Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3240 (Paper) ISSN 2224-3259 (Online) Vol.67, 2017 70 Local Government and Central Government Coordination with UNHCR in Order to Handle the Asylum Seeker and International Refugees in South Sulawesi (International Refugees Law Analysis) 1 Iin Karita Sakharina Marcel Hendrapati Judhariksawan Laode Abd. Gani Kadarudin Nurkhalish Daud Alif Imam Dzaki International Law Department Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University Abstract There are several places in Indonesia which is found that accepted the asylum seeker and international refugees, one of them is the Government of South Sulawesi to the asylum seeker/Rohingya Refugees. The arrival of international asylum seekers and refugees is due to a threat to the life and security of themselves and their families in their home country. On the other hand, the South Sulawesi Provincial Government has practiced good treatment of asylum seekers and internally displaced persons resettled in its territory. In the handling the international asylum seekers and refugees, the Government of South Sulawesi always coordinates well with the district/city government, central government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices both in Jakarta and Makassar, is intended not only in terms of locating international asylum seekers and refugees in South Sulawesi, but also coordinating in the settlement of any issues involving such asylum seekers and refugees. Keywords: Coordination, Local Government, Asylum Seeker, International Refugee. I. Introduction Republic Indonesia Law Number 23 year 2014 about the local government which is reflected from local autonomy as mandate from existing Law in Indonesia. From those regulation, some of the authority that conduct by the center of the government that then delegated to the local government, be it the provincial government as well as local government district/city. Government affairs belonging to the central government consist of absolute government affairs (Government Affairs fully entrusted by the Central Government), concurrent government affairs (Government Affairs divided between Central and Provincial and District/City Government), and general government affairs (Government Affairs which became the authority of the President as head of government relating to the maintenance of the ideology of Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution of the State of the Republic of Indonesia, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, ensures a harmonious relationship based on ethnicity, religion, race and among groups as a pillar of nation and state life and facilitate life democratic). Concurrent government affairs 2 and the public government affairs conducted by the local government that delegated from central government. While the government affairs are absolute 3 conducted by the central government but in implementation, the government can conducted itself or delegated to the vertical institution that exist in region or to governor as the representative of central government bases on deconcentrating principle. International asylum seekers and refugees are groups of people who are particularly vulnerable to inhumane treatment both in their home country and country where they are displaced. They are very poor people and do not have travel documents. Their departure to other places or countries is not of their own personal desires but because they are forced to because there is no guarantee of safety from the country to be addressed. So indeed, 1 This article is part of the research results funded by the Directorate of Research and Community Service of the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Year 2017 with the Scheme of Superior Research of Higher Education. 2 The affairs of the concurrent government under the authority of the Region shall consist of the Mandatory Government Affairs and Preferred Government Affairs, and the Governmental Affairs shall be further divided into Governmental Affairs relating to Basic Services and Governmental Affairs not related to the Basic Service. Compulsory Governmental Affairs relating to Basic Services include: (1). education; (2). health; (3). public works and spatial arrangement; (4). public housing and residential areas; (5). tranquility, public order and the protection of the people; and (6). social. Compulsory Governmental Affairs which are not related to the Basic Services include: (a). labor; (b). women's empowerment and child protection; (c). food; (d). land; (e). living environment; (f). population administration and civil registration; (g). community and village empowerment; (h). population control and family planning; (i). nexus; (j). communication and informatics; (k). cooperatives, small and medium enterprises; (l). capital investment; (m). youth and sports; (n). statistics; (o). encryption; (p). culture; (q). library; and (r). archives. The Government Affairs of Choice include: (i). marine and fisheries; (ii). tourism; (iii). agriculture; (iv). forestry; (v). energy and Mineral Resources; (vi). trading; (vii). industry; and (viii). transmigration. 3 The absolute government affairs as meant in question shall include: (1) Foreign Political Affairs; (2) Defense Affairs; (3) Security Affairs; (4) Justice Affairs; (5) National Monetary and Fiscal Affairs; and (6) Religious Affairs.