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font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Separation of Religion or Belief
& State<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/i><�/p>
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font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
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<�p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Pancasila <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/i><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <�/p>
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<�p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:391.5pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Issue: <�/span><�/font><�/b><�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on"><�font size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Indonesia<�/span><�/font><�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'> - Pancasila & the Universal Periodic
Review.<�span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:391.5pt;mso-layout-grid-align:
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style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;background:
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face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Review: <�/span><�/font><�/b><�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><�font size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Pancasila <�/span><�/font><�/i><�font size=2><�span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>is the official government philosophy which recognizes
six religions in the <�st1:place w:st="on"><�st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Indonesian<�/st1:PlaceName>
<�st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State<�/st1:PlaceType><�/st1:place><�/span><�/font><�font
size=2 color=black><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
mso-ansi-language:EN'>: Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism
and Confuscianism. <�/span><�/font><�font size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Pancasila
does <�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>not support<�/span><�/b> equal rights for all <�i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>theistic, non-theistic and atheistic beliefs, as well as the right not
to profess any religion or belief-<�/span><�/i>Article 18 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Available below at: The Tandem Project
Follow-up). <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span style='font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/i><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;background:
white'><�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�font size=1 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black;font-style:
italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/i><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;background:
white'><�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�font size=2 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
mso-ansi-language:EN;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Pancasila<�/span><�/font><�/i><�font
size=2 color=black><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
mso-ansi-language:EN'> <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>philsophical foundation of
the Indonesian State<�/span><�/i>. (Attached). <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Universal Periodic
Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights
records of all 192 UN Member States once every four years. UPR Introduction and
News: <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><�a
href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx">http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><�span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Indonesia
Universal Periodic Review<�/span><�/i> was held in the first session of the UN
Human Rights Council UPR process on <�st1:date Year="2008" Day="9" Month="4"
w:st="on">Wednesday 9 April 2008<�/st1:date>. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Reports in the Indonesia
Universal Periodic Review include: <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>National Report;
Compilation of UN Information; Summary of Stakeholders Information; Questions Submitted
in Advance; Report of the Working Group; Related Web cast Archives. <�/span><�/i><�/span><�/font><�i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�font size=1><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/i><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>The <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span style='font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Indonesia Adopted Universal Periodic Review <�/span><�/i>with
Inter-active Archives is available at:<�span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
11.0pt'><�a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/idsession1.aspx">http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/idsession1.aspx<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Indonesian National
Human Rights Commission (Komnas-HAM) reporting for the Indonesia Universal
Periodic Review said the year 2005-2006 could be considered as a new era for
human rights promotion in <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>
with signing and ratification of a number of international human rights
instruments. Nevertheless, it should be noted that, <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region> has not yet ratified the
Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>THE TANDEM PROJECT FOLLOW-UP<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
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face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>General Comment 22,
Article 18, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Human Rights
Committee (CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.4) is a guide to human rights law on freedom of
religion or belief. This document is prerequisite reading to understanding The
Tandem Project Follow-up Recommendations: Available at: <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
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font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>RECOMMENDATIONS<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
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size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Information on government and
non-governmental websites is for public distribution unless copyrighted.
