Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence

KontraS
Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence
Komisi untuk Orang Hilang dan Korban Tindak Kekerasan
Predecessor	Independent Human Rights Monitor Commission (KIP-HAM)
Formation	March 20, 1998; 23 years ago
Founder	Munir Said Thalib
Headquarters	Jakarta
Chairperson	Galuh Wandita
Affiliations	International Federation for Human Rights, International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Website	kontras.org

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Indonesian: Komisi untuk Orang Hilang dan Korban Tindak Kekerasan (KontraS)) is an Indonesian human rights organization established in 1998 to investigate forced disappearances and acts of violence. It was founded by human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, who in 2004 was poisoned on a flight to Amsterdam.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ Linblad, Feek; Colombijin, J. Thomas, eds. (2002). Roots of Violence in Indonesia. Leiden: KITLV Press. p. 3. ISBN 90-6718-188-9.
^ Hegarty, Stephanie (24 May 2011). "Indonesian human rights widow fights for justice". BBC.

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[1] Linblad, Feek; Colombijin, J. Thomas, eds. (2002). Roots of Violence in Indonesia. Leiden: KITLV Press. p. 3. ISBN 90-6718-188-9.

[2] Hegarty, Stephanie (24 May 2011). "Indonesian human rights widow fights for justice". BBC.

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