Indonesia Dukung Hak Asasi Manusia Di Dunia Maya

Sebagai media baru, internet, dimana manusia belakangan ini melakukan interaksinya melalui medium ini, memang sangat rentan sekali terjadinya pelanggaran hak asasi seperti hak mengemukakan pendapat.

Hak Asasi Manusia harus dijunjung dimanapun baik di kehidupan sehari-hari ataupun di internet. Hak Asasi Manusia adalah hak dasar manusia yang dilindungi secara internasional. Indonesia juga melindungi Hak Asasi Manusia seperti hak mengeluarkan pendapat, hak berserikat, hak beragama dan juga hak untuk ikut serta membela negara seperti yang tercantum dalam UUD 1945.

Pada 6 Juli 2012, Indonesia ikut sebagai negara yang mendukung dikeluarkannya resolusi L13 tentang dukungan, lindungan dan kebebasan hak asasi manusia di dalam lingkungan internet atau disebut sebagai The Promotion, Protection and Enjoyment of Human Rights on the Internet. Resolusi ini menjamin kebebasan manusia untuk berekspresi, mengakses informasi dan berpendapat di internet. Sehingga pengembangan kebudayaan dan juga ekonomi akan terus terjadi dengan terjaminnya hak ini.

Nama negara Indonesia tercantum dalam daftar negara yang turut mendukung resolusi ini. Indonesia, diwakili oleh diplomat Drs. Rezlan Ishar Jeni, adalah negara anggota dari Dewan Hak Asasi Manusia di PBB yang terbentuk sejak 2006. Namun sayang saat gue cek website Departemen Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia informasi ini belum tersedia.

Berikut ini kutipan resolusi tersebut:

The Human Rights Council,

Guided by the Charter of the United Nations,

Reaffirming the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,

Recalling all relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, in particular Council resolution 12/16 of 2 October 2009, and also recalling General Assembly resolution 66/184 of 22 December 2011,

Noting that the exercise of human rights, in particular the right to freedom of expression, on the Internet is an issue of increasing interest and importance as the rapid pace of technological development enables individuals all over the world to use new information and communications technologies,

Taking note of the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, submitted to the Human Rights Council at its seventeenth session,[1] and to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session,[2] on freedom of expression on the Internet,

1. Affirms that the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, in particular freedom of expression, which is applicable regardless of frontiers and through any media of one’s choice, in accordance with articles 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

2. Recognizes the global and open nature of the Internet as a driving force in accelerating progress towards development in its various forms;

3. Calls upon all States to promote and facilitate access to the Internet and international cooperation aimed at the development of media and information and communications facilities in all countries;

4. Encourages special procedures to take these issues into account within their existing mandates, as applicable;

5. Decides to continue its consideration of the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights, including the right to freedom of expression, on the Internet and in other technologies, as well as of how the Internet can be an important tool for development and for exercising human rights, in accordance with its programme of work.

Pembatasan internet merupakan pelanggaran terhadap hak asasi manusia. Namun pada prakteknya, kita sendiri melihat dan mengalami di negeri ini telah terjadi pembatasan akses terhadap situs-situs tertentu dengan dalih moralitas. Internet bagaikan pisau bermata dua, sehingga pertanyaannya masih saja akankah ada jawaban untuk praktik internet yang bersih dan bertanggung jawab?