Recommendations are opinions of The Tandem Project and are not endorsed by
governments and non-governmental organizations. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
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<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Tandem Project
Follow-up examines one issue at a time to measure progress on human rights and
freedom of religion or belief at international, national and local levels.<�span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Google: <�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Religions of <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>: <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Indonesia">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Indonesia<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC): <�/span><�/font><�/b><�font size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'><�a
href="http://www.oic-oci.org/">http://www.oic-oci.org/<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Organization of the
Islamic Conference (OIC) the second largest inter-governmental organization
after the United Nations has a membership of 57 states spread over four
continents. The Organization is the collective voice of the Muslim world and
ensuring to safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the
spirit of promoting peace and harmony among various peoples of the world. Over
the last 38 years, the membership has grown from its founding members from 30
to 57 states. The Organization has the singular honor to galvanize the Ummah
into a unified body of 1.5 billion Muslims of the world. The Organization has
consultative and cooperation status with the UN and other inter-governmental
organizations to protect the vial interests of Muslims and to work for the
settlement of conflicts and disputes involving Member States. In safeguarding
the true values of Islam and the Muslims, the organization has taken various
steps to remove misperceptions and have strongly advocated elimination of
discrimination against Muslims in all forms and manifestations. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<�li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Recommendation: <�/span><�/font><�/b><�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on"><�font size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Indonesia<�/span><�/font><�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'> is a nation with the largest Muslim
population in the world and is a member of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC). <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Pakistan<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>
speaks on behalf of the 57 OIC Member States on the floor of the UN Human
Rights Council. The right to change religion is not a consensus issue at
the UN Human Rights Council (See the attachment). The OIC, Indonesian
National Human Rights Commission, two major Islamic social organizations,
Nahdlatal Ulama, Muhammadiyah and the smaller Shi a organizations in
Indonesia might sponsor an educational forum as a follow-up to the
Indonesia Universal Periodic Review; <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Pancasila & the
Universal Periodic Review:<�/span><�/i> Reconciliation with General Comment
22 on Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights.<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/li>
<�/ul>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Center for Religious and Cross Cultural Studies<�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: <�st1:place w:st="on"><�st1:City w:st="on">Gadjah
Mada University<�/st1:City>, <�st1:country-region w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:country-region><�/st1:place>.
<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Freedom and Responsibility: When Muslims &
Christians Explore Their Theology. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/i><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><�a
href="http://www.crcs.ugm.ac.id/news.php?news_id=189">http://www.crcs.ugm.ac.id/news.php?news_id=189<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Center for Religious
and Cross Cultural Studies (CRCS) was established in 2000 in the <�st1:place
w:st="on"><�st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Graduate<�/st1:PlaceName> <�st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School<�/st1:PlaceType><�/st1:place>, <�st1:place w:st="on"><�st1:City
w:st="on">Gadjah Mada University<�/st1:City>, <�st1:country-region w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:country-region><�/st1:place>.
The primary vision of CRCS is to promote the development of a democratic,
multicultural and just society in <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region> by establishing a center
of excellence on religious studies with an international reputation.<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<�li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Recommendation: <�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Professors are from <�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>.
Visiting professors are from overseas universities with experience in
religious studies and comparative religion. Expand this course to include
a section on <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span style='font-style:
italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Pancasila & the Universal Periodic
Review, <�/span><�/i>for all religions and beliefs in the post Indonesia
Universal Periodic Review Follow-up.<�span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
<�/span>Include the development of a model international-national-social
integrated approach to Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights: <�font color="#1f497d"><�span style='color:#1F497D'><�a
href="http://www.tandemproject.com/links/051609_usa.pdf">Universal
Periodic Review & Freedom of Religion or Belief<�/a>. <�/span><�/font><�span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span>Such a course can take the lead in
training future academics as <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region> moves forward in the
next four years with follow-up to the Indonesia Universal Periodic Review.
<�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Norway<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>
might send visiting professors to the graduate program to discuss
Muslim-Christian theology in the context of the Norwegian Universal
Periodic Review in December 2009. The intellectual-theological challenge
is whether these States can retain elements of their constitutions with
theological legal structures such as Pancasila in <�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>,
<�st1:place w:st="on"><�st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State<�/st1:PlaceType> <�st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church<�/st1:PlaceType><�/st1:place> in <�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Norway<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region> and
Shari a law in some Muslim countries, while reconciling them with
international human rights law identified by General Comment 22 on Article
18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.<�span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/li>
<�/ul>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span><�st1:City
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Oslo<�/st1:place><�/st1:City> Coalition <�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>
Project; <�/span><�/font><�/b><�font size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'><�a
href="http://www.oslocoalition.org/indonesia.php">www.oslocoalition.org/indonesia.php<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Oslo Coalition on Freedom
of Religion or Belief Indonesia Project started in 2002 with a Norwegian
delegation visit to <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>.
