Civil 20 (C20) is one of the official Engagement Groups of the Group of 20 (G20). It provides a platform for Civil Society Organizations (CSO) around the world to voice the people’s aspirations with the world’s leaders in G20.
The C20 Indonesia is structured in seven Working Groups (WG). One of them is the Education, Digitalization, and Civic Space Working Group (EDC WG). The Sub-WG Civic Space is planning to address three priority issues: Protect and Expand Civic Space; Put an End to Attacks, Criminalization, Stigmatization of Civil Society Actors; and Build and Strengthen Partnerships with Civil Society Actors in Public Policy Development and Decision Making.
The Civic Space Sub-WG invites all interested national and international civil society actors to participate in Sub-Working Group.
C20 Sub-Working Group on Civic Space has conducted global and national consultations involving multi-sector stakeholders such as academics, activists, and policymakers on a national and international scale. Recommendations and feedback gathered during consultations are used to support priority issues of the policy brief. After going through a process, the C20 Sub-Working Group on Civic…
Discussions about civil society cannot be separated from the existence of actors, namely human rights defenders. However, the recent trend of cases reflects apart from the narrowing of civil society’s space for movement with several attempts to criminalise human rights defenders; also extends to various elements in society such as academics, journalists, organisations, and the…
Meaningful Participation: Challenges and Opportunities in Expanding Civic SpaceOn June 7th, 2022, the C20 Civic Space Sub-Working Group organized a public webinar entitled “Meaningful Participation Challenges and Opportunities in Expanding Civic Space” as a response to the global phenomenon of shrinking civic space. The discussion was opened by Ah Maftuchan, the C20 2022 Indonesia Sherpa,…
Protecting and Expanding Civic Space: Discussion on Perspectives and ExperiencesWe are glad to inform you that the C20 Civic Space Sub-Working Group has launched its first public webinar on April 14th, 2022. “Protect and Expand Civic Space: Discussion on Perspectives and Experiences” was chosen as our discussion theme in line with our first priority issues…
The G20 Summit is reaching its peak on 15-16 November 2022, raising the discourse over the claims by the Indonesian government’s success in holding the presidency this year, with many postulations raised on the feasibility of failure to produce a communique. The communique itself is considered as a document that represents world’s largest economies leaders’…
Sub-Kelompok Kerja (Sub-Pokja) Civic Space mendesak para pemimpin negara G20 untuk melindungi dan memperluas ruang gerak masyarakat sipil, dalam Puncak Forum C20 (Civil 20) pada 5-7 Oktober 2022, di Nusa Dua, Bali. Inisiatif itu perlu dirintis dengan memastikan bahwa isu ruang gerak masyarakat sipil turut dibahas serius dalam forum G20 ke depan. Sebelumnya, Sub-Pokja Civic…
Sub-Pokja C20 untuk Ruang Gerak Masyarakat Sipil atau C20 Civic Space Sub-Working Group menyelenggarakan “Lokakarya Resiliensi Jaringan Masyarakat Sipil untuk Civic Space: Pengalaman Bali” pada 3-4 Oktober 2022 di Sanur, Bali. Kegiatan ini melibatkan 19 peserta dari berbagai organisasi masyarakat sipil (OMS) dan universitas di Bali untuk berbagi pengalaman mengenai pelindungan dan perluasan ruang gerak…
From a 2016 survey from CIVICUS and Civil Society Europe, the global situation of civic space is by no means a robust one. Even in Sub Saharan Africa, as early as in 2000, governments are curtailing civil society organizations from accessing foreign funds. Numbers and figures from indicators do not display positive trends on civic…
‘Civic Space’ is a term referring to the space for civil society to be able to freely exercise the freedom of expression, assembly, and association. Discussions on civic space have been coexisting in many thematic discussions on democracy, good governance, economic, and sustainable development forums. In C20 forums, the issue was always present in final…
We invite you to join us in the C20 Civic Space Sub-Working Group! Civil 20 (C20) is one of the official Engagement Groups of the Group of 20 (G20). It provides a platform for Civil Society Organizations (CSO) around the world to voice the people’s aspirations with the world’s leaders in G20. In the 2022…
Siaran Pers Pusat Studi Hukum dan Kebijakan (PSHK) Sejumlah kepala desa (kades) menggelar demonstrasi untuk menuntut adanya Revisi terhadap UU Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa (UU Desa), khususnya perihal masa jabatan kades yang awalnya 6 tahun menjadi 9 tahun. Aksi demonstrasi ini didukung oleh Asosiasi Pemerintah Desa Seluruh Indonesia (Apdesi) yang bahkan mengancam untuk…
Menkoperekonomian, Menkopolhukam, dan Wamenkumham melalui siaran pers Sekretariat Presiden mengumumkan bahwa Pemerintah telah menerbitkan Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-Undang Nomor 2 Tahun 2022 tentang Cipta Kerja (Perppu Ciptaker). Keberadaan Perppu 2/2022 disebut mencabut Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2020 tentang Cipta Kerja (UU Ciptaker) yang sebelumnya dinyatakan inkonstitusional bersyarat (cacat formil) oleh Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK) melalui Putusan…
All Sub-WG Civic Space documents will be uploaded here.
