Indonesian version available here.
Indonesia’s ambition to achieve Artificial Intelligence (AI) sovereignty and become an AI innovation hub in ASEAN is the motor behind the government’s efforts to develop an AI ecosystem through their flagship ‘AI Talent Factory‘ Programme. This aligns with President Prabowo’s Vision and Mission for 2024–2029, the fourth point of Asta Cita, which emphasised the importance of enhancing the quality of human resources (estimated at around 12 million digital talents) to achieve Indonesia’s digital sovereignty. This goal further highlights the importance of having a human-rights-based AI ecosystem that focuses on the needs of the Indonesian people from technology developers to end-users, so that digital innovation and transformation across every sector can flourish.
A civil society coalition presented a position paper drafted by Ramzy M. (SAFEnet), with contributions from colleagues: Alia Yofira (PurpleCode Collective), Chikita Edrini Marpaung (LBH Pers), Karlina Octaviany (GIZ-Fair Forward), Shita Laksmi (Independent), and EngageMedia regarding the formulation of AI incident reporting. These proposed improvements follow on from the Civil Society Position Paper “Breaking Boundaries: Centring Human Rights in the National AI Strategy Towards #IndonesiaEmas2045” (July 2025) and civil society groups’ input for the public consultation on the Draft Presidential Regulation on AI Ethical Guidelines and the Draft Presidential Regulation.
Recommendations
There are two main points in these recommendations, namely:
- Those who can report or lodge a complaint regarding an AI incident are users and the public. That is, those who use AI systems directly via a user interface or AI-based services provided by Sector Actors, or any person directly or indirectly affected by the AI lifecycle.
- The reporting system must include:
- Retention of audit trails; to track the progress of an incident report.
- AI systems must be reviewed by a human who makes the final decision. Sectoral Actors may only use the output of an AI system as the basis for a decision if that output gives rise to legal consequences or has a significant impact on human rights, life, livelihoods, or the well-being of any person.
- The chain of responsibility for redress in the event of negligence and/or where this directly or indirectly causes harms and/or violates human rights.
- The full text of the Position Paper and Alternative Code of Practices from Civil Society can be found at the following downloadable document: