[TimorLesteStudies] Upcoming RegNet Timor Leste 10th anniversary of independence ballot events

[Susan Harris]

Dear Timor scholars - forthcoming events at ANU

CIPL Seminar Series
Friday 21 August
Phillipa Weeks Staff Library, ANU College of Law "Justice in Timor - Leste on the 10th Anniversary of the Timor Independence Ballot"
Dr Susan Harris-Rimmer RegNet & Janelle Saffin MP (former adviser to Ramos-Horta) 

30 August marks the tenth anniversary of the ballot in 1999 by which the
people of Timor Leste won their independence.    On 4 September 1999, it was
announced that 78.5 per cent of the population had voted against Timor Leste remaining as part of Indonesia, and therefore independence would be granted to the territory. The announcement of the ballot result resulted in immediate acts of violence, a 'scorched earth' policy, looting, massive evacuations and forced deportation of the population, overseen by the departing Indonesian military. Ten years later, Saffin and Harris Rimmer review the quest for justice in Timor Leste, appraising the outcomes of the UN-led serious crimes process within Timor, the Commission on Truth, Reception and Reconciliation (CAVR), the Jakarta trials and the Joint Truth and Friendship Commission. 
http://law.anu.edu.au/cipl/events.asp 


CIGJ Cinema and Peacebuilding Seminar Series
Film: Scenes from an Occupation - "The Law Of Violence" 27 August Presented by the director Carmela Baranowska. 
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Hedley Bull 1
Ground Floor,
Hedley Bull Centre, ANU

This is an intimate and confronting account of the last six months of Indonesia's occupation of East Timor. Filmmaker Carmela Baranowska is the only person to have documented this period. She first travelled to East Timor in March 1999, working as a one person crew. The footage includes eyewitness accounts of the role the Indonesian military played in a systematic campaign of destruction, murder and terror. "We may all die", says an East Timorese woman, "but if one is left, he will tell the story".
This film is a testament to the East Timorese people's courage, strength and determination.
Originally screened on SBS TV, Part 2, "The Law of Violence" is 32 minutes and will be screened at ANU. It was awarded a Rory Peck Award in 2000.
The CIGJ Cinema and Peacebuilding Seminar Series aims to promote deeper understanding of conflict and post-conflict situations.
http://cigj.anu.edu.au/cigj/centre_events/cinemaseries/index.php 


Dr Susan Harris Rimmer
Building Democracy and Justice After Conflict http://cigj.anu.edu.au/democracy/about/index.php 
Centre for International Governance and Justice Regulatory Institutions Network College of Asia and the Pacific, RSPAS The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 
Email: harriss at law.anu.edu.au 
Phone: +61 2 612 56768
Fax: +61 2 612 51507
M: 0406 376 809



Dr Susan Harris Rimmer
Building Democracy and Justice After Conflict
http://cigj.anu.edu.au/democracy/about/index.php
Centre for International Governance and Justice
Regulatory Institutions Network 
College of Asia and the Pacific, RSPAS 
The Australian National University 
Canberra ACT 0200 
Email: harriss at law.anu.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 612 56768
Fax: +61 2 612 51507 
M: 0406 376 809