This position paper presents various violations of workers’ fundamental rights in palm oil plantations, particularly in large-scale plantations, that have been hidden from the state and public’s attention. This position paper urges the government to provide comprehensive protection for palm oil plantation workers and take responsibility to resolve the issues of fundamental labour rights …
Kertas posisi ini memaparkan berbagai bentuk pelanggaran hak-hak dasar buruh di perkebunan sawit, khususnya perkebunan skala besar, yang selama ini tersembunyi dari perhatian negara dan publik. Negara didesak untuk memberikan perlindungan menyeluruh terhadap buruh perkebunan sawit dan bertanggung jawab atas penyelesaian persoalan pelanggaran hak-hak dasar buruh. Koalisi Buruh Sawit juga men…
Lembaga-lembaga Keuangan Internasional atau International Financial Institutions (IFIs) adalah organisasi internasional, yang beranggotakan sejumlah pemerintahan negara,yang meminjamkan uang kepada negara berkembang atau perusahan swasta aktif di negara berkembang. Lembaga Keuangan Internasional yang paling menonjol adalah Kelompok Bank Dunia, Dana Moneter Internasional (IMF), Asian Developmen…
The administration of President Jokowi, in the National Mid Term Development Plan (Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Nasional - RPJMN) from 2015 to 2019, launched the “Program 100-0-100, i.e 100 per cent access to potable water, 0 slums, and 100 per cent access to sanitation, which will be completed in 2019. For urban target a Program of Kota Tanpa Kumuh/KOTAKU (My City, signifies the acron…
Indonesia’s President Jokowi has launched the ambitious “100-0-100 Program” with a laudable goal of 100 per cent access to potable water, 0 slums, and 100 per cent access to sanitation for urban inhabitants by 2019. The Cities Without Slums Program (KOTAKU) is a national platform funded by various sources, including central and local governments, the private sector, and various financial …
Infrastructure is of vital importance for development. Large-scale infrastructure projects, however, if developed without careful attention to impacts on the environment and communities, carry severe risks of mass impoverishment, permanent loss of livelihoods, violent conflict and human rights violations, as well as irreversible environmental damage. The latter includes the destruction of fores…