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KontraS
Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence
Komisi untuk Orang Hilang dan Korban Tindak Kekerasan
PredecessorIndependent Human Rights Monitor Commission (KIP-HAM)
FormationMarch 20, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-03-20)
FounderMunir Said Thalib
HeadquartersJakarta
Chairperson
Galuh Wandita
AffiliationsInternational Federation for Human Rights, International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Websitekontras.org

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Template:Lang-id) is an Indonesian human rights organisation established in 1998 to investigate forced disappearances and acts of violence. It was founded by human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, who in 2004 was poisoned on a flight to Amsterdam.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Linblad, Feek; Colombijin, J. Thomas, eds. (2002). Roots of Violence in Indonesia. Leiden: KITLV Press. p. 3. ISBN 90 6718 188 9. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ Hegarty, Stephanie (24 May 2011). "Indonesian human rights widow fights for justice". BBC.