The Fulfillment of Human Rights in Regional Financial Management in Indonesia

Abstract

The main challenge of political decentralization in Indonesia today is how local governments are more responsible for the full fulfillment of human rights by maximizing existing resources. For this reason, this paper proposes the use of Human Right Budgeting (HRB) for the management of financial resources in the regions in order to fulfill these rights by means of the obligation to maximize resources, the obligation of minimum allocation and the obligation of progressive realization in managing regional budgets to fulfill human rights. For this reason, the study answers several problems. First, how human rights are fulfilled in regional budgets in Indonesia, and whether local budgets have met the HRB principles, as well as what steps local governments should take in Indonesia to fulfill economic, social and cultural rights in full. In this paper, the author limits human rights only to economic, social and cultural rights, especially the right to education, the right to health, the right to food, the right to housing. To answer the above, the authors chose 6 areas as research objects, namely Bangka Belitung Islands Province, South Kalimantan Province, West Java Provinces, Malang City, Denpasar City and Palu City. There are several things that are important in this research which result in the lack of and even uncertainty regarding the full fulfillment of human rights in the regions. And finally, it is necessary to improve regulations at the national and regional levels in the effort to fulfill human rights.

Keywords:  Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Human Right Budgeting (HRB), Regional finance, Indonesia.

DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/104-02

Publication date: December 31^st 2020