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Jayapura, 4 October 2023
Subject: VOICE OF JUSTICE
To Honourable:
1. Merna Cinthia, S.H., M.H.
2. Yusuf Kleman, S.H.
3. Donny Poja, S.H.
Panel of Judges of Jayapura State Administrative Court
Examining and Adjudicating Environmental and Climate Change Case No. 6/G/LH/2023/PTUN.JPR
in Jayapura
Respectfully,
We, the undersigned civil society both on behalf of institutions and individually who are members of the SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT TO SAVE PAPUA FOREST, submit the following:
1. We are submitting this open letter for the sake of justice of the environmental defender, Hendrikus Woro, who is fighting for the Woro Clan and Awyu Tribe, the Plaintiff in the environmental and climate change case Number 6/G/LH/2023/PTUN.JPR of the Jayapura State Administrative Court (PTUN). The lawsuit concerns an environmental permit issued by the Papua Province Investment and One-Stop Integrated Service Office for palm oil company PT Indo Asiana Lestari (PT IAL);
2. That Hendrikus Woro as the plaintiff is the leader of the Woro clan, part of the Awyu tribe. The Woro clan lives in Yare Village, Fofi District, Boven Digoel. He filed this lawsuit because the local government allegedly withheld information about PT IAL's licences, whose concessions would annex their customary territory;
3. That the environmental feasibility permit issued by the Papua Province Investment and One Stop Open Service Office for palm oil company PT IAL is based on a problematic Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), ignores the existence of indigenous peoples as customary territory owners, and is substantially flawed because it is not accompanied by a conservation analysis. So that it can potentially lead to environmental damage and loss of indigenous peoples' rights;
4. That the issuance of PT IAL's environmental feasibility permit allegedly violates laws and regulations, namely Government Regulation Number 22 of 2021 concerning the preparation of EIA, and is contrary to Law Number 32/2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management;
5. PT IAL's environmental permit is expected to trigger deforestation in an area that is mostly primary dry forest covering 26,326 hectares. The granting of licences to palm oil companies is also not in line with the government's promise to tackle climate change. In the Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (ENDC), the government is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 31.89 per cent on its own and 43.20 per cent with international support by 2030;
Therefore, we request that the Honourable Panel of Judges examining and adjudicating the case adhere to the principle of In Dubio Pro-Natura, for the sake of the continuation of the Papua Forest as a source of life for indigenous Papuans. For the Panel of Judges to order the revocation of PT IAL's environmental feasibility permit.
Sincerely,
Solidarity Movement to Save Papua's Indigenous Forests
List of civil society organisations who submitted letters of request either on behalf of their organisations or individually:
Greenpeace Indonesia
Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat
Public Interest Lawyer Network (PIL-Net) Indonesia
PBHI Nasional
XR Indonesia
Komunitas Papua Trada Sampah
Fridays For Future Indonesia
Rumah Bakau Jayapura
Barisan Pemuda Adat Nusantara
Papuan Voices Sorong
Komisi untuk Orang Hilang dan Korban Tindak Kekerasan (KontraS)
