THE ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) IN PROTECTING ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN INDONESIA THROUGH REFUGEE STATUS PROGRAM (2009-2013)

Abstract

The Rohingya conflict that occurred in Myanmar which is conducted by military junta has been going on for a long time. Denied citizenship, rape, violence even religion discrimination made Rohingya have to flee to other countries and one of them, Indonesia. Indonesia still has not ratified the 1951 UNHCR Convention relating to the status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, UNHCR as an international organization has a role to protect refugees and seek durable solutions for refugees, cooperate with Indonesia government in order to handle refugees issues in Indonesia. To fulfill its role, UNHCR and the Indonesian government cooperate to implement the Refugee Status Determination (RSD) program in Indonesia. By using Neoliberal Institutionalism theory by Robert Keohane and International Organization theory by Ian Hurd, the result of this research is the role of UNHCR to protect Rohingya refugees by cooperate with Indonesia government and run the roles of international organization as an actor where UNHCR has full authority to conduct Refugee Status Program, a forum, UNHCR can a hold meeting or conference and also a resources, UNHCR used by Indonesian government to handle refugees‟ issue in Indonesia.