Key Chega!’s
Recommendations & the U.S. and International Community (see
here for complete recommendations)
1. Timor Leste and the International
Community
1.1 This Report is given the widest possible
distribution at all levels in the international community
through the media, internet and other networks and
particularly within the United Nations and those individual
nations and institutions that are highlighted in the Report,
viz. Australia, China, Britain, France, Indonesia, Japan,
Portugal, Russia, U.S., the Catholic Church, as well as the
East Timorese diaspora and international civil society
organisations.
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East Timorese demonstrate
in Dili for justice.
Photo by Karen Orenstein/ETAN. |
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1.5. The UN Secretary-General
refers the Report to the Security Council, the General
Assembly, the Special Committee on Decolonisation and the UN
Commission on Human Rights, and requests that each of these
bodies devotes a special session to discussion and
reflection on the Report and the lessons to be learned from
its contents and findings.
1.6 The states that had military cooperation
programmes with the Indonesian Government during the
Commission’s mandate period, whether or not this assistance
was used directly in Timor-Leste, apologise to the people of
Timor-Leste for failing to adequately uphold internationally
agreed fundamental rights and freedoms in Timor-Leste during
the Indonesian occupation.
1.7. The Permanent Members of
the Security Council, particularly the US but also Britain
and France, who gave military backing to the Indonesian
Government between 1974 and 1999 and who are duty bound to
uphold the highest principles of world order and peace and
to protect the weak and vulnerable, assist the Government of
Timor-Leste in the provision of reparations to victims of
human rights violations suffered during the Indonesian
occupation.
1.8 Business corporations which profited
from the sale of weapons to Indonesia during the occupation
of Timor-Leste and particularly those
whose material was used in Timor-Leste contribute to the
reparations programme for victims of human rights
violations.
1.9 All UN member states refuse a visa to
any Indonesian military officer who is named in this Report
for either violations
or command
responsibility for troops accused of violations and take
other measures such as freezing bank accounts until that
individual’s innocence has been independently and credibly
established.
1.10 States regulate military sales and
cooperation with Indonesia more effectively and make such
support totally conditional on progress towards full
democratisation, the subordination of the military to the
rule of law and civilian government, and strict adherence
with international human rights, including respect for the
right of self-determination.
1.11. The governments of Australia, Britain
and New Zealand undertake a joint initiative to establish
the truth about the deaths of the six foreign journalists in
Timor-Leste in 1975 so that the facts and accountability are
finally established.
1.14. The Government of Timor-Leste, with
the support of the United Nations, honours the contribution
of international civil society to the promotion of human
rights in Timor- Leste, particularly the right of
self-determination, and invites civil society organisations
to contribute their documentation on this struggle to the
people of Timor-Leste as a tool for remembering and
fostering ongoing relations and solidarity
5. Effective Institutions
5.1.4 Government and donors continue to
provide financial assistance, training and other forms of
support for civil society in Timor-Leste to ensure it has
the capacity to take its seat at the table and fulfill its
role constructively and effectively.
5.3.6 The United Nations and international
community continue to support the development and
strengthening of the legal and judicial system in
Timor-Leste to ensure accountability before the law.
7.1 Justice for past atrocities
7.1.12 The international community
demonstrates its commitment to justice and the Serious
Crimes process by, inter alia:
ensuring that persons responsible for the crimes
described in this report are not allowed to continue
profitable careers
regardless of
their crimes
establishing a special board of
investigation under the auspices of the United Nations
to establish the extent, nature and location of assets
held by those indicted for crimes against humanity in
Timor- Leste
freezing the assets of all those
indicted for crimes against humanity in Timor-Leste,
subject to national and international laws and pending
hearing of cases before the relevant tribunal
placing travel bans on those indicted
for crimes against humanity in Timor-Leste
linking international aid and
cooperation to specific steps by Indonesia towards
accountability, such as cooperation
with the Serious
Crimes process, the vetting of perpetrators who continue
their careers in the public sector, and the scrutinising
of Indonesian members of peacekeeping missions and
training courses to ensure that alleged perpetrators of
violations are not included.
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Support Justice for Timor-Leste #justiceforTimor
We must end impunity to
ensure a future filled
with justice and peace.
-Pam, California, USA
It was the
international community
which supported
Indonesia in its brutal
invasion and occupation
of East Timor
(Timor-Leste). It is
the responsibility of
the international
community to now call
Indonesia to account.
-Sr. Susan Connelly,
Australia
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7.2 International tribunal
The
Commission recommends that:
7.2.1.
The United Nations and its relevant organs, in particular
the Security Council, remains seized of the matter of
justice for crimes against humanity in Timor-Leste for as
long as necessary, and be prepared to institute an
International Tribunal pursuant to Chapter VII of the UN
Charter should other measures be deemed to have failed to
deliver a sufficient measure of justice and Indonesia
persists in the obstruction of justice.
12.
Reparations
12.10 Financing
Indonesia should bear a significant proportion of
the costs. As the occupying power which committed
most of the violations, Indonesia has the greatest
moral and legal responsibility to repair the damage
caused by its policies and agents.
Member
states of the international community, and business
corporations who supported the illegal occupation of
Timor-Leste and thus indirectly allowed violations
to take place, are obliged to provide reparations to
victims based on the principle of international
responsibility recognised in the international
customary law of torts. ...
If Indonesia is slow to respond, Timor-Leste and the
international community should make theircontributions
while pressing Indonesia to fulfil its responsibilities.
Many of the victims cannot
afford to wait.
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