Elections 2024 in Indonesia: Analysis and Opinions (Article Series)

On 14 February, Indonesia will hold the world’s largest election in a single day. The approximately 205 million eligible voters are called upon to elect a new president and vice president as well as almost 20,000 representatives for the national parliament, the provincial parliaments and the district parliaments.

In view of their formative power, the presidential elections are widely in the focus of public attention. Since mid-November, the approved pairs of presidential and vice-presidential candidates who will run to succeed President ... read more

Posted on 07:57 PM in Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: Arbeiterpartei Indonesien, Demokratie Indonesien, Elections Indonesia, Fatia Maulidiyanti, Haris Azhar, Human Rights Indonesia, Indonesia 2024, Menschenrechte Indonesien, Menschenrechtsverteidiger Indonesien, Wahlen Indonesien

New Publication on Urban Transformation in Jakarta und Berlin 2022

Watch Indonesia! Für Menschenrechte, Demokratie und Umwelt in Indonesien und Osttimor e.V. (Hg.) /

© Watch Indonesia! e.V. 2022 

Articles available in English and Bahasa Indonesia:

• Joint Centre Urban Systems: Facilitating Co-Governance and International Collaboration for Sustainability in Jakarta by Urban Transition Management 
• Sarinah: Dari Alienasi ke Partisipasi bagi transformasi perkotaan yang berkeadilan sosial 
• Eka Kusuma and Seruni F. Lestari: Going Sustainable – Behind the Effort Towards a more  Eco-friendly Online Food Culture in Jakarta 
• Frans A. ... read more

Posted on 02:48 PM in Activities, Disasters, Feature, Human Development, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Project Urban Transformation, Publications, Studies, Environment & Climate
Tags: Berlin, democracy, Energiewende, Entfremdung, Jakarta, Kampung, Kiez, Klimaadaption, Klimakrise, Klimanotstand, Müll, Ökologie, Partizipation, Räumungen, Resilienz, Stadtentwicklung, Teilhabe, Transition Management, Urbane Transformation, Urbanisierung, Verkehrswende, Wasserkrise, Wohnen

(Deutsch) G20-Gipfel im Zeichen der Multikrise – Wo steht Indonesien?

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Posted on 06:53 PM in Human Rights, Information and Analysis, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Economy, Europe G20 Summit, G20, G20 presidency, G20 presidency Indonesia, Indonesia, Joko Widodo

Refugees in Indonesia: Lingering in Permanent Limbo?

by Annika Püfke and Antje Missbach

In December 2021, for the fourth time within the last two years, Indonesian authorities saw themselves forced to facilitate a rescue mission to save 105 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, from deadly danger at sea. Having fled persecution in Myanmar and then become stuck in refugee camps in Bangladesh, the Rohingya had suffered perilous conditions for more than a month, trapped on an unseaworthy boat and insufficiently equipped ... read more

Posted on 04:44 PM in Activities, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: Aceh, Asyl, Asylum, asylum seekers, boat, Boot, detention centre, refugees, Geflüchtete, Indonesia, Internierung, Rohingya

Neue Publikation: Themenheft Demokratie in Indonesien und Timor-Leste 2021

Watch Indonesia! Für Menschenrechte, Demokratie und Umwelt in Indonesien und Osttimor e.V. (Hg.) /

© Watch Indonesia! e.V. 2021

Articles available in English and Bahasa Indonesia:

• A. Satrio “Has the Pandemic Exposed the Weakness of Indonesian Constitutional Democracy”
• TAPOL “West Papua in 2021: the renewal of special autonomy and a new ‘terrorism’ designation indicate a further decline of democracy” 
• B. Pereira “Women’s Emancipation and Maubootizmu” 
• Mudhoffir and Hadiz “Dominasi Oligarki dalam Demokrasi Indonesai Membuat Pelemahan KPK Tak Terhindarkan”

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Posted on 01:26 PM in Activities, Feature, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, East Timor, Publications, Studies
Tags: Auroritarismus, democracy, Demokratie in Indonesien, Frauen Indonesien, Gerechtigkeit, Indonesia, Justiz, LGBT Rights, LGBTIQ, LGBTQI, human rights, Menschenrechte Indonesien, East Timor, Women´s rights