Publisher's Synopsis
Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - General and Theories of International Politics, language: English, abstract: As a part of diverse nations, Indonesia becomes a house of different society with different backgrounds of ethnics, races, and beliefs. The state attempts maximally for accommodating any difference emerging in the perspective of democracy, yet some issues addressing diversity escalate in the period when most society in Indonesia are far better for their living. While gradually, issues of diversity escalate in major cities in where people never predict they will not occur there due to some factors, for example moderate and open minded leaders, better levels of education, and higher scales of economy. Some of cities in Indonesia which are considered plural and tolerant nowadays have altered to be intolerant due to some emerging distruptive cases addressing the issues of religion freedom. Bandung is one of the cities in where some of top universities are located and more diverse in accommodating different interests of ethnics, races, and beliefs. The city has been celebrating diversity and differences for quite a long time without any significant disturbances for most of society in different beliefs. On behalf of Bandung Messages, or Dasasila Bandung, declared in Non Allignment Movement Conference in 1955 in the same city, The city mayor, Ridwan Kamil declared Bandung as The Human Right City, pointing out that the declaration was addressing the respect for fundamental human rights and for purposes and principles of the charter of the United Nations. The principle of Bandung as The Human Right City is elaborated in a charter, conscientiously arranged in conjunction with the centre of law and human rights advisory of Padjadjaran University and International Human Rights Reporting Standards. It is obvious that the charter is formulated on the basis of transparency, accountability, and participation of citizens.
