TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has called for both judicial settlement and reconciliation for the country’s seven major cases of human rights violations.

Komnas HAM commissioner Khoirun said reconciliation would be the final solution. “Ideally, we can have both, but if we can only solve [these cases] through reconciliation, we don’t mind. Both are equally good,” he told Tempo on Thursday.

Khoirun, however, hoped the ending of these cases would abide by three main principles: statements of truth, rehabilitation guarantee and that similar cases must not replay in the future. “These are our commitments,” he said. “We also want a joint team to be established immediately.”

The notion to resolve the seven cases of human rights violation via reconciliation surfaced in a recent meeting involving the Komnas HAM, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Justice and Human Rights Ministry, the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) and the National Police.

Another topic discussed in the meeting is the planned formation of a joint team comprising personnel from the Komnas HAM and the AGO, which among others will look into the 1965 Talangsari tragedy and the Wasior rioting in 2003. The team will be formed after the conclusion of the 2015 Asian-African summit.

ISTMAN MUHARUN