The Indonesia Project aims at establishing relationships both between faith
communities and between academia in <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">Norway<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region> and <�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>, with
a view to cooperation in the fields of inter-religious dialogue, human rights
protection, and conflict resolution. The project emphasizes the role of
religious education, dialogue and cooperation in fostering tolerance and
interfaith perspectives in academic training with particular attention to women
and youth. In 2009 the project will focus on empowering local interfaith
networks to solve environmental problems, a course for teachers of religion
through its network of interfaith NGO s and an academic program with ICRS at <�st1:place
w:st="on"><�st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Gadjah<�/st1:PlaceName> <�st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mada<�/st1:PlaceName>
<�st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University<�/st1:PlaceType><�/st1:place> in <�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region> (see
website above). <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Oslo Coalition
Deskbook provides historical and philosophical background on religious human
rights, detailed analysis of applicable international norms and international
procedural mechanisms for safeguarding these norms. The Indonesian translation
of the Oslo Coalition s desk book will be published in an adapted Indonesian
edition in 2009. It is being translated into Russian and Chinese. Using the
Deskbook as a resource, the group Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief
organizes, facilitates or supports courses, seminars and workshops on Freedom
of Religion or Belief for academic institutions and NGOs. In 2009 the focus
will be on training of trainers for young lawyers attached to the Indonesian
Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) through its 14 regional offices. Cases related to
abuses of freedom of religion are becoming more frequent in the courts, and the
YLBHI have identified a need for further education and information on this topic.
<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<�li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Recommendation: <�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of
Religion or Belief was launched in 1998 with offices in the Norwegian
Institute of Human Rights. It is one of the world s foremost authorities
on Article 18-everyone has the right to freedom of religion or belief
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the 1981 UN
Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance and of
Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. The <�st1:place w:st="on"><�st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">International<�/st1:PlaceName> <�st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center<�/st1:PlaceType><�/st1:place>
for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS) maintains a database at Brigham Young
University (BYU) in the <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">United
States<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region> and has a partnership with the
Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief. <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><�span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Pancasila
<�/span><�/i>& <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>the Universal
Periodic Review<�/span><�/i> is an issue that might be considered by the
Indonesia Project for the course for young lawyers attached to the
Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation in 2010. <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><�span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Missionary
Activities and Human Rights, <�/span><�/i>a companion project of the Oslo
Coalition, has published a common code of conduct for proselytism that
could be part of the course. The World Council of Churches, Lutheran World
Federation, major Islamic organizations, Nahdlatal Ulama and Muhammadiyah,
and Shi a organizations in <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>,
might be invited to participate in an effort to reconcile <�i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span style='font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Pancasila <�/span><�/i>with UN General Comment
22 on Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/li>
<�/ul>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>World Council of Churches; <�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'><�a href="http://www.oikoumene.org/">http://www.oikoumene.org/<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span><�/span><�/font><�/b><�font size=1><�span
style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The World Council of
Churches (WCC) based in <�st1:place w:st="on"><�st1:City w:st="on">Geneva<�/st1:City>,
<�st1:country-region w:st="on">Switzerland<�/st1:country-region><�/st1:place> is
the broadest and most inclusive among the many organized expressions of the
modern ecumenical movement, a movement whose goal is Christian unity. The WCC
brings together 349 churches, denominations and church fellowships in more than
110 countries and territories thorough out the world, representing over 560
million Christians. The Commission of the Churches in International Affairs
(CCIA) voices concerns for the WCC at the UN and other inter-governmental
bodies. The program on Inter-religious dialogue and cooperation of the WCC
promotes respectful coexistence and peaceful integration in a pluralistic
society, enabling bilateral and multilateral dialogues, regional and
cross-cultural encounters on topics like the perceptions of the other ;
religion and violence; etc.<�span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>World Council of Churches Stakeholder Letter: <�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>
Universal Periodic Review. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'><�a
href="http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session1/ID/WCC_IDN_UPR_S1_2008_WorldCouncilofChurches_uprsubmission.pdf">http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session1/ID/WCC_IDN_UPR_S1_2008_WorldCouncilofChurches_uprsubmission.pdf<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<�li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Recommendation: <�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The World Council of Churches (WCC)
Commission of the Churches on International Affairs Stakeholder Letter
submitted a written report on the situation of ongoing human rights
