Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) said that the government violated the law by ignoring the commission's recommendation on 18 human rights violations related to the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, allegdly caused by Lapindo's drilling activities.

That was what Komnas Ham commissioner Syafruddin Ngulma Simeulue said Friday, as quoted by kompas.com at a press conference on Komnas HAM reports on the Human Rights Situation 2010 in Jakarta on Friday.

"We have told the president and the House of Representatives about our recommendations on 18 human right violations, but there is no follow up. Whereas, in the law stated that our recommendations should be followed up," Syafruddin said.

The human right violations includes violations on housing rights, education rights, children's rights, right to health, women's rights, and workers' rights. "There are 18 rights that have got nothing to do with law processes like children's right, but still the government has to fulfill them," Syafruddin said.

He said that the government should fulfill the rights of the victims without waiting for the legal process of Lapindo to be completed or for proof of severe human rights violations. "The rights have to be fulfilled, respected and protected by the country. It has got nothing to do with the legal process," he said.

Komnas HAM chairman Ifdhal Kasim said that both the central government and the local administration were the most responsible for protecting their residents' rights. However, in the expansion of ensuring human rights, especially concerning local authorities, they were said to not be doing the maximum.