The International Peoples Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian Genocide
The International Peoples Tribunal addressed the many forms of violence during the period of the massacres of 196566 in Indonesia. It was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, in November 2015, to commemorate 50 years since the killings began. The Tribunal, as a peoples 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This book offers new and previously unpublished insights into the types of crimes committed in the 1965 genocide and how these crimes were prosecuted at the International Peoples Tribunal for 1965 (IPT 1965). Divided thematically, each chapter analyses a different crimeenslavement, sexual violence, and tortureperpetrated 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 IPT 1965 and focuses on questions relating to the place of peoples 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 Studies, and Transitional Justice Studies.
Saskia E. Wieringa is honorary professor at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She chairs the International Peoples Tribunal on the 1965 Crimes against Humanity in Indonesia. Her latest books include Heteronormativity, Passionate Aesthetics and Symbolic Subversion in Asia (with Abha Bhaiya and Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, 2015). In 2018 the volume Propaganda and the Genocide in Indonesia: Imagined Evil (with Nursyahbani Katjasungkana) was published by Routledge.
Jess Melvin is Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is the author of The Army and the Indonesian Genocide: Mechanics of Mass Murder (Routledge, 2018) and the co-editor, with Katharine McGregor and Annie Pohlman, of The Indonesian Genocide of 1965 (2018).
Annie Pohlman is Senior Lecturer in Indonesian Studies at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. She is the author of Women, Sexual Violence and the Indonesian Killings of 196566 (2015) and the co-editor of Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia (2013), also published by Routledge, and also the co-editor, with Katharine McGregor and Jess Melvin, of The Indonesian Genocide of 1965 (2018).
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Names: Wieringa, Saskia, 1950 editor. | Melvin, Jess, editor. | Pohlman, Annie, editor.
Title: The International Peoples Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian genocide / edited by Saskia E. Wieringa, Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman.
Description: New York: Routledge, 2019. | Series: Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018048191 (print) | LCCN 2018049802 (ebook) | ISBN 9780429427763 (master) | ISBN 9780429764967 (Adobe Reader) | ISBN 9780429764950 (Epub) | ISBN 9780429764943 (Mobipocket) | ISBN 9781138371071 | ISBN 9781138371071 (hardback) | ISBN 9780429427763 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: IndonesiaHistoryCoup detat, 1965. | Human
rightsIndonesiaHistory20th century. | GenocideIndonesiaHistory20th century. | Crimes against humanityIndonesiaHistory20th century. | International Peoples Tribunal for 1965.
Classification: LCC DS644.32 (ebook) | LCC DS644.32 .I57 2019 (print) | DDC959.803/5dc23
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Zak Yacoob
The foreword to the volume is written by Retired Justice Zak Yacoob, who chaired the hearings of the International Peoples Tribunal for 1965. It introduces the themes of the volume and the crimes dealt with by the IPT 1965. It also discusses transitional justice efforts in Indonesia and internationally.
I was one of the judges of the hearings of the Independent Peoples Tribunal held at The Hague during November 2015. I start by expressing deep appreciation for this well-researched compilation by academics of note who have left no stone unturned in their efforts.
