At the same time, the Indonesian government has called on the UN and the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to swing into action against the Myanmar government in order to stop
the violence against the Rohingya ethnic group. The greater activity of the Indonesian people in
dealing with Rohingya refugees, along with its attitude to the Myanmar government is an
important contribution to peace in the world and human rights implementation according to the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These actions encompass: (1) A statement of principles
for the voluntary implementation of human rights norms as outlined in the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights; (2) Adoption of multilateral conventions that express domestic human rights
guarantees by ratifying countries; (3) Providing assistance and information to all national
governments; (4) Taking action against countries that commit gross human rights violations
through condemnation, embargoes, and economic sanctions.
Prayuda and Sary suggest three diplomatic channels according to Sundari in which the
Indonesian nation has interacted with the Rohingya refugee phenomenon (Adiputera & Missbach,
2021; Rasyid et al., 2022). To start with, the national government has assumed a peacemaking
role through diplomacy in dealing with top-level political crises that are connected to the ability
of the state to exert influence on other sovereign actors. The Indonesian government activities
include the following: (a) a personal engagement with the Government of Myanmar by the means
of government-to-government diplomacy; (b) an invitation of ASEAN involvement to help the
Myanmar government to resolve the conflict; (c) the provision of Rohingya refugees with basic
needs with the help of the technical and psychosocial assistance, including food, medical supplies,
and building educational institutions with children.
Second, diplomatic actors are not limited to states alone, but also non-state actors that can
be involved in peacebuilding and resolution of conflicts by using diplomatic means. In this
respect, Indonesia aims at contributing to the resolution process through the development of
understanding, communication, and cooperation. Indonesia also lowered the tension level in
Myanmar by sending one of their representatives, i.e., the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to meet with
Aung San Suu Kyi to give a humanitarian offer and a 4+1 formula to the Rohingya. The following
policies were supported in this proposal: (1) regional stability and internal security; (2)
protection of all people, especially in Rakhine, without references to ethnic or racial background;
(3) restraint; (4) opening humanitarian access; and (5) agreement that Indonesia and ASEAN
would also be involved in the delivery of humanitarian aid.
This mechanism of providing humanitarian assistance is also led by the Myanmar
government, with the interventions of a non-state actor, the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC), and other international organizations, thus fitting the vision of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia and the concern of the Indonesian people towards
the Myanmar conflict. Moreover, the IndonesiaMyanmar Humanitarian Alliance (AKIM) was also
established on 31 August 2017 and its priorities include health, education, economic
development, and technical issues. Third, the process of mobilisation of the population toward
raising awareness of Rohingya situation is supported by the efforts and interactive reporting by
media outlets. Varied reactions are experienced in the modern world, and ethical journalism
strives to bring change in the attitude.
As a result, the peaceful alternative based on humanitarian principles provokes the
Indonesian mass media to take the initiative in highlighting the humanitarian events and human
rights abuses in Myanmar. It is by means of this media activity that the Indonesian population
held protests and created a movement on social media, being called save Rohingya. The media
also gave the two sides in the conflict an avenue through which they could bring out the
substantive truths of the conflict. Accordingly, the Indonesian humanitarian diplomacy has
involved the involvement of the people in that the Indonesian people view the Rohingya problem
as an ethnic-muslim problem because Indonesia is the nation with the biggest Muslim majority.
Therefore, driven by ethnic affiliations and pragmatic reasons, the Indonesian populace enacted
the rights of the Rohingya, through media, in a manner that is articulate.
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