Christopher Knaus – The Australian government has revealed that a further 220 Indonesian children may have been wrongly detained as adult people smugglers, doubling the number initially

Jakarta – A 14-year-old allegedly killed his father and grandmother and injured his mother at their home in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta. This is a heartbreaking tragedy.

Jakarta – The past few weeks, if not months, have not been a proud time for our teenagers, the generation that will carry the torch to achieve the country's vision of a Golden Indonesia

Jakarta – The way children are treated from birth to around 6 years old has a deep and lasting effect on their future.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has revealed that most day care facilities in the country are unlicensed, taking cases in Depok, West Java, and Pekanbaru, Ri

Alifia Sekar, Jakarta – The emergence of alleged incidences of child abuse on social media platforms in recent weeks have put a negative spotlight on childcare services and facilities i

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was in Jayapura, Papua, on Tuesday to celebrate National Children's Day.

Christopher Knaus – In a small room at Perth's Hakea maximum security adult jail, an Indonesian child sat with eyes transfixed on a television screen.

Christopher Knaus – The Indonesian fisher who led the challenge against Australia's unlawful detention of hundreds of children found on people-smuggling boats has urged the government t

Christopher Knaus – Up to 220 Indonesians could receive compensation after they were wrongfully prosecuted and detained as adult people smugglers in Australia despite being children at

Christopher Knaus – The Australian government has agreed to pay more than $27m to Indonesians who were wrongly detained or prosecuted as adult people smugglers while they were children

Antara, Jakarta – Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Bintang Puspayoga has emphasized the importance of developing an anti-violence education strategy for early

Jayapura, Jubi – Head of the Papua Office of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM Papua) Frits Ramandey said violence against children allegedly committed by Indonesian Mili

Christopher Knaus and Ben Doherty – Two Indonesian children who were imprisoned as adult people smugglers using deeply flawed evidence have asked attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, to use

West Java Vice Governor Uu Ruzhanul Ulum had to issue a public apology after he inappropriately downplayed the severity of a disturbing child bullying case in his province.

Katriana, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has signed the Presidential Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 101 of 2022 concerning the national strategy for the elimin

Raka Ibrahim, Denpasar – In Indonesian society, it is highly unusual for children to cut off contact with their parents. But for some, it is an inevitable decision.

Katharina R.

Jayapura, Jubi – On November 20 every year, the world community celebrates World Children's Day. The theme for this year's World Children's Day is "A Better Future for Every Child".

Kiki Siregar, Jakarta – It was the sudden loud cry of 10-year-old Indonesian Aisyah that caught her neighbours' attention in South Tangerang, Banten province, one day in January.

Jakarta – Police on Sunday arrested two men who recorded videos of themselves forcing a 4-year-old boy to drink alcohol in East Luwu, South Sulawesi.

Jessica Washington, Depok, Indonesia – In the city of Depok, West Java, a group of children gather together outside an old building.

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The unequal burden of child care and housework on women has prompted a domino effect leading to violence against children as mothers juggle amid the COVID-19 h

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – SOS Children's Villages Indonesia, a non-profit organization that provides families for orphans and abandoned children, ramps up their commitment to prote

Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – As the government reallocates most of its resources to the mitigation of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, children from across the archipelago have spoken u

Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic might have largely affected the elderly and chronically ill adults, but a recent assessment has found that children in Indonesia are expo

Made Anthony Iswara, Jakarta – Parents and the government must pay more attention to children's health and education as the pandemic casts a shadow over the lives of Indonesian childre

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – According to the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry, around 5 percent of all people found to be COVID-19-positive in Indonesia are children b

Hengky Ola Sura, Maumere – Some 77 students of class VII of Bunda Segala Bangsa (BSB) seminary junior high school in Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), were reportedly "punished" by tw

Antara, Jakarta – The Commission for Indonesian Children Protection (KPAI) recorded a total of 4,369 violations against children's rights throughout Indonesia last year, including dome

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission, or KPAI, says children continue to have their rights violated while the country is under President Joko "Jokowi" Wi

Paulina Quintao – The Executive Director of the Young Women's Movement Organization (MOFFE), Yasinta Lujina urged the National Parliament to get back on the agenda the draft law on chi

Paulina Quintao – The Minister of Justice (MJ), Manuel Carceres da Costa said a specific law on adoption for Timor-Leste has not been established, but that parts of the civil code cont

Jakarta – The sudden death of a South Tangerang national flag-hoisting team (Paskibraka) member on Thursday with bruises found on her body has raised allegations that she had been abus

The Bandung District Court today sentenced highly controversial cleric Habib Bahar bin Smith to three years in prison for assaulting two minors last year, footage of which went viral o

Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) is looking into a report concerning the alleged abuse of two underage people during a May Day rally at the hands

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Jakarta, Jubi – The highest child poverty rates is in the provinces of Papua, West Papua and East Nusa Tenggara, respectively 35.57 percent, 31.03 percent, and 26.42 percent.

Wamena, Jubi – A police officer in Wamena, Jayawijaya allegedly mistreated a minor, Friday afternoon, June 16, 2017.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Female activists in Aceh, affiliated with the 231 Monitoring Network, have urged the government and police to investigate child abuse cases in the provin

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Police in Aceh have named one of their own members a suspect in the alleged sexual abuse of at least two young girls, as clerics in the staunchly conservative

Vita A.D. Busyra & Fana F.S.

Prime Minister Abbott should use his first foreign trip as head of state to put human rights at the heart of Australia's foreign policy.

[Joint Press Release by Franciscans International, Human Rights and Peace for Papua (ICP), Imparsial, KontraS, Tapol and the West Papua Network.]

Jakarta – Indonesia detains and neglects migrant and asylum-seeking children, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

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ALRC-CWS-22-06-2013

Human Rights Council
Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with SRSG on violence against children

Jakarta, Indonesia – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono requires full attention from his audiences, regardless their position or age.

Dili, East Timor, and Jakarta, Indonesia – Not until she was at the deathbed of the man presumed to be her father did Alexhia Cordova da Silva's life start to make sense.

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police will summon Hasan bin Ja'afar Assegaf, a influential cleric who is accused of sexually abusing some his boy students.