The Nuhanovic Foundation supported the International People’s Tribunal on the genocide of 1965 in Indonesia. The People’s Tribunal took place in November 2017 in the Hague, The Netherlands. The tribunal was established with the aim to collect evidence of international crimes committed in 1965 and 1966 in Indonesia. The tribunal resulted in the judgement that a genocide was committed. The report of the tribunal, published by Routledge, offers previously unpublished insights into the types of crimes committed in the 1965 genocide and how these crimes were prosecuted at the International People’s Tribunal for 1965. Divided thematically, each chapter analyses a different crime – enslavement, sexual violence, torture – perpetrated during the Indonesian killings. The contributions consider either general patterns across Indonesia or a particular region of the archipelago. The book reflects on how crimes were charged at the International People’s Tribunal for 1965 and focuses on questions relating to the place of people’s tribunals in truth-seeking and justice claims, and the prospective for transitional justice in contemporary Indonesia.

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International People’s Tribunal 1965

Book: The International People’s Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian Genocide