October 27, 2022 | Pontianak – To implement National Action Plan for Human Rights (RANHAM), the Regional Office Ministry of Law and Human Rights of West Kalimantan together with the Provincial Government of West Kalimantan synergised to form the Regional Business and Human Rights Task Force (Gugus Tugas Daerah Bisnis dan Hak Asasi Manusia/GTD BHAM). The Task Force was directly inaugurated by the Director General of the Human Rights Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia, Mualimin Abdi at Balai Petitih West Kalimantan Governor’s Office on Thursday, 27 October 2022. Mualimin said that this Task Force would encourage the implementation of respect, protection, fulfillment, enforcement, and promotion of human rights in the business sector in West Kalimantan. “It is hoped that GTD BHAM can improve coordination between the provincial government agency and companies in West Kalimantan to strengthen the mainstreaming of business and human rights at the regional level. As for GTD, it can conduct dissemination and workshop regarding business and human rights, increase company awareness in the region on business and human rights, and helps monitor business and human rights efforts in regions, especially in West Kalimantan,” he said at the event.
“… It is hoped that this Task Force can also create a business world that upholds human rights values,” said Pria Wibawa, the Head of the Regional Office Ministry of Law and Human Rights of West Kalimantan. He considered this important because human right-based public service delivery is based on the Presidential Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 53 of 2021 on the National Action Plan for Human Rights 2021 – 2025.
The Governor of West Kalimantan welcomed the implementation of human rights values, especially regarding labour rights.
On this occasion, Hajerati, Director of Human Rights Cooperation of the Directorate General of Human Rights, conveyed the evaluation of the Rencana Aksi Nasional Hak Asasi Manusia (RAN HAM) in West Kalimantan Province to fulfill the predetermined documents regularly. Then Sofia Alatas, Head of Sub-Directorate for Foreign Cooperation of the Directorate General of Human Rights said that to help businesses identify and mitigate potential impacts arising from their business activities, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia launched a web-based application called PRISMA (Penilaian Risiko Bisnis dan Hak Asasi Manusia/Business and Human Rights Risk Assessment) in 2021.
