“Indonesia to hear indigenous peoples' grievances on land disputes”, 22 August 2014

Public hearings into alleged violations of indigenous peoples' land rights will open…in Palu on the island of Sulawesi. This is the beginning of a series of hearings by the Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to explore conflicts affecting indigenous people in forest areas…[T]he hearings will include cases where oil palm plantations or mining claims were established without the consent of the indigenous people…[The Director of the Sajogyo Institute for Indonesian Agrarian Studies and Documentation]…expressed hope this national inquiry will be an opportunity to work with the new government. He said Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla have already pledged to re-examine re-work conflicting laws that ignore the rights of indigenous peoples…