[TimorLesteStudies] New ICTJ Publication: An Unfinished Truth in Indonesia and Timor-Leste

[Bu Wilson]

The full report can be downloaded in English and Indonesian at
http://www.ictj.org/en/news/features/2404.html

In An Unfinished Truth, ICTJ reviews the final report of the
Timorese-Indonesian Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) on atrocities
committed in East Timor in 1999. It explains the contributions that the
final report made to truth-telling on the violence of 1999, but also
identifies the CTF report's weaknesses and shortcomings.

In July 2008 the Timorese-Indonesian Commission of Truth and Friendship
(CTF) submitted its final report on atrocities committed in East Timor in
1999. Previously the CTF had been criticized by human rights groups,
especially in relation to its power to recommend amnesties and its
controversial public hearings. Many saw it as a tool of impunity. Against
this backdrop, the CTF's final report came as a surprise to many. It
concluded that crimes against humanity had been committed by Indonesian
security forces in East Timor during 1999.

An Unfinished Truth explains the contributions that the final report makes
to truth-telling on the violence of 1999, but also identifies the CTF
report's weaknesses and shortcomings. It concludes that while the CTF's
report is a victory in some respects, there is much more work to be done.

Bu Wilson
Regulatory  Institutions Network (RegNet) Research School of Pacific and
Asian Studies
College of Asia and the Pacific,
Australian National University 
Canberra   ACT   0200 
AUSTRALIA 

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