Southeast Asian cities have much in common: urban sprawl, the hustle and bustle of daily life, colorful street flair, impossibly crowded roads, and a history of tenuous human rights protections and unresolved impunity for mass human rights violations. Like a typical traffic jam in a Southeast Asian metropolis, accountability has had some jolts forward and […] Read more
“Don’t Bury the Truth; Speak Even if not with Words!” The Rumoh Geudong monument was officially dedicated on 12 July 2018 with about a thousand people—including survivors and people from Pidie and Pidie Jaya Districts in attendance. From 1989–1998, when Aceh was declared a Military Operation Area, Rumoh Geudong was used as an Indonesian military […] Read more
15 July 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of Per Memoriam Ad Spem [Through Memory towards Hope], the final report of the Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) of Indonesia and Timor-Leste. This initiative, the only bilateral commission in the world, was tasked with strengthening peace and friendship between the two countries by revealing the conclusive […] Read more
Twenty years after reformasi, Indonesia has experienced both progress and challenges in addressing mass human rights violations that have happened prior to and after the New Order regime. The following timeline outlines transitional justice initiatives and setbacks that have occured in Indonesia up until the present era. Read more
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