Indonesia's Responses on Human Rights Violations Against Indonesian Migrant Workers in Hong Kong (2011-2013)

摘要

Working abroad is an ordinary phenomenon in Indonesia. It becomes an interesting study in International Relation as globalization develops. Hong Kong is one of destination countries for Indonesian Migrant Workers since 1990. However, many human rights violations often occurred against the workers. Most of them work in private sector as a domestic worker who are potential to be violated. Most of the violations are early termination of employment, communication cut off, uncertain employment contract, excessive deduction of salary, unpaid wage, torture, and extorting. Even though Hong Kong has the law of manpower on foreign domestic workers, the violation still happen. The total number of violation against Indonesian migrant workers constantly increase during 2011 - 2013. This research finds several responses of Indonesian government toward the issues in finding solutions and maximizing the protection for Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong. Theoretically, the research employs the first track of Multi-track Diplomacy in which Indonesia government actively promotes in finding solutions to the issues. This research utilizes qualitative research with descriptive analysis method. It uses qualitative data, gathered from various sources and in depth interviews with Indonesia government representative.