Policy briefing: EU-Indonesia Human Rights Dialogue

In this policy briefing the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) and Penal Reform International (PRI) detail key concerns on the interlinking issues on the agenda for the European Union-Indonesia Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels on 8 November 2019, and the EU-Indonesia Civil Society Seminar Forum on 7 November 2019: Access to justice and penal policy; Rights of minorities/vulnerable groups and non-discrimination; Freedom of Expression or Assembly.

They key issues and corresponding recommendations, to the EU and the Indonesian Government, cover some of the most urgent pressing human rights issues relating to penal reform in Indonesia, as follows:

1) Draft Criminal Code, as presented in September 2019
2) Imposition and implementation of the death penalty
3) Overuse of imprisonment and poor detention conditions