violations in <�st1:place w:st="on">West Papua<�/st1:place>, <�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>
for the Indonesia Universal Periodic Review. The WCC has twelve member
churches in <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>
with numerous local congregations. The WCC might work with the Oslo
Coalition Indonesia Project, project on Missionary Activities and Human
Rights and the WCC <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Common Code of
Conduct, <�/span><�/i>a<�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> <�/span><�/i>dialogue
started two years ago with the Vatican other evangelical Christian
organizations and Muslims. Use standards on freedom of religion or belief
in education curricula and places of worship see below; teaching
children, from the very beginning, that their own religion is one out of
many and that it is a personal choice for everyone to adhere to the
religion or belief by which he or she feels most inspired, or to adhere to
no religion or belief at all. This is a contentious issue with Islam (See
the Attachment). With the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief
hold a forum on <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Pancasila & the
Universal Periodic Review <�/span><�/i>as a post Indonesia Universal
Periodic Review Follow-up. <�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/b><�/span><�/font><�/li>
<�/ul>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Franciscans International (FI): <�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'><�a
href="http://www.franciscansinternational.org/">http://www.franciscansinternational.org/<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Franciscans International
is a non-governmental organization (NGO) at the United Nations. It is an international
ministry founded in 1989 of the entire Franciscan movement, men and women, lay
and cleric, Protestant and Catholic. Operating under the sponsorship of the
Conference of the Franciscan Family (CFF) which has the see in <�st1:City w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">Rome<�/st1:place><�/st1:City>, it serves all Franciscans and the
community by bringing the spiritual and ethical values of Franciscan life to
the issues facing the world community. It strives to bring the concerns and the
voice of the poor, oppressed and powerless people of the world to the world
table when the governments of the world deliberate. Formation at FI means
educating Franciscans in human rights advocacy and poverty eradication,
offering practical experiences at the policy-making level in <�st1:City w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">Geneva<�/st1:place><�/st1:City> and <�st1:State w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">New York<�/st1:place><�/st1:State>, and providing them with the
resources to translate this knowledge into better service for their home
communities around the world.<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Stakeholder Letter; <�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>
Universal Periodic Review:<�span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'><�a
href="http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session1/ID/FI_IDN_UPR_S1_2008_FranciscansInternational_uprsubmission.pdf">http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session1/ID/FI_IDN_UPR_S1_2008_FranciscansInternational_uprsubmission.pdf<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<�li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo3;
tab-stops:list .5in'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Recommendation: <�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Franciscans International (FI)
Stakeholder submission letter for the Indonesia Universal Periodic Review
included several co-signatories; Justitia Pax <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">Netherlands<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>, Catholic Diocese
of Jayapara, Pax Romana and the World Council of Churches WCC) among
others. Pancasila was not an issue raised in the FI letter. The letter
documented human rights abuse mainly in <�st1:place w:st="on">West Papua<�/st1:place>,
<�st1:place w:st="on">East Timor<�/st1:place> and Aceh among other
areas.<�span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span>These documented cases need
follow-up for the Indonesia Universal Periodic Review. The Indonesian
National Human Rights Commission, Komnas-HAM, submitted a report (see
below) for the Indonesia Universal Periodic Review; The Commission was
aware that the year 2005-2006 could be considered as a new era for human
rights promotion in <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>
with signing and ratification of a number of international human rights
instruments. FI and co-signatories of the stakeholder letter might
consider asking Komnas-HAM to joint them in a dialogue on <�i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span style='font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Pancasila & the Universal Periodic Review <�/span><�/i>as
a program of the new Indonesian era of human rights. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/li>
<�/ul>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
8.0pt'>______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt;background:
white'><�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�font size=2 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
mso-ansi-language:EN;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Pancasila<�/span><�/font><�/i><�font
size=2 color=black><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
mso-ansi-language:EN'> <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>philsophical foundation of
the Indonesian State<�/span><�/i>. (Attached).<�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/b><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify'><�b><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span lang=EN
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN;font-weight:bold'>Pancasila<�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN'> (pronounced
<�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA" title="Wikipedia:IPA"><�span
style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";text-decoration:none;
text-underline:none'>[pant<�/span><�font face="Arial Unicode MS"><�span
style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none'>ƒ<�/span><�/font><�span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";
text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>aÈsila]<�/span><�/a>) is the official <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" title=Philosophy>philosophical<�/a>
foundation of the <�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia"
