Preliminary
1. Indonesia has population of around 230 millions. The government recognizes 365 ethnic and sub-ethnic groups as komunitas adat terpencil (geographicallyisolated customary law communities). They number approx. 1.1 million. However, many more peoples consider themselves, or are considered by others, to be indigenous. The national indigenous peoples’ organization, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), uses the term masyarakat adat to refer to indigenous peoples in Indonesia, amounts to between 50-60 millions.
2. The third amendment of the Indonesian Constitution recognizes indigenous peoples’ rights in Article 18b-2. In more recent legislation, there is an implicit, though conditional, recognition of some rights of peoples referred to as masyarakat adat or masyarakat hukum adat, such as Act No.5/1960 on Basic Agrarian Regulation, Act No.39/1999 on Human Rights, MPR (Parliament) Decree No. X/2001 on Agrarian Reform. Finally, in 2007 Indonesian Government has signed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
3. AMAN as an umbrella organizations of indigenous people in Indonesia welcomes Universal Periodic Review mechanism invited Non-Government Organizations to participate in reporting information in terms of countries’ (UN members) obedience to international agreements on human rights and implementation of recommendations, especially those already ratified by the countries (UN members).
4. This submission report highlights the implementation of UPR’s recommendations in 2008, in particular the Section II of the Report of the Working Group A/HRC/8/23: Paragraph 77 point (1), (3), (5) and point (7a and 7b); and Paragraph 78.
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