Komnas HAM says PPRT Bill hopefully passed into law soon

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Nationwide Fee on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) expressed hope that the Invoice on Safety of Home Employees (RUU PPRT) may instantly be handed into regulation by the Home of Representatives (DPR) earlier than its parliamentary sitting interval ends.

“This is a vital second. Other than the sitting interval which ends quickly, February 15, 2023 is commemorated because the Nationwide Home Employees’ Day,” Komnas HAM Chairperson Atnike Nova Sigiro mentioned on the human rights fee’s official YouTube channel on Sunday.

She mentioned Komnas HAM and numerous teams of home staff within the nation have been ready for a excellent news on the deliberation of lawmakers relating to the invoice.

“The deliberation of the PPRT Invoice will proceed to roll rapidly earlier than the sitting interval ends, and we hope it can instantly be handed into regulation,” she mentioned once more.

 Sigiro mentioned home staff are thought to be one of many marginalized or susceptible teams by contemplating many circumstances reported to Komnas HAM, together with unpaid wages, sexual violence, misplaced household identities, and lacking individuals.

“These all mirror the issues of home staff,” she mentioned, including that these issues may occur partly as a result of absence of official standing as home staff which may have made their rights get ignored by employers.

“Komnas HAM has carried out a examine associated to the significance of getting a regulation on the safety of home staff, and Komnas HAM additionally hopes that by expediting the deliberation of the Safety of Home Employees Invoice, there shall be a change within the human rights scenario in Indonesia for the higher,” she mentioned.

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