title=Indonesia>Indonesian<�/a> state. Pancasila consists of two <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title=Sanskrit>Sanskrit<�/a> words,
"<�i><�span style='font-style:italic'>panca<�/span><�/i>" meaning five,
and "<�i><�span style='font-style:italic'>sila<�/span><�/i>" meaning
principles. It comprises five principles held to be inseparable and
interrelated:<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�ol start=1 type=1>
<�li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .5in'><�font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-ansi-language:EN'>Belief in the <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism" title=Monotheism>one and
only God<�/a>, (in <�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_language"
title="Indonesia language">Indonesian<�/a>, <�i><�span style='font-style:
italic'>Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa<�/span><�/i>). <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/li>
<�li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .5in'><�font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-ansi-language:EN'>Just and civilized humanity, (in <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_language"
title="Indonesia language">Indonesian<�/a>, <�i><�span style='font-style:
italic'>Kemanusiaan Yang Adil dan Beradab<�/span><�/i>). <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/li>
<�li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .5in'><�font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-ansi-language:EN'>The unity of Indonesia, (in <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_language"
title="Indonesia language">Indonesian<�/a>, <�i><�span style='font-style:
italic'>Persatuan Indonesia<�/span><�/i>). <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/li>
<�li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .5in'><�font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-ansi-language:EN'>Democracy guided by the inner wisdom in the
unanimity arising out of deliberations amongst representatives, and (in <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_language"
title="Indonesia language">Indonesian<�/a>, <�i><�span style='font-style:
italic'>Kerakyatan Yang Dipimpin oleh Hikmat Kebijaksanaan, Dalam Permusyawaratan
Perwakilan, dan<�/span><�/i>) <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/li>
<�li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo10;tab-stops:list .5in'><�font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-ansi-language:EN'>Social justice for the whole of the people of
Indonesia (in <�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_language"
title="Indonesia language">Indonesian<�/a>, <�i><�span style='font-style:
italic'>Keadilan Sosial bagi seluruh Rakyat Indonesia<�/span><�/i>) <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/li>
<�/ol>
<�p style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><�span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN'>In 1945, facing the need to pull together the diverse
archipelago, the future <�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President"
title=President>President<�/a> <�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukarno"
title=Sukarno>Sukarno<�/a> promulgated Pancasila as "Dasar Negara"
(philosophical foundation/political philosophy of Indonesian state). The
ideology was announced in a speech known as "The Birth of the
Pancasila", in which Sukarno gave to the Independence Preparatory
Committee on <�span class=mw-formatted-date><�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1" title="June 1">1 June<�/a> <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title=1945>1945<�/a><�/span>. He thus
helped solve the conflict between Muslims, nationalists and Christians. The
1945 <�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Indonesia"
title="Constitution of Indonesia">Constitution<�/a> then set forth the Pancasila
as the embodiment of basic principles of an independent Indonesian state.<�sup><�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancasila_(politics)#cite_note-SAAFROEDIN6384-0#cite_note-SAAFROEDIN6384-0">[1]<�/a><�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancasila_(politics)#cite_note-KUSUMA150166-1#cite_note-KUSUMA150166-1">[2]<�/a><�a
name="The_Five_Principles"><�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/sup><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><�a name=Criticisms><�/a><�span
class=mw-headline><�b><�i style='mso-ansi-font-style:normal'><�font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><�span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Criticisms<�/span><�/font><�/i><�/b><�/span><�font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><�span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/h2>
<�p style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><�span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN'>Principle 1 in particular has been criticized<�sup>[<�i><�span
style='font-style:italic'><�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words"
title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words">who?<�/a><�/span><�/i>]<�/sup> as denying the
rights of believers in <�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytheism"
title=Polytheism>polytheistic<�/a> religions which are practiced by a
significant minority of Indonesians. On the other hand this principle also
guarantees that the concept of God in Hinduism and Buddhism is equal to the
concept of God in the Islam and the Christendom. It is also criticized by the
small, still-existing minority of atheists, secular communists and socialists
in Indonesia, which feel that their rights on what to believe in is being
violated. Religious observance being strongly encoraged as an anti-communist
tool and as atheism was inseparable in official minds from communism, atheism
was banned as "Anti-Pancasila"<�sup><�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancasila_(politics)#cite_note-9#cite_note-9">[10]<�/a><�/sup>.<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><�span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN'>In contrast, some <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism" title=Conservatism>conservative<�/a>
<�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" title=Muslim>Muslims<�/a> have
criticized Pancasila for being too <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular" title=Secular>secular<�/a> and
inclusive, diluting the uniqueness of Islam by placing man-made precepts at a
higher level than the <�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an"
title="Qur'an">Qur'an<�/a>. For example, the <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemaah_Islamiyah" title="Jemaah Islamiyah">Jemaah
Islamiyah<�/a> (JI) terror group is the latest anti-Pancasila manifestation.
