Harbrinderjit Singh Dillon (23 April 1945 – 16 September 2019) was an Indonesian Sikh who occupied a variety of positions in

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n political life, including assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, and Commissioner of the

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). His positions included executive director of Partnership Governance Reform in Indonesia. He was an outspoken critic of

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in Indonesia. H.S. Dillon was also the founder of The Foundation for International Human Rights Reporting Standards
FIHRRST
, an international association dedicated to respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights. Dillon was joined by a group of internationally respected human rights advocates (among others,

Marzuki Darusman Marzuki Darusman (born 26 January 1945) is an Indonesian lawyer and human rights campaigner who served as the Attorney General of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001. He currently serves as the chairman of an UN Human Rights Council mission on Myanmar ...

Marzuki Usman Marzuki Usman (born 30 December 1943 in wmid:Mersam, Batanghari, Mersam, Batanghari, Jambi) is an economist and expert on capital markets. He also served as Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications (Development Reform Cabinet) and the Mi ...

, Makarim Wibisono, James Kallman, Dradjad Hari Wibowo) to establish the organization, which develops and promotes standards by which adherence to human rights principles can be demonstrated. He studied at

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in the

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, earning his

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agricultural economics Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that specif ...

and studying

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and

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, and developmental

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References

Bibliography

* H. S. Dillon and Marcellus Rantetana, ''Food Security in Indonesia'', (Chapter 4 in Vijay S Vyas, ''Food Security in Asian Countries,'' 2005

*se
HS Dillon, a fearless campaigner
which lists several publications.

External links

- March 09, 2005. Interview, personal background and list of positions.

''planetmole.org''
The Association for Human Rights Reporting Standards (FIHRRST)
1945 births 2019 deaths Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni Indonesian politicians of Indian descent Indonesian people of Indian descent Indonesian Sikhs Indonesian people of Punjabi descent People from Medan Indonesian economists 20th-century Indonesian politicians 21st-century Indonesian politicians University of North Sumatra alumni {{Indonesia-politician-stub