What is important now is that the international community should manifest a determination to unravel what transpired in 1999, to identify the officers responsible for the planning, organising, and implementing of the militia operations, which led to the commission of serious crimes against humanity, and to bring them to some form of justice. What we should not be doing, is hesitating and encouraging the TNI command establishment to conclude that it is now likely to escape international scrutiny.
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Apr
20 SMH: James Dunn 'Crimes Against Humanity in East Timor, Jan-Oct 99'
Executive summary and recommendations
"Efforts should be stepped up to establish
the guilt of those ultimately responsible, or with shared responsibility,
for the crimes committed in 1999, and to commence action to have them brought
to justice. Particular attention needs to be given to investigating the
roles played by TNI commanders, with a view to laying charges against those
responsible for the events of 1999. ...
In the event that no progress is made
in Indonesia towards bringing to justice those responsible for the crimes
committed in East Timor in 1999, immediate steps should be taken to negotiate
the setting up of and international tribunal for this purpose. ...
While this report focuses on events in
1999, in the course of my enquiries persistent allegations of very serious
crimes against humanity, involving mass murder, since East Timor was invaded
in 1975 have been brought to my attention. I join with the KPP HAM report
(recommendation 27) in calling for a thorough investigation of what transpired
and of who was responsible. The most serious crimes, such as the Creras
and Santa Cruz massacres, are crimes of such magnitude that they must be
considered of concern to the international community as a whole."
James Dunn, Crimes investigator for United
Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), 14 February
2001
Apr
25 ETAN publishes text of suppressed UN report on East Timor destruction
Release & Link to full text of report up-dated May 5
"The report is now available on the internet
at http://www.etan.org/news/2001a/dunn1.htm
The document, "Crimes Against Humanity
in East Timor, January to October 1999: Their Nature and Causes," was
written by former Australian diplomat James Dunn, an independent consultant
to the Chief Prosecutor for the UN Transitional Administration in East
Timor's (UNTAET). ETAN obtained the report from a source associated with
the United Nations.
UNTAET officials do not plan to release
the report, which was submitted to them in mid-February. It names some
of the key Indonesian commanders most directly involved in planning and
implementing the violence surrounding East Timor's UN-organized independence
referendum in 1999. A UN spokesperson has said that the UN is not releasing
the report out of concern that it will hinder negotiations with Indonesia.
"We believe it is crucial that those responsible
for East Timor's destruction be held accountable," said John M. Miller,
spokesperson for ETAN. "Prosecution of the Indonesian military officers
responsible is necessary both for East Timor's future security and Indonesia's
transition to democracy. Open discussion of the report's findings best
serves all involved -- the UN, the Indonesian government and people, and
the people of East Timor." " The East Timor
Action Network/U.S.