Legislation to implement CAVR and CTF recommendations

Watch Indonesia! – For Democracy, Human Rights and Environment in Indonesia and East Timor

Your Excellency
Fernando Lasama de Araujo
President
National Parliament
Timor-Leste

Berlin, 24. January 2012

Your Excellency

Over twenty years ago, it was human rights abuses in Timor-Leste that led to the establishment of Watch Indonesia! in Germany in reaction to the Santa Cruz massacre. Since then, we have actively followed the human rights situation in the country, campaigned together with our friends in Timor-Leste ... read more

Posted on 02:04 AM in Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, East Timor, parliament, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity

(Deutsch) Angesagt – aus der Arbeit von Watch Indonesia!

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German version

Posted on 01:59 AM in Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Society & Religion, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: poverty, Government of Germany, development, European Union (EU), peace process, Indonesia, justice, Kalimantan / Borneo, carbon, conflict resolution, land rights, human rights, NGO, Papua, rain forest destruction, religion, environment and climate, United Nations, dealing with the past, civil society

Indonesia: The Indonesian Government must ensure the Rule of Law

October 2011

Aide-Mémoire 2011

After the fall of the Suharto-Regime in 1998, Indonesia reoriented its human rights policies. Laws on human rights and human rights courts were passed, the national human rights commission was given additional powers and the Ministry of Justice was transformed into the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. At the UN-level, Indonesia became a party to both human rights covenants and signed a range of important conventions, such as the Convention against Torture. Through its membership ... read more

Posted on 12:55 AM in Aceh, joint position papers, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, poverty, Government of Germany, discrimination, food security, gender, violence, indigenous people, Indonesia, justice, Kalimantan / Borneo, land rights, human rights, military, Munir, palm oil, Papua, law, religion, impunity, environment and climate, United Nations

(Deutsch) Papua: Wälder, Menschen, Ausverkauf

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German version

Posted on 03:30 AM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, carbon, land rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate, United Nations, economy and business

(Deutsch) Angesagt – aus der Arbeit von Watch Indonesia!

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

Posted on 12:01 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, East Timor, Papua, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Rainforest, Security Sector, Society & Religion, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: Government of Germany, European Union (EU), Indonesia, crisis 2006, human rights, East Timor, pulp and paper, Papua, rain forest destruction, religion, security sector, impunity, environment and climate, United Nations, reconciliation

Timorese call on the UN Security Council to ensure accountability for crimes against humanity

February 9, 2011

Contact:
Sisto dos Santos: +670-726-6564 (Dili)
Jose Pereira: +670-736-7518 (Dili)
John M. Miller +1-718-596-7668 (New York)

A coalition of groups in Timor-Leste is urging the United Nations Security Council “to take concrete, effective actions to end impunity for those who directed and committed crimes against humanity in Timor-Leste” during Indonesia’s invasion and occupation.

“Accountability for crimes against humanity must not be further delayed” the Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal (ANTI) told the UN Security Council ... read more

Posted on 02:35 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, East Timor, referendum 1999, impunity, United Nations, crimes against humanity

(Deutsch) Stabile Instabilität – Das System Xanana

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German version

Posted on 03:54 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Elections & Political Parties, Human Development, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, State- & Nation-Building, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, corruption, crisis 2006, East Timor, state & nation building, United Nations, economy and business, Xanana Gusmão

Indonesia: The government must reign in on increasing violence and restrictions of free expression

February 2010

Aide-Mémoire
13th UN Human Rights Council
1st to 26th March 2010

After last year’s by and large peaceful general elections, Indonesia is internationally accepted as a democratic country that upholds fundamental human rights. Within ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Indonesia tries to position itself as a regional vanguard of human rights protection, as last witnessed by its role in the creation of an ASEAN human rights body. However, Indonesia’s domestic human rights record continues to be a cause of ... read more

Posted on 12:30 AM in Aceh, joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, Government of Germany, Indonesia, human rights, military, Munir, East Timor, Papua, Freedom of Expression, impunity, Tanjung Priok, environment and climate, United Nations, dealing with the past

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

Letter to UN Security Council on Justice and Accountability for Serious Crimes Committed in Timor-Leste

20 October 2009

http://www.etan.org/news/2009/10unsc.htm

The following letter to the UN Security Council was signed by 65 individuals, representing nearly 50 organizations worldwide. President Security Council The United Nations 1 United Nations Plaza New York, New York 10017 Your Excellency, We have long been concerned with the justice and accountability for human rights and war crimes committed in Timor-Leste. As you meet this week to discuss the situation in Timor-Leste, we remind you that United Nations — and more specifically Security Council ... read more

Posted on 03:49 PM in Joint Open Letters, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: violence, Indonesia, human rights, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, impunity, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, reconciliation, truth commission