Discourse on Truth and Reconciliation Commission Law and Cultural Reconciliation

Reconciliation is considered to be the best way for Indonesia to move forward without being haunted by past events. Reconciliation is not a political issue, but honesty to see past mistakes.

The discourse on the deliberation of the Draft Law on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission or the TRC Bill was brought up again. The government issued Presidential Decree No. 17/2022 concerning the formation of a team for the Non-judicial Settlement of Past Serious Human Rights Violations. The team has an office term until 31 December 2022.

Efforts to resolve serious human rights cases in the past have actually been made since the 1998 reform movement through political reconciliation, the National Human Rights Commission, international courts, as well as structural reconciliation.