Rafendi has advocated for human rights, democracy and humanitarian issues in Indonesia, lobbying inter-governmental bodies and the UN human rights mechanisms for more than twenty years.

He is the Executive Director of the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG).  Based in Jakarta, HRWG is a coalition of more than forty national and local Indonesian NGOs representing a variety of issues including women’s rights, urban poor, trade advocacy and development.

Rafendi is also the former convener of the Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy Task Force on ASEAN and Human Rights, a platform of more than 60 NGOs from ASEAN countries.

In October 2009, Rafendi was appointed as the Representative of Indonesia to the ASEAN’s Inter Governmental Commission on Human Right (AICHR) and has been re-elected to serve for the second time for the period 2013 to 2015.

Rafendi holds a Masters Degree in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands.

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