September 22 2015.
Tonight, we attended “The
Geography of Human Rights, Yap Thiem Hien Human Right Lecture” by Prof. Dr. Jan
Pronk. Jan Pronk. Born in Scheveningen, March 16, 1940, the most powerful in
development coordination field in Netherlands. Head of IGGI (Inter-governmental
Group on Indonesia), IGGI was substituted by Consultative Grorup on Indonesia
(CGI).
He involved in Ministry of
Economic and Foreign Affairs Coordination of Netherlands and funding
institution for Indonesia in 1973-1977 and 1989-1992. The contribution of IGGI
ended in March 1992. During his visit to Indonesia, Pronk’s having lecture in
several places in Indonesia, meeting Vice President Jusuf Kalla, human right
activist, and other activities related to human rights and development.
At that night, the judge of the
Constitutional Court, Mr. Anwar Usman opened the lecture "Human Rights
Lecture of the Yap Thiam Hien". Yap Thiam Hien defenders of law and
justice. The figure is not limited by time, in Bahasa I called “sosoknya tak
lekang oleh waktu”. He is the lawyer who defense the weak people. He had been
detained without due process of justice as he was accused of inciting the
students. We have to give the appreciation. The young generation is the
potential 'weapon' in the era of reformation as a representation of giving
critics to the government. The historical moments which occurred in Malari, Tanjung
Priok, etc, we have to keep in mind and live up the lesson behind those
historical events that reveals the humanity.
The young generation should be
prepared as well as possible in the reformation era. Reformation that promote
the rule of law, uphold the human rights, eradicate corruption, freedom of speech,
deletion of dual armed forces, this struggle is also passed by Yap Thiam Hien.
He is fighting for the constitutional rights of the citizens so that citizens
feel that their right of constitutional always gets priority. The values of
the Constitution must be felt by every community, adopted in all aspects of
life. Those values have to be dynamic, always follow the changing conditions
in society itself.
Our constitution, “UUD 1945”
should be implemented of all elements of the state: officers and citizens. The
Constitution should not be merely a ceremonial document. We have to live up the
Constitution. Supposing the constitution as a "heart of life", living
in state institutions and the citizens. The Constitution as the supreme right
has to be fully implemented. That is the "protector" of human rights
itself. Each citizen has to be understand and implement it consistently. Be
aware that from the experience of countries that “do not enforce the
constitution and the law” is the beginning of the destruction of a country.
Mr Jan Pronk associated it with
the development of human rights.
Good development has to protect
the rights of the people in it. "When
in 1948 the international community accepted the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights declared that this Declaration countries would function as a common
standard for all member states of the United Nations. This is why the
Declaration is called universal ". Mr. Jan Pronk started his
explanation by tracing the history of the UDHR, how the idea of this
declaration appeared for the first time, and become a milestone for the world
in the consciousness fight for their rights and uphold the rights of others as
human being.
“The decision taken ushered in a new phase of globalization:
globalization not only of economic and technological opportunities, but also of
values and institutions, in order to serve the global common objectives.”
Prof. Jan continued his explanation.
Six objectives as follows: 1) peace: avoiding new world wars and major
conflict escalations 2) security: addressing international and domestic
conflicts that would endanger world security. 3) Stability: Preventing and
mitigating world economic, financial, trade and food security instabilities. 4)
development: enabling progress, in order to improve the welfare of nations and
the life conditions of people Reviews their 5) freedom: of both nations
(decolonization) and citizens, by fostering processes of emancipation and
Democratization 6) protection of human rights.
Complex conflicts
Since the adoption of the UDHR the world has changed. The end of World
War 2 was not the end of the atrocities and Human Suffering. Progress was
modest, insufficient development, and cooperation meager. Human rights
violations are still widespread, everywhere, ongoing. They are no exceptions to
an otherwise positive trend. Giving example that present day conflicts are
extremely complex. Human rights are being violated not only by evil regime, for
instance in Syria (such as IS, by their opponents), and by rebels such as in
Dafur, tribally inspired oppositions such as in the new South Sudan.
Credibility
The factors are putting particular pressure on the presevation of human
rights. The first of these is lack of credibility of the champions. The legal
rights of financial institutions, capital, knowledge intensive enterprises,
mining industries, and plantation companies are being protected, while the
rights of indigenous people and small farmers are being shoved aside. Moreover,
developing countries observe that CO2 emissions and climate change have
resulted in unequal opportunities over time and a factual curtailment of the
right to develop with consequences for economic and social human rights of
their population.
Impunity
Mr Jan Pronk continued his
explanation. The earlier consensus reached regarding the concept of human
rights, and despite regular reconfirmations at high political levels, disputes continue,
and that today human rights still are far from guaranteed. Since decolonization
and again after the end of Cold War and after 9/11, the world has become not
only more global, but also more differentiated and world conflicts have become
more complex.
Human rights are universal and
absolute. They should be arrived overnight. In the end there is only one human
right: the right to life. This is more than a right to survive. The right to
exist and to live implies a right to live a decent life, beyond mere
subsistence, a meaningful life.
Yap Thiam Hien, for Mr. Jan and
for all of us, he is our role model of a human rights defender. He belongs to
minority, he is truly Indonesian, fighting for justice and for all people in
Indonesia. If we talk about human rights, it relates to all of the people
'rights in the world since the UDHR was created in 1948.
Mentioning the genocide of Tutsi
in Rwanda, what has happened in the past, and for the future 2030 Strategy for
Sustainable Development, what can we do to overcome those menaces of human
rights in the environment, water scarcity problems, land and climate issues.
Let us work together, and show our solidarity in order to fulfil their right.
UDHR implementation and fulfillment is in our hand.
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