficking Law needs to be revised and strengthened because its implementation has not been effective.
During the 16 years of its enforcement, the modes of human trafficking have continued to develop to include online crimes or scams, she expounded.
"It is important to revise the Human Trafficking Law because this law is a form of the state's commitment to preventing and handling human trafficking," she highlighted.
