Submitted on the 1st Session of the 2nd Cycle of the HRC’s UPR Review in 2012

REPORT FOR THE CONDITION OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF STATUS IN INDONESIA PREFACE

1. This report is prepared by a number of CSOs concentrating on issues of freedom of religion and belief in Indonesia, i.e.: Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), LBH Jakarta (Jakarta Legal Aid Institute), The Wahid Institute, The Indonesia Legal Resource Center (ILRC), Setara Institute, ELSAM, and Center for Marginalized Communities Studies (CMARs).

2. This report was also disseminated at a National Workshop on November 11th, 2011 to pull together the outlooks and inputs from CSOs.

3. This report is based on the 2008 UPR Working Group to continuously provide protection for all components of Indonesian society. (Recommendation, paragraph 77.5), particularly concerning threats and violence against the Ahmadiyya Congregation (Jemaah Ahmadiyah) in Indonesia, as well as the development of the status of freedom of religion and belief in Indonesia, as asserted in the recommendation, paragraph 78.