Kowaki Tanah Papua
Yayasan Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Indonesia (YLBHI)
Dewan Masyarakat Adat Momuna
Komunitas Mahasiswa Peduli Alam Papua (KOMPAP)
Sahabat Kowaki
Bidang Keadilan, Perdamaian, & Keutuhan Ciptaan (KPKC) Sinode GKI Di Tanah Papua
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) Jawa Timur
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) Riau
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia - WALHI Papua
Perkumpulan HuMa Indonesia (HuMa)
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) WALHI Jakarta
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) Jawa Tengah
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) Kalimantan Tengah
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) Bengkulu
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) Kalimantan Selatan
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) Kalimantan Timur
Lembaga Masyarakat Adat Tambrauw (LEMATA) Kabupaten Tambrauw Provinsi Papua Barat Daya
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) Jawa Barat
Sawit Watch
Sentra Advokasi untuk Hak Dasar Rakyat (SAHDAR) Medan
Satya Bumi
Lembaga Studi dan Advokasi Hak Asasi Manusia (ELSHAM ) Papua
Yayasan Masyarakat Kehutanan Lestari (YMKL)
Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa (UKM) Demokrasi, HAM dan Lingkungan Univ.Cendrawasih
Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR)
Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH) Pers Padang
Rettet den Regenwald (Selamatkan Hutan Hujan)
WALHI Sulawesi Selatan
Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) Tano Batak
Perhimpunan Bantuan Hukum dan Hak Asasi Indonesia (PBHI) Wilayah Sumbar
Save Our Borneo
Jaringan Advokasi Tambang Sulawesi Tengah (JATAM SULTENG)
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) Nusa Tenggara Timur
Sahabat Alam NTT
FLIGHT: Protecting Indonesia’s Birds
YLBHI-LBH Palangka Raya (Kalimantan Tengah)
Papuan Voices Nasional
Komuntas Gerakan Dua Tangan Untuk Kemanusiaan (GATtAA)
Aliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria (AGRA)
Aksi Ekologi & Emansipasi Rakyat (AEER)
LBH Jakarta Justice
Trend Asia
Papuan Voices Merauke
Sajogyo Institute Bogor (Sains)
Yayasan Rumsram, Biak-Papua
AMAN JAYAPURA
Papua Forest Watch
AMAN Sorong Malamoi
PPMAN Region Papua
Gerakan Selamatkan Manusia, Tanah dan Hutan Malamoi
Lembaga Masyarakat Adat (LMA) Malamoi
Komunitas Sagu Bakar (SABAR)
Komunitas Anak Asli Daerah (ASRIDA)
debtWATCH Indonesia
Transparency International Indonesia (TII)
SKP Keuskupan Agats, Asmat, Papua
Yayasan Insan Hutan Indonesia (YIHUI)
Komisi Keadilan, Perdamaian, dan Keutuhan Ciptaan Keuskupan Jayapura
LBH Samarinda
LBH Bandung
Alboy Murib (asal daerah puncak Papua)
Raimundus Udin Bamulki
Dina Danomira
Abrison Nenepath
Melissa Kowara
Janang Firman Palanungkai (anggota individu WALHI Kalteng)
Ottis Simopiaref atas nama Marga SIMOPIAREF se-Tanah Papua
Engelbert Dimara
Judianto Simanjuntak, Pengacara Publik, Anggota Public Interest Lawyer Network (Pilnet), dan Anggota Perhimpunan Pembela Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (PPMAN)
Teuku Raja Arif Faisal, S.H., M.H.
Amelia Puhili
Dr. I Ngurah Suryawan
Harun Rumbarar (PAPUAN VOICES)
Emil Ola Kleden
Jire Dogomo
Alfrida Maimbu
Echa Aibesa
Ray Habel
Imanuel Warbandido
Yehano Cleopatra Rumbino
Yohanes Paulus Papua
Calvin Warbandido
Kristian Tabuni
Wenda Maria Imakulata Tokomonowir (Gerakan Pembebasan Perempuan Papua-GP3)
Elisa Sekenyap (SP)
