Yusril Tegaskan Pokja HAM Hanya untuk Samakan Prosedur, Bukan Campuri Independensi Komnas HAM dan Kejagung

Thecuy.com – The Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Detention, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, stresses that the formation of a working group for handling severe human rights violation cases is not intended to interfere with Komnas HAM’s independence or the Attorney General’s authority.

Yusril states that the team was formed to align perceptions, standards, and procedures among the agencies involved so that the previously stalled cases of severe human rights violations can be further processed in the Human Rights Court.

Focus on harmonizing procedures

Yusril explains that coordination is needed because Komnas HAM and the Attorney General operate under distinct mechanisms. Komnas HAM is responsible for investigating alleged severe human rights violations, whereas the Attorney General conducts the investigation.

He emphasizes that the main issue is not the blending of powers, but rather how Komnas HAM’s investigation results can be understood and processed using uniform standards by prosecutors, thereby preventing the work from halting at an early stage or being invalidated in later steps.

Yusril also said that the role of Kemenko Kumham Imipas is to coordinate in order to identify procedural obstacles that have prevented several severe human rights violation cases from advancing to the court. He stressed that such coordination is commonly carried out by the government with other agencies concerning procedural matters without affecting each institution’s independence.

Komnas HAM says it was not involved

On the other hand, Komnas HAM Commissioner Amiruddin said that his institution was not involved in the formation of the working group announced by Yusril. Komnas HAM also declined to join the team.

Amiruddin said that the creation of the working group was done abruptly without discussion at the Komnas HAM Plenary Meeting. He also stressed that Komnas HAM is an independent state institution not part of the executive branch’s work.

According to Amiruddin, Komnas HAM has completed investigations into 13 cases of severe human rights violations and the files have been handed over to the Attorney General. Therefore, the authority to further process the files now lies with the Attorney General’s investigators.

13 serious human rights cases still under scrutiny

Previously, Yusril established a special working group to address the stagnation in handling 13 cases of severe human rights violations. The group is chaired by Deputy Minister of Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Detention Otto Hasibuan and was announced after a coordination meeting in Jakarta attended by officials from Kemenko Polkam, Komnas HAM, and the Attorney General.

Yusril said the team’s formation was also carried out on the President’s orders to investigate why the handling of several severe human rights violation cases had not progressed as expected. Meanwhile, Komnas HAM cautioned that resolving severe human rights violations must retain a clear legal basis and not be regulated arbitrarily.

Amiruddin opined that if the government wishes to pursue a mechanism outside the courts, the legal basis must first be established through a democratic and transparent process. He also warned the government not to repeat the non-judicial approach of President Joko Widodo’s era, which he deemed unsuccessful in delivering a sense of justice.

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