Topic: Prison Reform
Country: Indonesia
Delegate Name: Safira Amanda
School: Traverse City West High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Indonesia position papers GLIMUN 2008 committees
The topic of prison reform is one that many nations disagree on. This is due not to each nations lack of respect for human rights or willingness to cooperate with the UN, but the threat UN Prison Reform resolutions place on the sovereignty of each nation. Indonesia has always had human rights were any one to study Pancasila and is very much concerned with the inalienable rights of its people.
Indonesia also maintains that while the international community may not be satisfied with the prison systems of our nation, the money they demand us to invest we believe will be much better spent on projects to better the lives of our law-abiding citizens. Indonesia does not have the highest capital of our UN nations, thus we have limited resources to spend on many different areas of our society. Before we lead to comforts and protection of criminals, we need to provide for the health and protection of our own legal citizens. Indonesia is also disturbed at the apparent lack of respect this body maintains for all nations.
It is not the purpose of this body to impose regulations and administration into sovereign nations, it is the place of international meeting and conflict resolution. Indonesia hopes that all nations that value their national sovereignty will not allow this body to place universal restrictions, limitations, and standards on any aspect of internal affairs. Indonesia will certainly vote against any resolution that threatens the nature of the sovereignty of any nation in any internal affair.
Having said the above, Indonesia applauds the work of UN groups dedicated to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the rights of all people. We hope that these groups can assist our own prison systems as well all other systems with worser conditions. We look forward to working with UN assistance to raise the standards of our systems and assist other nations, as Indonesia hopes to no longer be a bystander in the prison system reform movement. We ask all other nations to begin standardization to improve the human conditions of their penal systems if and when possible and to receive the aid of the United Nations. We also hope the UN can continue to mirror Indonesia's view that each nation maintains the right to sovereignty as stated in the UN Charter.
Solutions Indonesia hopes will occur include the continuation of all UN groups devoted and dedicated to the purpose of protecting the human rights of all peoples. Furthermore, the UN-sponsored Prison Reform International assists countries and provides information and administration help, and Indonesia hopes they continue their efforts. Indonesia hopes that the UN will provides funding, as well as transparency programs, to nations attempting penal reform but lacking the resources. Indonesia also hopes the UN will recognize nations that have made the effort to make such penal reforms in the future.
