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New Zealand warmly thanks the Deputy-Minister Jeni and the delegation of Indonesia for the presentation today and the government of Indonesia for the detailed report it provided as a contribution to our dialogue. We commend Indonesia as one of the first countries to engage in the UPR dialogue for its constructive preparation and engagement in the process.
One of the pillars of Indonesia’s Second Action Plan is the harmonization of national legal institutions and legislation in accordance with international human rights instruments. In this context, we are interested in any information the Indonesian delegation is able to provide on developments that have taken place in terms of the legal and regulatory framework to implement the Convention against Torture, in particular current obstacles and achievements in its implementation at the local level. In addition, several delegations have this morning recommended that Indonesia’s Criminal Code proscribe torture as an offence. We support this recommendation and we thank the Deputy-Minister for his advice that this is in the draft Code currently under domestic consideration.
In its voluntary pledge to the Human Rights Council in 2006, Indonesia undertook to continue its efforts to respect and support international human rights instruments through the signing, accession or ratification of those instruments outlined in its national plan of action 2004-2009. Further to preliminary comments already made this morning, could the delegation share additional information on whether Indonesia plans to ratify the Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture, pursuant to its current National Plan of Action?
New Zealand warmly welcomes steps that were taken by the Indonesian government to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 2006. And we hope that Indonesia will benefit from the treaty body reporting process under both Covenants. We would be interested to know what challenges Indonesia has faced in the preparation of its initial reports to the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including an update on the submission of these reports.
