Disaster is indiscriminate to its victims, just as tsunamis are indifferent to gender, race or religion. However, vulnerable and minority groups face harder challenges besides the general effect of the disaster. They are women, gender minorities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities, indigenous people and religious minorities....

The final report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar chaired by Marzuki Darusman (also the chair of FIHRRST), provides a strong reminder to the business community in general of their responsibility to assess any human rights impacts linked to their operations, product and services. The Fact-Finding report states...

It was an in your face move as Nike unveiled Colin Kaepernick as its new face for the 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign, the shock announcement creating a storm of comment on social media and drawing attention worldwide. It was an action that polarized a nation and while a number of athletes, including in other sports, adopted similar...

SEEKING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE BY DOING RIGHT As part of its commitment to advance the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP), FIHRRST, with generous support from the Open Society Foundation, has begun an initiative to assess the understanding that Indonesian companies have of their respon...

During her internship experience at FIHRRST Indonesia, Rachel DeCapita (New England Law School, Boston, MA) had the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of current issues in international law and human rights, dealing in particular with human trafficking and illegal fishing in Indonesia. DeCapita was assigned to research news report of ens...

This article was published in The Jakarta Post paper edition, April 11th 2017, written by FIHRRST Co-founder, H.S. Dillon. The International Conference on Human Rights Protection in the Fishery Industry hosted by the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry on March 27 provided an opportunity for Minister Susi Pudjiastuti to lay out the thi...

This article was published in The Jakarta Post paper edition, Mar 4th 2017, written by our Founders,  Marzuki Darusman and Makarim Wibisono. The government of France, Indonesia’s Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, and Bandung Mayor Ridwan Kamil may appear to have little in common, but today we salute them all for having risen to...

This article was featured in The Jakarta Post, Oct 24th 2016 issue, written by one of our Founders, HS Dillon. Independence was supposed to bring prosperity to the people of Indonesia, but while many millions have indeed been lifted out of poverty there is one group that has largely been left behind: fisherfolk. It is true that some c...