JI's precursor was the <�a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darul_Islam"
title="Darul Islam">Darul Islam<�/a> movement<�sup><�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancasila_(politics)#cite_note-10#cite_note-10">[11]<�/a><�/sup>
which in 1948 challenged the new secularist republic through <�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war" title="Civil war">civil war<�/a>
that claimed some 27,000 lives.<�sup><�a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancasila_(politics)#cite_note-11#cite_note-11">[12]<�/a><�/sup><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>______________________________________________________________________________________________<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Indonesian National Human Rights
Commission<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'><�a
href="http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session1/ID/INHRC_IDN_UPR_S1_2008_IndonesianNationalHumanRightsCommission_uprsubmission.pdf">http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/Session1/ID/INHRC_IDN_UPR_S1_2008_IndonesianNationalHumanRightsCommission_uprsubmission.pdf<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Stakeholder Letters<�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>: Submitted for the <�st1:country-region
w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>
Universal Periodic Review. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'><�a
href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRIndonesiaStakeholderInfoS1.aspx">http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRIndonesiaStakeholderInfoS1.aspx<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p style='text-align:justify'><�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place w:st="on"><�b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�font size=2 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>U.S.<�/span><�/font><�/b><�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region><�b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> State Department<�/span><�/font><�/b><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>:
2008 International Religious Freedom Report; <�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">Indonesia<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region>. The full report is
available at: <�a href="http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108407.htm">http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108407.htm<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:11.0pt'>______________________________________________________________________________________________<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
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face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;
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<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>United Nations Secretary
General Ban Ki Moon, at the Alliance of Civilizations Madrid Forum said; never
in our lifetime has there been a more desperate need for constructive and
committed dialogue, among individuals, among communities, among cultures, among
and between nations. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Genuine dialogue on human
rights and freedom of religion or belief calls for respectful discourse,
discussion of taboos and clarity by persons of diverse beliefs. Inclusive
dialogue includes people of <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>theistic, non-theistic and
atheistic beliefs, as well as the right not to profess any religion or belief.<�/span><�/i>
The warning signs are clear, unless there is genuine dialogue ranging from
religious fundamentalism to secular dogmatism; conflicts in the future will
probably be even more deadly. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In 1968 the UN deferred
work on an International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Religious Intolerance because of its complexity and sensitivity. In forty years
violence, suffering and discrimination based on religion or belief has
dramatically increased. <�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>It is time <�/span><�/b>for
a UN Working Group to draft what they deferred in 1968, a comprehensive core
international human rights treaty- a United Nations Convention on Freedom of
Religion or Belief: <�a href="http://www.tandemproject.com/links/history.pdf">United
Nations History Freedom of Religion or Belief<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/i><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The challenge to
religions or beliefs at all levels is <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>awareness, understanding
and acceptance <�/span><�/i>of international human rights standards on freedom of
religion or belief. Leaders, teachers and followers of all religions or
beliefs, with governments, are keys to test the viability of inclusive and
genuine dialogue in response to the UN Secretary General s urgent call for
constructive and committed dialogue.<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Tandem Project title,
<�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�span style='font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Separation of Religion or Belief and State (<�/span><�/i><�/span><�/font><�i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�font size=1><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>SOROBAS<�/span><�/font><�/i><�i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><�font size=2><�span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>), <�/span><�/font><�/i><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>reflects the far-reaching scope of
General Comment 22 on Article 18, International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, Human Rights Committee (CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.4). The Comment is a guide
