The International People's Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian Genocide

Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

by Saskia E. Wieringa (Editor), Annie Pohlman (Editor), Jess Melvin (Editor)

The International People's Tribunal addressed the many forms of violence during the period of the massacres of 1965-1966 in Indonesia. It was held in The Hague, The Netherlands, in November 2015, to commemorate fifty years since the killings began. The Tribunal, as a people's court, holds no jurisdiction and was an attempt to achieve symbolic justice for the crimes of 1965.



This book offers new and previously unpublished insights into the types of crimes committed in the 1965 genocide and how these crimes were prosecuted at the International People's Tribunal for 1965.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.



Positioning the events in Indonesia in 1965 within the broader scope of comparative genocide studies, the book is an original and timely contribution to knowledge about the dynamics of the Indonesian killings. It will be of interest to academics in the field of Asian studies, in particular Southeast Asia, Genocide Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice and Transitional Justice Studies.

252 pages, ebook

Published January 21, 2019

About the author

Saskia Eleonora Wieringa is a Dutch sociologist. She is a professor of Gender and Women's Same-Sex Relations Crossculturally at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. The area of study was established by the Foundation for Lesbian and Gay Studies and sponsored by Hivos. From 1 April 2005 to 19 April 2012, she served as the director of Aletta, Institute for Women's History (currently Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history) in Amsterdam.

Reviews

[Keariifan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Indonesia adalah negara orang-orang muda. Mereka semua telah mewarisi sistem yg dibangun di atas penghancuran. Tidak hanya penghancuran terhadap kelompok politik, tetapi jg kesadaran dan keaktifan politik. Rezim Soeharto tumbang pd 1998 setelah krisis keuangan Asia tanpa harus bertanggung jawab atas pembantaian 1965. Negara ini masih diperintah oleh orang-orang yg diuntungkan atas melemahnya masyarakat sipil.

[Alessandro Manuel Rustanto Sitompul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bab-bab yang membuatku pedih akan begitu gelapnya perjalanan bangsaku.

Khususnya, aku sangat merasakan di tengah 2025 ini, seperti bab 7 mengenai mereka yang terpaksa menjadi eksil di tanah yang asing. I feel them with all my heart.

[Aliza Izet Hidayat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mantep sih bukunya