Philipus Chambu
Dr. Laksmi Adriani Savitri
Sena Aji Bagus Dwi Handoko
Muhamad Ridwan Herdika
Aulia Rizal, S.H., M.H. (Advokat/Pengacara Publik)
Simon Kamsy
Ihsan Riswandi
Simon Bonay
Markus Wayeni
Leoni Elsa Petrus
Alexander Sitanala .Ketapang Dive Community Manokwari
Joko Waluyo, Kalimantan Barat
Musa Mambrasar S.H., Pemuda Adat Wilayah III Papua Barat
Azizah Hapsari
Agus Sutomo, Lembaga Teraju Indonesia
Herlambang P. Wiratraman.,Ph.D (Pusat Kajian Hukum dan Keadilan Sosial FH UGM)
Yosep Suprayogi, Jurnalis
Mohamad Shohibuddin (Staf Pengajar Fakultas Ekologi Manusia IPB)
Asnil Bambani, Jurnalis Bencana dan Krisis (JBK)
Ari Wibowo (Peneliti Pusat Studi Agraria IPB)
Ahmad Nashih Luthfi (Staf Pengajar Sekolah Tinggi Pertanahan Nasional)
Dizar Al Farizi, S.H,.M.H (Majelis Hukum dan HAM PWM Jawa Timur)
Christ Belseran (titastory.id)
Dr. A.B. Widyanta, M.A (Social Research Center, Dept. Sosiologi, UGM)
Agustin Simamora (OPPUK Medan)
Hosnan, SH. (Anggota TeKAD GARUDA dan PBH LBH Buruh Jawa Timur)
Taufiq Qurrohman (LBH Mas Alit Banyuwangi)
Ambrosius Klagilit (Perhimpunan Pembela Masyarakat Adat Nusantara Region Papua)
Naomi Marasian (PPMA-Papua)
Jimmy Z. Ginting S.H (Perhimpunan Pembela Masyarakat Adat Nusantara/ PPMAN)
Arimbi Heroepoetri
Denny Yomaki (YALI Papua)
Olland Trinaldo Abago (Relawan Tolak Sawit Sorong Selatan)
Muhammad Ali Mahrus
Dzatmiati Sari
Huna Matoke (Saniri Alifuru)
Prof. Dr. Imam Kuswahyono, S.H,. M.Hum, (Pusat Pengembangan Hukum Agraria FH UB)
Muhammed Rashid Almeida
Orpha Novita Yoshua (Organisasi Perempuan Adat Suku Namblong/ ORPA NAMBLONG )
Kiagus M. Iqbal
Ayub R. Paa.
Mellia A. Menufandu
Calfin Yohanis Sede, Kampung Gisim, Sorong
Edison Sede, Kamp. Gisim, Sorong
Daniel Kayaru, Kamp. Gisim, Sorong
Yonas Kayaru, Kamp. Gisim, Sorong
Sem Klafiu, Kamp. Gisim, Sorong
Imanuel Klafiu, Kamp. Gisim, Sorong
Abraham Klasa, Kamp. Gisim, Sorong
Solfina Klawon, Kamp. Gisim, Sorong
Sarce Kayaru, Kamp Gisim, Sorong
Hendrikus Malalu, Kamp. Waimon, Sorong
Daud Malalu, Kamp. Waimon, Sorong
Permeas Kasilit, Kamp. Waimon, Sorong
Yunus Kasilit, Kamp. Waimon, Sorong
Yefta Fadan, Kamp. Waimon, Sorong
Selwanus Aresi, Kamp Waimon, Sorong
Isak Igip, Kamp Waimon, Sorong
Gideon Kilmi, Kamp Konhir, Sorong
Yehuda Gisim, Kamp Konhir, Sorong
Roi Meder, Kamp Konhir, Sorong
Leonard Kilmi, Kan Konhir, Sorong
Lambert Lobat, Kamp Konhir, Sorong
Fredik Sniwinik, Kamp Seget, Sorong
Azzah Qoni'ah
Dermanto Turnip, SH., MH., MM, Ketua DPC Peradi Pergerakan Kota Medan
Dr. Jan Morado Sirait SH., Advokat Medan
Harafuddin Sihombing, SH., MH, Advokat dan Kurator Pengurus Medan
Pransisko Nainggolan, SH.,MH, Advokat Medan
Dorthea E.F.Eleanor
Evita Patricia Sitindaon
Ihwan (Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah)
Rassela Malinda
Meidoraeka Rigine
Dedy Susanto
Tia Isti’anah
Aceh Wetland Foundation
Smriti Sahni
Synaparcam, Cameroon
KONPHALINDO (National Consortium for Forest and Nature Conservation)
Sydney Cohee, United States of America
Marianne Klute, Germany
Mathias Rittgerott, Canada
Stefanie Hess, Germany
Rahmawati Retno Winarni, Chairperson Board of Trustees, NLR Indonesia
Silva Lieberherr, Switzerland
Margaret Arney, United States of America
Xavier Van Welden, France
Taynara Portal, Centro de formação e saberes tKa'apor; Brasil
Tyson Miller, United States
Aryampa Brighton, Uganda
Muhammad Azka Fahriza
Femke Schouten, Netherlands
Yusnita Silsilia Warda
Zsabrina Marchsya
Yoosun KWON, Republic of Korea
Maria Caracciolo, Italy.
