Bill on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Unlikely to be Completed Before Elections
AMAN and representatives of three indigenous communities from western Java appeared before the Special House Committee in a public hearing on the draft Bill on the Recognition and Protection of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples today. The hearing, at Indonesia’s national parliament, took place after a formal request from AMAN in an attempt to expedite consideration of the bill which has sat in the lower house since 2011. The Committee