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| Tuesday, 25 December 2007 | |
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Globalization has been applauded as a process that will bring prosperity to various nations and communities. Nevertheless, the world now faces incredible imbalance and rising poverty, violence and environmental destruction. Now there is one need to relate globalization with economic, social, ecological and political justice, both at global or national stages. The main problem is who determines globalization agenda, who gets benefit and who suffers loss. Globalization, one of whose important elements is economic liberalization, is one package with World Trade Organization (WTO). The developing countries, including Indonesia, are now negotiating on weak bargaining position. After ratifying the establishment of WTO and Uruguay Round agreements through The Law no. 7/1994, Indonesia has to obey all the rules in WTO. Then since 1994, Indonesia has reduced Import Duties drastically. For example, food import duties are now 5% on average and tariffs on all types of product are committed to be reduced up to 10% in 2003. Indonesia has also ratified agreements on TRIPs (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) manifested in seven laws. An important issue is the ratification on organism patents through new Patent Rights Law (adapted from article 27.3b of TRIPs) and Plant Variety Protection Law that will put peasantry rights aside. Many other WTO issues that have to be analyze in relation to their impact on economic, social and environmental justice for Indonesian people, so as in other developing countries. The government, NGO and public often do not realize Uruguay Round/WTO agreement impacts and how to manifest it while minimizing its negative impact. Besides, through loan contracts with the Worldbank/IMF, the government is often forced to apply WTO-Plus policies having larger negative impacts on environmental, social and economic welfare of the community. The world trade globalization now enters a new stage, in accordance with a wide range of new motivated issues : investment, policies on competition, governmental spending, trade facilities, environment and trade, and Non-Agriculture Market Access (NAMA) or industrial tariffs into various negotiations in WTO. The implication of new issues has to be placed in global justice context. The developing countries have suffered loss, and not gained profits, from the agreements which are currently existent in WTO. So the negotiations on the new issues are possibly becoming additional burden for them. Thus, it is important to reorganize the world trade in such a way that will bring justice to everybody. If we want this to happen, we need to strengthen social movement tackling the globalization by continuously placing the global justice at the heart of debates on development and international relationship. ORGANIZATION PROFILE Institute for Global Justice (IGJ) was established on 7 August 2001 to deal with several abovementioned globalization issues. Its establishment was facilitated by INFID and several individual members from WTO Monitoring NGO Coalition (KOP-WTO). IGJ was enlisted as an association by the Act of Notary no.34 dated 22 April 2002. IGJ vision is a Global Justice Order by Social Movement. And IGJ mission is to deconstruct globalization and facilitate social transformation so that critics on globalization are constructed through research, advocacy and education. IGJ objectives are: 1. The development of critical awareness in the communities against globalization; 2. Global, national and local policies protecting and appreciating life and existence values; 3. A New World Order based on pluralism, diversity, continuity and justice. BOARD AND MEMBERS IGJ members are individual activists with long experience in environment, social movement, consumer movement, and social justice. IGJ Board and Its Members: 1. Suchjar Effendi 2. Zoemrottin K. Soesilo 3. Nur Iman Subono 4. Indah Suksmaningsih 5. Sukma Violetta 6. Maria Hartiningsih 7. Idaman Andarmosoko 8. Warsito Ellwein 9. Ivan Haddar 10 Harry Wibowo Executive Director : Indah Suksmaningsih PROGRAM IGJ will run the following programs :
IGJ will especially conduct analytical research strengthened by field research. Research is aimed to identify the impact and how to enlighten negative impacts. The research is conducted by the experts in affiliation with IGJ and out of IGJ environment. The research result will be used as the material for campaign and public education.
Public education is the effort to give information to the policy makers (parliament, executive ministries, local government) and public communities about globalization issues. The public education activities cover training, workshop, public dialogue, discussion and hearing with the related ministries and parliament. The public education objective is to create the understanding of globalization issues and their impacts on social livelihoods, global institution roles and their relationship with national and local policies. Specifically, the public will be supplied by analytical information about WTO.
This activity is a logic continuation of two previous activities. IGJ will implement advocacy works, at least to present critical awareness on the issues. Such issues will be based on negotiation protests proceeding at WTO and in Ministerial Meetings, together with their impact and influences on development and economy.
IGJ will bind relations with various groups working with globalization issues, and with local groups interested in globalization issues, too. IGJ will facilitate the networks interested in campaigning global issues.
Issue priorities cover AOA (Agreement on Agriculture), TRIPs (Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights), GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) and new issues (NAMA [Non-Agriculture Market Access], Environment, Government Spending, Trading Facilitation, Competition Policy and Investment) OFFICE: Institute for Global Justice: Jl.Matraman 12A Jakarta 10430 Telp. 021-3107578 Fax. 021-3107586 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: www.globaljust.org |
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