Watch Indonesia! and other NGOs write Secretary-General on Commission of Experts & Timor Justice

August 22, 2005

Watch Indonesia! and other NGOs write Secretary-General to express concern that the report of the independent Commission of Experts appointed to review the prosecution of serious violations of human rights in Timor Leste in 1999 has not yet been scheduled for discussion by the Security Council. read the complete letter (PDF) 

Posted on 08:27 AM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, East Timor, rule of law, impunity, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity, reconciliation

(Deutsch) Osttimor soll Kriegsgräuel aufarbeiten

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Posted on 08:17 PM in East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: international tribunal, José Ramos-Horta, justice, human rights, militias, East Timor, impunity, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, reconciliation, truth commission

(Deutsch) Osttimor: Keine Straflosigkeit für Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit

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Posted on 02:49 PM in East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, justice, East Timor, impunity, criminal prosecution, United Nations, crimes against humanity, reconciliation, truth commission

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

Int’l NGOs write UN-Secretary-General on Commission of Experts report

July 12, 2005

Watch Indonesia and other NGO write Secretary-General to encourage him to support the recommendations made by the Commission of Experts on East Timor that he established in February of this year and whose work concluded on May 26. We also urge him to publish the report of this Commission as soon as possible and to encourage the Security Council to meet soon to discuss its findings and recommendations. read the complete letter

Posted on 08:57 AM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, international tribunal, human rights, East Timor, impunity, transitional justice, United Nations, reconciliation, truth commission, Wiranto

(Deutsch) VN-Expertenkommission fordert Strafverfolgung für Verbrechen in Osttimor 1999

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Posted on 08:29 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, justice, East Timor, referendum 1999, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity, truth commission

(Deutsch) Osttimor: Verlangen nach Gerechtigkeit

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Posted on 10:51 AM in East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: refugees, violence, international tribunal, justice, military, militias, East Timor, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, truth commission

Open letter: There is merit in the idea of criteria

April 21, 2005

The honourable Delegation of Indonesia c/o Commission on Human Rights Geneva

 

Dear Excellency, Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Indonesia has been elected to chair the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights because of its constructive contributions to the UN system in the last years and as an acknowledgement to the democratisation process since 1998. The election of Indonesia as Chairman has raised expectations that the human rights agenda at domestic level will be further pushed in the near ... read more

Posted on 08:30 AM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: 1965, Aceh, democracy, Indonesia, conflict resolution, human rights, Munir, Papua, regional conflicts, United Nations

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

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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