1999 Crimes Against Humanity In East Timor

"Accounts of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity committed in East Timor in 1999 during the referendum for independence from Indonesia. Seeks to raise awareness about the lack of prosecution of human rights violations in East Timor and to demand an international criminal tribunal to try the suspects."

Author: Warren Wright is an Australian lawyer. He also authors East Timor Legal Information Site.

Blawg Related Categories: Civil Rights • Criminal Justice • International Law • Legal History • International Courts/Tribunals • International • Asia

Recent Posts from 1999 Crimes Against Humanity in East Timor

East Timor: Massacres and Miracles
ETLJB 9 April 2009 Melbourne In response to Jill Jolliffe's report in The Age on 1st April 2009, it should be noted that there were several massacres in Dili. The first occurred on 7th December…
Lessons from the Khmer Rouge tribunal
Jakarta Post Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:41 PM Lessons from the Khmer Rouge tribunal Fitria Chairani , PHNOM PENH | Sat, 02/21/2009 1:22 PM | Opinion - On Feb.17, 2009, the ECCC (Extraordinary Chamber in…
The Special Panels for Serious Crimes - Dili, East Timor
East Timor UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center - On May 20, 2005 the Special Panel for Serious Crimes (SPSC) completed more than four years of trials arising from crimes committed during the 1999 violence…
East Timor Leader Against Rights Tribunals For Indonesians
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Crimes Against Humanity Perpetrators Released
Crimes Against Humanity Perpetrators Released - Judicial System Monitoring Program Press Release 20 June 2008This last week has seen the release of convicted militia leader Joni Marques, and others, from Dili’s Becora prison.Following Timor-Leste’s first…
Indonesia - East Timor Comission for Truth and Friendship: Why the UN must boycott it
Asian Centre for Human Rights 2007 On the sidelines of the ongoing ASEAN summit in Manila, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda called on the Indonesia-East Timor Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) which was set…
Conflict in East Timor: Genocide or Expansionist Occupation?
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Timor Leste justice not well served
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Justice for the victims in East Timor: UN must act at once on Commission of Inquiry's report
AI INDEX : ASA 57/02/00 31 January 2000 NEW YORK -- The United Nations must act without delay on the recommendations of its own Commission of Inquiry(COI) to set up an international mechanism to investigate…
War Crimes, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity in East Timor: Options for an International Criminal Tribunal
War Crimes, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity in East Timor: Options for an International Criminal TribunalBy Dr. Gregory H. StantonIndonesian troops and anti-independence militias have committed gross violations of international humanitarian law against civilians in…