[TimorLesteStudies] New Article: Nevins: Embedded Empire: Structural Violence and the Pursuit of Justice in East Timor

[Bu Wilson]

Nevins, Joseph (2009) 'Embedded Empire: Structural Violence and the Pursuit of Justice in East Timor',
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 99: 5, 914 — 921

East Timor faces severe limitations in its efforts to realize legal and material justice and to overcome the horrific
violence associated with Indonesia’s invasion and almost twenty-four-year occupation. Since the Indonesian
military’s withdrawal in October 1999, the now-independent country has struggled to realize legal and material
justice for the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed from 1975 to 1999 and to overcome the
deprivation and dispossession associated with Indonesia’s invasion and occupation. In relation to these efforts,
this article examines two case studies. The first is East Timor’s effort to secure legal and financial restitution for
damages associated with Indonesia’s actions. The second involves a disagreement with Australia over oil and
natural gas deposits in a shared seabed and the effort to ensure an international-law-informed resolution of the
conflict. In both cases, East Timor has fallen far short of its goals. 

Bu V.E. Wilson
Centre for International Governance and Justice
Regulatory Institutions Network
Australian National University
+61 407 087 086


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