to international human rights law on religion or belief for peaceful
cooperation, respectful competition and resolution of conflicts:<�span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> <�/span><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><�a
href="http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/9a30112c27d1167cc12563ed004d8f15?Opendocument">http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/9a30112c27d1167cc12563ed004d8f15?Opendocument<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>THE TANDEM PROJECT PROPOSALS<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(1) Develop a model local-national-international
integrated approach to human rights and freedom of religion or belief,
appropriate to the cultures of each country, as <�i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><�span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>follow-up <�/span><�/i>to
the Universal Periodic Review. 1. (2) Use International Human Rights Standards
on Freedom of Religion or Belief as a rule of law for inclusive and genuine
dialogue on core values within and among nations, all religions and other
beliefs, and for protection against discrimination. (3) Use the standards on
freedom of religion or belief in education curricula and places of worship,
teaching children, from the very beginning, that their own religion is one out
of many and that it is a personal choice for everyone to adhere to the religion
or belief by which he or she feels most inspired, or to adhere to no religion
or belief at all. 2.<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/b><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>1:<�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> <�/span><�/b><�st1:country-region w:st="on"><�st1:place
w:st="on">USA<�/st1:place><�/st1:country-region> Example<�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>: <�/span><�/b><�font
color="#1f497d"><�span style='color:#1F497D'><�a
href="http://www.tandemproject.com/links/051609_usa.pdf">Universal Periodic
Review & Freedom of Religion or Belief<�/a><�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=1 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><�span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>2:<�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> <�/span><�/b>Mr.<�st1:PersonName w:st="on"> <�st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Piet de Klerk<�/st1:PersonName><�/st1:PersonName>, Ambassador At-Large
of the Netherlands on Human Rights, 25 year Anniversary of 1981 UN Declaration
on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Prague, Czech Republic. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal> <�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal>Documents Attached:<�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal> <�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�a href="080409_upr_files/080409_upr.doc" target="_blank">Indonesia - Pancasila & the Universal Periodic Review<�/a><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�a href="080409_upr_files/080409_upr2.doc" target="_blank">Pancasila - Philosophical Foundation of Indonesian State<�/a><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�a href="080409_upr_files/080409_upr3.doc" target="_blank">UN Mandate on Freedom of Religion or Belief Adopted Without Consensus<�/a><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal><�a href="080409_upr_files/080409_upr4.doc" target="_blank">Indonesia Bans Sects it Deems Blasphemous<�/a><�/p>
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11.0pt'>______________________________________________________________________________________________<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
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face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Surely one of the best
hopes for humankind is to embrace a culture in which religions and other
beliefs accept one another, in which wars and violence are not tolerated in the
name of an exclusive right to truth, in which children are raised to solve
conflicts with mediation, compassion and understanding. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We welcome<�b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><�span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'> ideas on how this can be accomplished; <�/span><�/b><�a
href="mailto:info@tandemproject.com">info@tandemproject.com<�/a>. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
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face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:8.0pt'><�o:p> <�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><�font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>The Tandem Project <�/span><�/font><�/b><�font
size=2><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>is a non-governmental organization (NGO)
founded in 1986 to build understanding, tolerance and respect for diversity,
and to prevent discrimination in matters relating to freedom of religion <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
<�p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><�font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><�span style='font-size:10.0pt'>or belief. The Tandem
Project has sponsored multiple conferences, curricula, reference materials and
programs on Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and
religion - and 1981 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms
of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/p>
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Special Consultative Status with the <�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/i><�/p>
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the United Nations<�o:p><�/o:p><�/span><�/font><�/i><�/p>
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