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Children's Rights & Underage Workers

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January 23, 2024

The Guardian - January 23, 2024

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

December 12, 2023

The Guardian - December 12, 2023

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

October 4, 2023

The Guardian - October 4, 2023

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

January 17, 2023

Tempo - January 17, 2023

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

December 13, 2022

Tabloid Jubi - December 13, 2022

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

August 17, 2022

The Guardian - August 17, 2022

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

July 26, 2022

Coconuts Jakarta - July 26, 2022

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.

July 18, 2022

Antara News - July 18, 2022

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

February 3, 2022

Jakarta Post - February 3, 2022

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.

December 9, 2021

November 22, 2021

Tabloid JUBI - November 22, 2021

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".

March 1, 2021

Channel News Asia - March 1, 2021

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.

August 25, 2020

Jakarta Post - August 25, 2020

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.

July 24, 2020

Jakarta Post - July 24, 2020

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

Jakarta Globe - July 24, 2020

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

Al Jazeera - July 24, 2020

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

June 26, 2020

Jakarta Post - June 26, 2020

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

May 29, 2020

Jakarta Post - May 29, 2020

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

Jakarta Post - May 29, 2020

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

Jakarta Post - May 29, 2020

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

February 25, 2020

Jakarta Post - February 25, 2020

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

February 19, 2020

Tempo - February 19, 2020

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

December 11, 2019

Jakarta Globe - December 11, 2019

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

September 2, 2019

Dili Weekly - September 2, 2019

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

August 21, 2019

Dili Weekly - August 21, 2019

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

August 3, 2019

Jakarta Post - August 3, 2019

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

July 9, 2019

Coconuts Jakarta - July 9, 2019

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

May 11, 2019

Jakarta Post - May 11, 2019

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

January 3, 2019

July 27, 2017

Tabloid JUBI - July 27, 2017

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.

June 21, 2017

Tabloid JUBI - June 21, 2017

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

April 25, 2014

Jakarta Post - April 25, 2014

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

April 22, 2014

Jakarta Globe - April 22, 2014

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

March 3, 2014

September 28, 2013

Human Rights Watch Press Release - September 28, 2013

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.

July 11, 2013

Joint Press Release - July 11, 2013

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

June 24, 2013

Human Rights Watch Statement - June 24, 2013

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

May 4, 2013

February 19, 2013

Asian Legal Resource Centre Written Statement - February 19, 2013

ALRC-CWS-22-06-2013

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

August 29, 2012

Jakarta Post - August 29, 2012

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

July 8, 2012

Global Post - July 8, 2012

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.

February 18, 2012

Jakarta Post - February 18, 2012

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.

Jakarta Post - February 18, 2012

Jakarta – A notorious cleric, identified as Habib H, who has been reported for alleged sexual abuse, failed to answer the National Child Protection Commission's (KPAI) summons to explai

January 9, 2012

Jakarta Globe - January 9, 2012

Irfan Kortschak – In the communal violence that afflicted Ambon at the end of the 20th century, up to 13,000 men, women and children died, and many more were maimed and injured.

October 6, 2011

Jakarta Globe - October 6, 2011

Elisabeth Oktofani & Dessy Sagita – More than 60 percent of Indonesian minors do not have a birth certificate, depriving them of a range of civic services, including enrolling at sc

July 25, 2010

Jakarta Post - July 25, 2010

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Two incidents marring National Children's Day celebrations, have led activists to question the way the government celebrates the day, which they said prioritized

July 24, 2010

Jakarta Globe - July 24, 2010

Camelia Pasandaran & Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – In an ironic twist, the day intended to celebrate children did not even allow them a chance to be heard.

July 23, 2010

Jakarta Globe - July 23, 2010

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono decided to ring in National Children's Day on Friday by giving a speech to hundreds of children about pornography.

March 25, 2010

Jakarta Globe - March 25, 2010

Nurfika Osman – A lack of concern by local administrations is the primary reason for rampant human trafficking in the country, especially of children, activists say.

July 23, 2009

Antara News - July 23, 2009

The number of neglected children is going up, and government programs have done little to help, according to an official at the Social Affairs Ministry.