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) Folter in Papua ein minder schweres Vergehen?

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German version

Posted on 07:01 PM in Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Publications, Regional Conflicts
Tags: Indonesia, justice, human rights, military, Papua, regional conflicts, security sector, criminal prosecution

(Deutsch) „Justice for Munir, Justice for all“

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German version

Posted on 03:26 AM in Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, justice, human rights, Munir, impunity

Letter to UN Security Council on Justice and Accountability

International Federation for East Timor (IFET), February 18, 2009

President
Security Council
The United Nations
1 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017

February 18, 2009

Your Excellency

We are writing on behalf of organizations long concerned with the justice process in Timor-Leste.

As you meet this week to discuss renewing the UN mission in Timor-Leste, we urge you to look at the unfulfilled UN pledges concerning human rights and accountability for serious human rights crimes committed in Timor-Leste between 1975 ... read more

Posted on 01:54 AM in Joint Open Letters, Justice, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Security Sector, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, international tribunal, José Ramos-Horta, justice, crisis 2006, human rights, East Timor, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity, dealing with the past, reconciliation, truth commission, Xanana Gusmão

The New Indonesian Constitutional Court

April 2007

A study into its beginnings and first years of work

by Petra Stockmann

[…] Constitutional courts in transition countries face a number of additional challenges: For one, the courts will in one way or another have to deal with the legacy of the past authoritarian regimes. Questions of transitional justice may also touch upon the realm of constitutional jurisdiction and might collide with the principle of upholding the law. And then there is the question of what ... read more

Posted on 04:03 AM in democracy, joint studies and reports, Justice, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Publications
Tags: Indonesia, justice, law, constitution, constitutional court

(Bahasa Indonesia) Sebaiknya Kajati Baca, Lagi UU Kejaksaan

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Indonesian version

Posted on 01:52 AM in democracy, Justice, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, judicial system, rule of law

Indonesia: Impunity must be brought to an end – all conflicts must be resolved by peaceful means

January 15th, 2006

Aide-Mémoire 62nd Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights 13 March to April 2006

 

Aceh

Decades of war and the devastating tsunami that struck the province in December 2005 have caused immense suffering for the Acehnese. But the window of opportunity that opened through this catastrophe has eventually led to a significant improvement of the human rights situation in this region. After initial difficulties, domestic and foreign organisations were by and large granted unrestricted access to the ... read more

Posted on 06:27 AM in joint position papers, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: Aceh, violence, Indonesia, conflict resolution, human rights, military, Munir, East Timor, Papua, regional conflicts, impunity, criminal prosecution

(Deutsch) Tod auf dem Flug nach Amsterdam

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German version

Posted on 10:24 AM in Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: intelligence service, Indonesia, human rights, Munir, Nobel Price, criminal prosecution

Rethinking Justice for East Timor

February 2005

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Deutsche Kommission Justitia et Pax
Misereor
missio
Diakonie

Position Paper on the Reform of the International Justice Process in East
Timor and Indonesia

Written and edited by
Leonie von Braun and Monika SchlicherWatch Indonesia!

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Human Rights Desk of Diakonia, Stafflenbergstraße 76, 70184 ... read more

Posted on 03:44 AM in joint studies and reports, Justice, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, East Timor, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice
Tags: Eurico Guterres, Indonesia, international tribunal, José Ramos-Horta, justice, human rights, military, militias, East Timor, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, reconciliation, truth commission, Wiranto

Prosecuting International Crimes

January 31st, 2005

Deutsche Kommission Justitia et Pax
Misereor
missio
Diakonie
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Aide-Mémoire
61st Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights 14th March to 22nd April 2005

 

UN should rethink justice initiative and bring impunity in East Timor to an end

 

The failed justice process

Five years after the UN-sponsored Popular Consultation on the question of independence and the end of Indonesia’s ... read more

Posted on 04:04 PM in joint position papers, Justice, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, justice, human rights, military, East Timor, referendum 1999, transitional justice, crimes against humanity