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Open letter
Freedom for West Papua

THE first sentence of the 1945 Constitution All these rights were further reinforced approach towards the Papuan people who
of Indonesia states that ‘the right to inde- by a UN resolution on The Right to Self are peacefully struggling for their right to
pendence is the basic right of all nations Determination, in accordance with an self determination, and not to use the se-
which means that colonialism should be initiative by the Pakistani ambassador to curity approach towards the Papuan people
abolished throughout the world’. the UN, Maleeha Modi, at the end of the when the security forces resort to physical
That sentence means that all those people year 2016. violence armed with weapons all of which
who are still being held under the control Speaking as a lawyer and Defender of has the potential to systematically violate
of any government should be granted the Human Rights in the Land of Papua, I re- their basic human rights.
right to self-determination. gard the birth of a UN Law on the Right to A peaceful approach by means of dia-
It should therefore be understood by the Self-Determination as a great victory within logue between the Government of Indo-
Government of Indonesia at the centre and the context of democracy and peace for the nesia and the Papuan people including
down to the regions , including the Land of protection of the human rights of all peoples various organisations and groups such as
Papua, that this right this is one of the most in the twenty-first century. the ULMWP, KNPB, the OPM,the Papuan
basic rights that it guaranteed under inter- The UN Resolution regarding the Right to Presidium Council, the WPNA, the WPNCL
national law, as is clear in the Universal Self-Determination was certainly planned and the Papuan Women’s Solidarity is es-
Declaration om Basic Human Rights and .... but it also provides the legal basis for the sential for the government under President
the UN Declaration of the Rights of Tradi- protection of other nations throughout the Joko Widodo.
tional Peoples that was adopted in 2007. world which have not yet had the oppor- It is my opinion, as the recipient of the
More specifically, Article 3 of the UN tunity to determine there own future such John Huimphrey Award/Canada in 2005
Declaration on the Rights of the Traditional as the Palestinian people,, the Kannaky, taking the approach of dialogue is very
Communities states that: ‘Traditional Com- Colony of France New Caledonia as well pressing as the correct way forward at this
munities, states that: ‘Traditional Commu- as the Papuan people who for the past 50 time, because such elements are irrelevant
nities have the right to self-determination, years have been peacefully struggling for to creating a peaceful and conducive situa-
the right to autonomy or to self-govern- their right to self determination. tion for holding a peaceful dialogue.
ment with regard to affairs within their In connection with all this, I called upon Peace.
area which also includes finding the means the Government of Indonesia under Presi- Yan Christian Waarinussy, Executive-
to finance their own autonomy. dent Joko Widodo to adopt a more lenient Director of the LP3BH-Manokwari.

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