Timor Leste Groups write UN Security Council on Justice with international support

February 02, 2010

Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal Secretariat: Fongtil, Caicoli, Dili, Timor-Leste e-mail: lanarra.del@gmail.com Excellencies, Members of the United Nations Security Council United Nations, New York, New York, 10017 USA Hon. Ameerah Haq Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Timor-Leste Dear Members of the United Nations Security Council,

After 10 years in a climate of independence, we Timorese people continue to endure long suffering related to the cases of serious crimes that were ... read more

Posted on 10:21 AM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, international tribunal, justice, conflict 1975 - 1999, crisis 2006, military, East Timor, impunity, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity

Release of former militia leader Eurico Guterres brings Indonesia’s farcical process to an end

Joint Letter

1st June 2008

His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon Secretary-General The United Nations 1 United Nations Plaza New York, New York 10017-3515 Your Excellency, The recent release of former militia leader Eurico Guterres by the Indonesian Supreme Court brings Indonesia’s farcical process to an end. Meaningful justice to the long-suffering people of Timor-Leste is long overdue. We urge you to work to uphold the rule of law and strengthen the democratic transition in both countries. It time for the United ... read more

Posted on 02:06 PM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice
Tags: Eurico Guterres, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, East Timor, rule of law, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity, truth commission

(Deutsch) Einheit ohne Gemeinsamkeiten

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.
German version

Posted on 03:58 PM in History & Overview, History & Overview, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, State- & Nation-Building, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, dictator Suharto, history and overview, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, East Timor, Papua, referendum 1999, regional conflicts, state & nation building, Sukarno, independence

As Security Council Readies Visit to Timor-Leste, Rights Groups Call For Justice and Accountability

 

PO Box 21873, Brooklyn, NY 11202 USA +1/917-690-4391; etan@etan.org

November 21, 2007

Dear Security Council member,

As your delegation prepares to leave for Timor-Leste, we write to urge you to pay careful attention to the transitional justice process for that country. As you will be aware, the people of Timor-Leste suffered countless war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Indonesian invasion and 24-year occupation of their homeland, in violation of numerous United Nations resolutions and human rights treaties. We remind you ... read more

Posted on 08:29 PM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications
Tags: Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, East Timor, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, truth commission

(Deutsch) Landesübersicht Osttimor

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.
German version

Posted on 01:27 PM in History & Overview, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, State- & Nation-Building, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, development, conflict 1975 - 1999, East Timor, security sector, state & nation building, independence, United Nations

(Deutsch) Bauernopfer im Kalten Krieg

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.
German version

Posted on 03:58 PM in History & Overview, History & Overview, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: history and overview, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, military, East Timor, referendum 1999, transitional justice, United Nations, reconciliation, truth commission, Xanana Gusmão

Church based aid agencies and human rights organisations demand publication of the final report of East Timor’s Truth Commission

Aachen/Berlin, December 02, 2005

Press Release by MISEREOR, missio, German Commission for Justice and Peace and Watch Indonesia!

MISEREOR, missio, the German Commission for Justice and Peace as well as the human rights organisation „Watch Indonesia!” appeal to East Timor’s parliament to disseminate the Truth Commission’s report and its recommendations and to ensure that the people of East Timor, especially the victims and their families, are informed of its contents. „The German government, which supported the work ... read more

Posted on 08:11 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Government of Germany, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, East Timor, transitional justice, reconciliation, truth commission, Xanana Gusmão

East Timor Faces up to its Past

July 2005

series missio Human Rights (ISSN1618-6222)

Monika Schlicher

The Work of the Commission for Reception,Truth and Reconciliation

I. Introduction

Sometimes I get so angry I could go crazy and what I want most of all would be to have all the perpetrators killed. And then, at other times, I think: but my husband is dead, nothing can bring him back, not even revenge.

Like this widow from ... read more

Posted on 03:54 AM in joint studies and reports, History & Overview, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, militias, East Timor, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, dealing with the past, reconciliation, truth commission

Commission of Experts to Review the Prosecutions of Serious Violations of Human Rights in Timor-Leste

International Federation for East Timor (IFET), 20 April 2005

Secretariat: Charles Scheiner, P.O. Box 1182, White Plains, New York 10602 USA Tel. +1-914-831-1098 U.N. Representative: John M. Miller, 48 Duffield St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA Tel. +1-718-596-7668 fax: +1-718-222-4097

20 April 2005

Justice Prafullachandra Bhagwati Professor Yozo Yokota Ms. Shaista Shameem c/o Ms. Norul Rashid, Secretariat

Dear Excellencies, The International Federation for East Timor (IFET) represents more than two dozen non-governmental organizations from all over the world. Our ... read more

Posted on 03:37 PM in Joint Open Letters, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: violence, Indonesia, international tribunal, justice, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, East Timor, referendum 1999, impunity, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, truth commission

(Deutsch) Indonesien will UN-Expertenkommission die Einreise verweigern

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.
German version

Posted on 03:04 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: Government of Germany, European Union (EU), Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, East Timor, impunity, criminal prosecution, United Nations, crimes against humanity, truth commission