[list_indonesia] [ppiindia] Rethinking Justice for East Timor
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February 2005
Watch Indonesia! - German Commission of Justitia et Pax - Misereor
-missio - Diakonie
full English version see:
http://home.snafu.de/watchin/Rethinking_Justice.htm
A German translation will follow shortly.
Rethinking Justice for East Timor
Position Paper on the Reform of the International Justice Process in
East Timor and Indonesia
Written and edited by Leonie von Braun and Monika Schlicher, Watch
Indonesia!
Executive Summary
This Position Paper portrays the failings of the justice institutions
for the prosecution of international crimes, such as crimes against
humanity, in Indonesia and East Timor under the hospices of the UN and
addresses the urgent need for rethinking these mechanisms. This human
rights issue is especially urgent, as the UN Mission to East Timor will
terminate in May 2005 according to UN Security Council decisions leaving
little hope that perpetrators who bear the greatest responsibility will
be brought to justice. The urgency is underlined by East Timor?s and
Indonesia?s proposal to establish a Truth and Friendship Commission,
which would possibly lead to a white-washing of the past and the
deprivation of victims of their right to see justice done. In the
interest of the victims, their families and the credibility of the UN?s
engagement in international justice worldwide this paper argues that it
cannot be an option to simply close the book. Too little has been
achieved, too many promises have been made. In order to provide advice
to UN and state policy makers the paper suggests four ways of reform:
First and foremost this paper strongly urges the establishment of an
International Commission of Experts by the UN Secretary-General, which
is to analyse the previous achievements of both the Indonesian court
system and of the UN hybrid court in East Timor and make recommendations
on how best to proceed. Additionally, we propose three judicial reform
strategies. In this paper we argue that, as a minimum, the serious
crimes process must be continued in East Timor with UN support and
enhanced resources, but that the justice process could be far more
effective if an international, completely independent tribunal were
established to ensure cooperation from Indonesian authorities. An
alternative proposal is to reform the serious crimes system in East
Timor according to the structure of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 3
I. Introduction 3
II. The State of Justice in East Timor and Indonesia 4
1. The ad hoc Human Rights Court in Jakarta: Unwilling 4
2. The Special Panels for Serious Crimes in East Timor: Unable 6
2.1. Lack of Funding and Staffing 6
2.2. Lack of judicial and political cooperation by Indonesia 7
2.3. Lack of political support by the United Nations and East Timor 7
III. The Need for a Commission of Experts 8
IV. Judicial Solutions 9
1. The Special Panels for Serious Crimes should be continued 10
2. The Model of the Special Court of Sierra Leone 10
3. An International Criminal Tribunal for East Timor 11
IV. Conclusions 11
V. Recommendations: 12
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