Human Rights and the Indonesian Security Sector: 2009 Almanac

This Almanac on Human Rights and Security Sector Oversight in Indonesia maps the current status of human rights observance by Indonesia’s security sector in terms of policies and practices. By benchmarking the status of human rights observance, the Almanac is a tool which can help prioritise ongoing security sector reform needs to ensure the improved provision of public security by Indonesia’s security sector actors.

With the emergence of security sector governance as a democratic norm at the international level, the effectiveness of security sector reform programmes, the access of the general population to public security and the consistency of government policy, practices and management in the security sector, have all impacted on the perception of human rights observance in states and across regions. Moreover, in the general context of democratisation, development and good governance, the idea of the state providing security as a public good is now well established.

Institute for Defense Security and Peace Studies 2009

The Institute for Defense, Security and Peace Studies (IDSPS) was established in the middle of 2006 by several activists and academicians who have concerns for Security Sector Reform advocacy in terms of transition reinforcement to democracy in Indonesia after 1998.