The Indonesia’s NGO Coalition for International Human Rights Advocacy (HRWG) was established by a the majority of NGOs working in different issues but share interest in human rights to serve the need for elaborate advocacy works already in place with the aim of maximizing the goals and putting more pressures on the Indonesian government to execute its international and constitutional obligations to protecting, fulfilling, respecting and promoting human rights in the country.
Vision
State administrators to better fulfill their constitutional and international obligations to promoting, fulfilling and protecting human rights in Indonesia.
Mission
To increase effectiveness of human rights advocacy works in Indonesia in particular and in international world in general with the intention that encouraging the state c/q the Government of Indonesia to carry out its international and constitutional obligation to promoting, fulfilling and protecting human rights by making the following attempts:
Networking Principles and Values
Structure of the Organisation:
The Highest decision making body of the coalition is the General Assembly of Indonesian Human Rights NGO from local regional to national level. Since the first assembly of the coalition in February 2003 the member of the Coalition has reached a number of 30 and in the strategic planning meeting last June 2003 Kumpulan Bantuan Hukum Bengkulu, Sumatra (KBH) and ORI (Organisasi Rakyat Independen) Sumatra, Justice & Peace Papua Barat and one Jakarta Based Facilitator organization has joined the collation. The Program of the coalition is executed by a Working Group under the auspices of A Board of 7 representatives, elected by the Assembly.
Board of Representatives
In order to supervise and control the implementation of the Coalition’s program, 5 members of board of representative were elected in the 2nd meeting of the Coalition in June 2003. The membership of the board for this year are the existing leading agencies namely INFID, ELSAM and KPI and 2 additional organization from the region which were elected during the second assembly of the coalition Namely KBH-Bengkulu and Reps from West Papua. Board of representative have a regular quarterly consultation with the Working Group and General Assembly of HRWG in 2012 decided the 7 representatives from the HRWG members sit on the Board Council, namely: JATAM, Migrant Care, SKPKC Papua, RPUK Aceh, YAPPIKA, LBH Jakarta, and Gaya Nusantara.