Resisting Indonesia's Culture of Impunity
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Resisting Indonesia's Culture of Impunity

Aceh's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

  1. 282 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Resisting Indonesia's Culture of Impunity

Aceh's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

About this book

Resisting Indonesia's Culture of Impunity examines the role of Indonesia's first truth and reconciliation commission—the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission, or KKR Aceh—in investigating and redressing the extensive human rights violations committed during three decades of brutal separatist conflict (1976–2005) in the province of Aceh.

The KKR Aceh was founded in late 2016, as a product of the 2005 peace deal between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). It has since faced many challenges—not least from Indonesia's security forces and former GAM leaders, who have joined together in their determination to maintain impunity for their respective roles in the conflict. Indeed, the commission would not have been established without the tireless work of civil society actors, including non-government organisations and other humanitarian groups.

In Resisting Indonesia's Culture of Impunity, the editors set out to amplify the role of these civil society actors in the KKR Aceh and in transitional justice in Indonesia. Each chapter has been written by a team of authors, composed predominantly of commissioners and staff from the KKR Aceh itself, members of key civil society organisations, and academics. Further, the editors aim to scrutinise the KKR Aceh from the inside and analyse the establishment and operation of what is perhaps the only genuine state-sponsored attempt to implement transitional justice in Indonesia today.

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Yes, you can access Resisting Indonesia's Culture of Impunity by Jess Melvin, Annie Pohlman, Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem, Jess Melvin,Annie Pohlman,Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Human Rights. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Preface
  3. Notes on contributors
  4. Terms and abbreviations
  5. List of illustrations
  6. 1. The search for truth and justice in Aceh
  7. 2. The KKR Aceh and transitional justice in Aceh
  8. 3. The role of civil society in pushing for truth and repair in Aceh
  9. 4. Transitional justice and political settlement: GAM and the KKR Aceh
  10. 5. Collecting statements and the public ‘hearing testimony’ forums
  11. 6. The KKR Aceh’s mapping of torture practices
  12. 7. The KKR Aceh’s documentation of OTK attacks in Bener Meriah, 1999–2002
  13. 8. Memorialisation in the absence of justice in Aceh
  14. Epilogue: leveraging from the local
  15. Select bibliography