RSPO Principles and Criteria Draft (v2)

July 16, 2018

Dear RSPO Members and Consumer Goods Manufacturing Companies:

We are writing to you regarding the proposed revisions to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Principles & Criteria (P&C). The second draft was released recently for public consultation, ending on August 4, 2018.

The undersigned NGOs are concerned about existing deficiencies in the proposed requirements. Stronger reforms are needed to bring the P&C in line with the ‘no deforestation, no peat, no exploitation’ (NDPE) standards adopted by ... read more

Posted on 12:32 AM in Agro Fuels, Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Open Letters, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: ArbeiterInnen, gender, Indonesia, human rights, Papua, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

20th Anniversary of the ‘Biak Massacre’, West Papua

 

 

London, New York, Berlin, Wuppertal, Geneva, 6 July 2018

Joint Statement of Solidarity

 20th Anniversary of the ‘Biak Massacre’, West Papua

Today – July 6, 2018 – we stand in solidarity with the people of West Papua in commemorating the 20th anniversary of the torture, rape, killing and disappearances of many children, women and men who gathered near a water tower by Biak Port in West Papua for a peaceful protest against the Indonesian Government.

On July 6 1998, the Indonesian ... read more

Posted on 03:42 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Press Releases, Publications
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, military, Papua, crimes against humanity

(Deutsch) Watch Indonesia! – ein Land zwischen Traumstränden und Konflikten

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Posted on 11:36 PM in Aceh, democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Society & Religion, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, democracy, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, corruption, LGBT, human rights, East Timor, Papua, press freedom, religion, special autonomy

(Deutsch) Menschenrechtslage in Papua nach 20 Jahren ‚Reformasi’: keine Gerechtigkeit für die Opfer und weitere Isolation

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Posted on 02:32 AM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Regional Conflicts
Tags: Gerechtigkeit, Indonesia, Justiz, human rights, military, Papua, political prisoners, press freedom, protest action, regional conflicts, security sector, criminal prosecution, independence, United Nations

So predictable but still unstoppable?

In the spotlight, January 05, 2018

by Yvonne Kunz

 

Oil palm plantations seem to be a pest to Indonesian forests. Sumatra and Kalimantan are already plastered with vast plantations, islands that used to be vastly covered by forests. Research on the ecological and socio-economic impacts of this transformation has been conducted for years and years. While results are often complex and not always finding a common answer, data for the affected regions at the same time reveal ... read more

Posted on 01:17 AM in "In the Spotlight", Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Das gescheiterte Experiment

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Posted on 01:27 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Regional Conflicts, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: history and overview, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, transmigration

Human Rights in West Papua 2017

ICP, 26 September 2017

http://www.humanrightspapua.org/hrreport/2017

[The fifth report of the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) covering events from January 2015 until December 2016 ]

More than 40 organisations in West Papua, Jakarta and worldwide have brought their analysis on the human rights and conflict situation in West Papua together. The executive summary of the 218-pages report explains how several human rights standards have deteriorated over the last two years. The report is compiled by the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) and ... read more

Posted on 02:41 AM in joint studies and reports, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Rainforest, Studies, Environment & Climate
Tags: labour, mining, democracy, development, food security, women's rights, health, indigenous people, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, corruption, land rights, human rights, human rights defender, military, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Platagen, political prisoners, press freedom, Freedom of Expression, rain forest destruction, special autonomy, impunity, transitional justice, transmigration, environment and climate, United Nations, Verhaftugen, administration

(Deutsch) Wenn Kritik bedeutet, nur Schönes und Gutes zu sagen

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Posted on 01:30 PM in Aceh, democracy, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Regional Conflicts
Tags: Aceh, democracy, Gesetz über elektronische Informationen und Transaktionen, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, corruption, KPK, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, military, Papua, PDI-P, press freedom, Freedom of Expression, Repdem, Rohingya, civil society

(Deutsch) Wir halten Sie auf dem Laufenden

 

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Posted on 11:22 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: Indonesia, Komnas HAM, LGBT Rights, human rights, Papua, political prisoners, press freedom, religion, impunity, criminal prosecution, death penalty, United Nations, dealing with the past, female genital mutilation (FGM)

(Deutsch) Eine bedrückende Jahresbilanz für Pressefreiheit und freie Meinungsäußerung in Papua

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Posted on 02:26 PM in democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications
Tags: democracy, Demonstration, Indonesia, human rights, Papua, press freedom, Freedom of Expression, Verhaftungen