Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence
January 01, 1970
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]
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)
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