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The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) promotes democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and curbing climate change. In Asia, we have offices in Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, New Delhi, Seoul, and Taipei. We also work in Malaysia. The FNF Indonesia team works with Ministry of Human Rights of Indonesia, LestraGP, CIPS, InDeKS, BINA Foundation and SAFENet. Should you have questions or suggestions about our work, please contact us. You can also meet our team here.
News
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Preparing Nusa Tenggara Barat Businesses to Navigate Developments in Business and Human Rights Regulations
Indonesia’s Business and Human Rights regulations are evolving, and businesses do not need to wait for the rules to take effect before preparing. Through a technical guidance session in Mataram and a visit to Mandalika, businesses in West Nusa Tenggara explored the planned implementation of Human Rights Due Diligence and potential human rights risks in the tourism sector.
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On the Riparian: Learning Deliberation from a Neglected Space
In Grojogan, the restoration of a small spring became more than an environmental activity. It opened a conversation about neglected spaces, shared responsibility, and how public reasoning can emerge through ordinary community encounters—before people recognise a situation as political.
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From "Why Do I Have to Do This?" to "I Wonder Who I'll Meet"
An Introvert's Field Notes from IAF's Dead Sea Seminar on Curiosity, Weak Ties, and Human Connection. Because the best networkers, are usually the best listeners.
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Indonesia's Human Rights Due Diligence Guideline for Businesses
FNF Indonesia and the Ministry of Human Rights have launched new Human Rights Due Diligence Guidelines to help businesses identify and manage human rights risks — ahead of mandatory due diligence rules set to take effect in 2028.
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On the Malacca Strait: Pointing A Toy Gun at The World’s Busiest Chokepoint
From afar, a toy gun will look like a real gun, and when Indonesia’s Finance Minister casually jokes about putting a toll tax on one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, the Malacca Strait, the world does not wait to see whether the barrel is plastic or not.
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We Too Have Voice: The Practice of Deliberative Democracy in Indonesia's Rural Communities
Within many local social contexts in Indonesia, elements resembling deliberative practice, akin to deliberative democracy of Habermasian tradition, may already exist as lived social experience long before they are formally conceptualized within academic discourse
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Democratic Resilience in the Age of AI
How to shape a resilient democracy in the age of AI? Political and institutional reforms, technological adaptation and regional cooperation, argues the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD).