Peter Gerhardt, Director, www.denkhausbremen.de, Germany
Almuth Ernsting, Co-director, Biofuelwatch, UK/USA
Melisa Try Hatmanti
Carlos Adams, The Netherlands
Zulkifli, Nagari Institut, Sumatera Barat
LBH Marimoi, Maluku Utara
Danielle van Oijen, Milieudefensie, the Netherlands
Lucie Wuethrich, Biofuelwatch & IG Berner Wald, Switzerland
Ting Yi Wu, Taiwan
Hans Christian Offer, ecodevelop, Germany
Ismi Nabila
The Oakland Institute, USA
Philippe Boré, Maiouri Nature NGO, French Guiana
Sri Hernita Barus
Earth Ethics, Inc., USA
350.org Indonesia
Climate Justice Programme
World Rainforest Movement (WRM), Uruguay
Indigenous Perspectives, India
Tuxa ta pame - conselho de gestão Kaapor, Brasil
Itahu Ka'apor, Brasil
Yratowy Ka'apor, Brasil
Hira Ka'apor, Brasil
Jandiaxi Ka'apor, Brasil
Myrimy Ka'apor, Brasil
Mawarixa Ka'apor, Brasil
Ka'a mupy ta ha - Guarda de Autodefesa Ka'apor, Brasil
Jumu'eha renda keruhu - Centro de Formação Saberes Ka'apor, Brasil
Stiftung Asienhaus, Germany
Forum Ökologie & Papier, Germany
SOWP, Dutch Cooperating Organisations for West Papua, the Netherlands
Reynord Fatie;
Gayus Yumame (BumiA3);
Gerakan Pemetaan Wilayah Adat Cawat Merah
Perkumpulan Kaoem Telapak, Indonesia
Australian Forests and Climate Alliance
De Klimaatcoalitie, Netherlands
Federation Against Biomass Power Plants, Netherlands
Arnhems Peil, Netherlands
Extinction Rebellion Ambtenaren, Netherlands
Extinction Rebellion Venlo, Netherlands
EDSP ECO, Netherlands
Bomenbond, Netherlands
Asosiasi Mahasiswa Pegunungan Tengah Papua se-Indonesia [ AMPTPI ]
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)
Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis (La’o Hamutuk), Timor-Leste
GRAIN, International
Bruno Manser Fonds, Switzerland
ARA, Germany
LBH Bina Karya Utama, Lampung.
Struggle to Economize Future Environment (SEFE), Cameroon.
Ikatan Mahasiswa/i Papua (IMAPA) US-Canada
Landelijk Netwerk Bossen- en Bomenbescherming (Dutch National Network for the Protection of Forests & Trees)
Onan Peyon
IKATAN MAHASISWA YALIMO JAWA BARAT ( IMY-JABAR)
Ikatan Mahasiswa Se-Tanah Papua Bandung Jawa Barat (IMASEPA BJB)
Fransiskus Iyai, Bandung Jawa Barat
Wilda Ukago, Bandung Jawa Barat
Enny Walianggen, Jayapura Papua
Abiel Alsa, Bandung Jawa Barat
Akiiza Joan, Uganda
Frank Muramuzi, Uganda
Kureeba David
Rajab Bwengye
Mighty Earth
TAPOL, UK
Stephen Alston, UK
Tom Hyland, Ireland
Carolyn Marr, UK
Brent Milikan, Brasil
Copy of Open Letter to:
1. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia
2. Chairman of the Judicial Commission of the Republic of Indonesia
3. Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas Ham)