The United Nations has heard Indonesia reject the latest claims of systematic human rights abuses inside West Papua.
Earlier this month representatives from Vanuatu and Solomon Islands urged the UN general assembly force Indonesia to permit the UN Human Rights High Commissioner to assess the situation in the occupied territory.
Amnesty International Indonesia is the latest authority on human rights to request Jakarta "investigate the killings and prosecute those responsible".
Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the government takes all allegations of human rights violations seriously.
"Our national institutions and legal mechanisms including the independent National Human Rights Commission is working continuously to address such allegations," Indonesia's statement to the UN general assembly said.
"Indonesia's record of engagement with the international human rights system speaks for itself."
It argued Indonesia was a respected member of the Human Rights council, having served six terms on the council while "reflecting the highest level of trust from the international community".
Senior Indonesian diplomat Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro was appointed to the UN Human Rights council presidency earlier this year. At the time, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua said Indonesia was "totally unfit" to preside over the council.
Jakarta said arrangements for the high commissioner's visit should "not be set by a third state or any regional body" that includes members of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
Pacific Islands Forum countries including Melanesian Spearhead Group members Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Papua New Guinea have requested Indonesia allow the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit West Papua to assess the widespread human rights abuses claims as far back as 2019.
Indonesian security forces have been in an ongoing battle with pro-independence guerilla fighters this year, mainly from the West Papua Liberation Army.
A recent report from the independent Human Rights Monitor said military operations and armed violence between Indonesians and West Papuans have intensified in the territory this year.
The Indonesian delegation said any serious discussion of West Papua "must reflect the full picture", which included innocent civilians, teachers, health workers and many others falling victim to violence by armed groups.
It outlined a series of recent attacks from West Papuans and said those were not acts of peaceful political expression.
"Attacking innocent civilians and murdering civil servants are criminal acts," Indonesia told the UN general assembly in a further statement.
"Indonesia has a responsibility to protect all of its citizens.
"Law enforcement must and will remain subject to Indonesia's laws and our international human rights obligations.
"We therefore categorically reject any attempt to present disinformation or misinformation about human rights situations in Indonesia."
Indonesia's government have in recent times indicated that a UN visit remained on track, but the West Papuan independence movement have remained sceptical of the timeline.
