GENEVA: Committee On Economic, Social And Cultural Rights Hears On Situation In Ukraine And Indonesia

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International NGO Forum on Indonesia Development, representing more than 50 organizations, highlighted the situation of religious minorities in Indonesia who had persistently been on the receiving end of multi-layered discrimination, including Ahmadiyah followers

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By Targeted News Service | April 28, 2018

GENEVA, April 28 -- The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard from representatives of national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations on the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Ukraine and Indonesia, whose reports will be considered by the Committee this week.
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Indonesia: Non-governmental Organizations

Indonesian Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition, speaking on behalf of over 60 non-governmental organizations, made several key recommendations which it hoped the Committee would take into account when drafting its concluding observations.
Their subjects included the exclusion of various social groups, including the poor, women, migrant workers, indigenous people, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and people living with HIV/AIDS. They also included people with disabilities, refugees and asylum seekers and religious minorities such as the Ahmadiyah and Syiah communities who had been displaced from their villages. The improvement of social protection services, particularly maternity services and services for persons with disabilities was badly needed. The Government was urged to adopt the bill on the protection of domestic workers and ratify International Labour Organization Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Other areas of concern highlighted included the violation of the rights of women, indigenous peoples and the need to ensure the right of all children - girls and boys - to formal education. A lack of access to food security, clean water and adequate sanitation, especially in rural areas, as well as the preservation of cultural heritage by ensuring old buildings were preserved, not demolished, were also raised.
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International NGO Forum on Indonesia Development, representing more than 50 organizations, highlighted the situation of religious minorities in Indonesia who had persistently been on the receiving end of multi-layered discrimination, including Ahmadiyah followers in West Nusa Tenggara who had been languishing in refugee camps for the last eight years, the representative said. On 1 January 2014 Indonesia launched a universal health insurance programme, which was a significant breakthrough. However, health services had been unable to cope with the sudden influx of patients and the system suffered from weak coordination. Poor informal-sector workers were left were virtually no form of social protection under the current tariff system. The high maternal mortality rate of 359 per 100,000 live births, which translated to up to four women in Indonesia dying during pregnancy or childbirth every hour, was also discussed.
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