Ahad 07 Dec 2014 16:21 WIB

HRW: WHO condemns Indonesian police's virginity tests

Rep: C15/Satya Festiani/ Red: Yeyen Rostiyani
WHO Headquarters in Geneva (File)
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WHO Headquarters in Geneva (File)

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that World Health Organization (WHO) condemned virginity test during enrollment for female candidates to join  national police. Indonesian National Police incorporates the test as part of recruitment procedures for female candidates.

WHO recently issued recommendation, included in a November 2014 WHO Handbook, to end virginity test. "WHO has stated that virginity test or two-finger's test is unscientific," Commissioner of HRW, Phelim Kine, said on Saturday, December 6.

He said that virginity test was a violation of human rights, particularly the prohibition against cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and article 16 of the Convention against torture. Indonesia has ratified both conventions.

Kine said that national police could not argue that they did not know about the case. He claimed that police had never carried out HRW's recommendation to stop virginity test as police claimed that it was for moral measurement.

HRW urged President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla to put concern on women issue. Violation towards Indonesian women, he said, indicated that Indonesia did not care for women.

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۞ وَلَقَدْ اَخَذَ اللّٰهُ مِيْثَاقَ بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَۚ وَبَعَثْنَا مِنْهُمُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ نَقِيْبًاۗ وَقَالَ اللّٰهُ اِنِّيْ مَعَكُمْ ۗ لَىِٕنْ اَقَمْتُمُ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَيْتُمُ الزَّكٰوةَ وَاٰمَنْتُمْ بِرُسُلِيْ وَعَزَّرْتُمُوْهُمْ وَاَقْرَضْتُمُ اللّٰهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا لَّاُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّاٰتِكُمْ وَلَاُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ جَنّٰتٍ تَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُۚ فَمَنْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاۤءَ السَّبِيْلِ
Dan sungguh, Allah telah mengambil perjanjian dari Bani Israil dan Kami telah mengangkat dua belas orang pemimpin di antara mereka. Dan Allah berfirman, “Aku bersamamu.” Sungguh, jika kamu melaksanakan salat dan menunaikan zakat serta beriman kepada rasul-rasul-Ku dan kamu bantu mereka dan kamu pinjamkan kepada Allah pinjaman yang baik, pasti akan Aku hapus kesalahan-kesalahanmu, dan pasti akan Aku masukkan ke dalam surga yang mengalir di bawahnya sungai-sungai. Tetapi barangsiapa kafir di antaramu setelah itu, maka sesungguhnya dia telah tersesat dari jalan yang lurus.”

(QS. Al-Ma'idah ayat 12)
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