You are invited to attend a one day seminar on:
JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
IN EAST TIMOR:
INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS
AND OTHER OPTIONS
The purpose of the seminar is to discuss the progress so far regarding prosecution of crimes against humanity committed in East Timor and where we go from here.
Presentations will cover:
·
Prosecution of Serious Crimes in East Timor
·
The Ad Hoc Human Rights Court and other possibilities in Indonesia,
·
What is an International Tribunal, and how is one established?
·
What NGO’s have been doing so far
We will then discuss future actions, including:
·
the next U.N. Security Council meeting on East Timor, on 31 October
·
a possible long term campaign relating to accountability for these crimes
The seminar will be held at the Canossian Sisters, Becora, Dili, Timor Lorosa’e.
Tuesday 16th October
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Lunch will be provided
Most of the presentations will be in Tetun or Bahasa Indonesia. An English interpreter will be available.
The Seminar is supported by:
·
The
NGO Forum
·
Yayasan
HAK
·
La’o
Hamutuk
·
Fokupers
·
Caritas
Australia
·
Judicial
System Monitoring Programme
We look forward to your participation. Please RSVP to Mena Reis on 0407 015 968, Jenny Newton on 0419 822 629 or Thomas Freitas on 325013 or 0417 064 655, or to jennyanewton@hotmail.com
East
Timor National NGO Forum / Forum Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e
Updated Sep 3
Umbrella agency for East Timorese Non-Government
Organisations (NGOs)
VISION: To contribute to the building
of a pluralist, democratic, just and sustainable East Timor through the
development of a strong, independent and responsible civil society committed
to upholding and making real in the daily life of the community, both village
and urban, the full range of human rights so that all East Timorese, particularly
the poor and disadvantaged, can enjoy the fruits of liberation and development
in an East Timor forever free.
MISSION: To realise its vision
by promoting a culture of learning, cooperation, partnership with the community
and respect for human rights and good practice amongst East Timorese NGOs
and between them and other development actors, both domestic and international,
and by serving as a collective, independent voice for the rights and needs
of the community.
VALUES AND PRINCIPLES: a rights
approach to development; inclusiveness, participation; accountability;
gender balance; respect for the environment; non-party political; non-sectarian;
good governance; volunteerism.
Kaikoli Street, Dili-East Timor
Telephone +670(390)322772
E-mail: etngocentre@hotmail.com
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/etngoforum/index.html
See: BD:
East Timor National NGO Forum / Forum Nacional ONG Timor Lorosa'e (FONGTIL)
/ LSM-LSM Timor Loro Sa’e - A collection of recent media releases, position-statements,
speeches, petitions, reports, and news
Bahasa Indonesia:
Yayasan HAK - Yayasan
Hukum, Hak Asasi dan Keadilan Updated Sep 4
Maksud Umum: Yayasan Hak didirikan
untuk maksud utama dua: 1. Kerja perkara - mewakili korban dan keluarganya
di pengadilan. 2. Sokongan anjuran hak asasi manusia - melaporkan dan menerbitkan
informasi mengenai HAM, proses pengadilan.
Sejarah Pendek: Yayasan Hak adalah
yayasan bantuan hukum yang didirikan pada bulan Maret 1997, dan dibiayai
oleh empat kelompok. Hak didirikan untuk menyediakan bermacam-macam pelayanan
hukum kepada masyarakat Timor Lorosae.
Alamat: T-091 Gov. Serpa Rosa St.,
Farol, Dili - Timor Lorosae
Tetum: Jun
21 2000 Y-HAK: Lopes: Rekonciliasaun Housi Lei Nia Roman
Article http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/earlyhakt.htm
English:
Yayasan HAK - Foundation
of Law, Human Rights, and Justice Updated Sep 4
Human Rights, Advocacy and Community Organising
Yayasan HAK is a registered East
Timorese non-government organization (ETNGO)
General Mission: Yayasan Hak has
two primary functions: 1. Casework - representing victims and their families
in court 2. Human rights advocacy work - monitoring, reporting and publicising
human rights information, litigation
Short History: Yayasan Hak is a
legal aid foundation set up in March 1997, co-funded by four funding agencies.
It was established in order to provide a range of legal services for the
people of East Timor.
Address: T-091 Gov. Serpa Rosa
St., Farol, Dili - Timor Lorosae
Sep 3 YHak: Elections in the Context of
Nation-Building:
http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/01sepyhak.htm
Jul 24 YHak: Serious Concerns re Judicial
Independence under UNTAET: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/01julconcerns.htm
Jun 21 2000 YHak:
Reconciliation from a Legal Perspective:
http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/earlyhak.htm
Tetum: Jun
21 2000 YHak: Rekonciliasaun Housi Lei Nia Roman
Article http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/earlyhakt.htm
Tetum:
(the most common East Timorese
language)
La’o
Hamutuk, Institutu Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitor Reconstrusaun /
Institut Permantauan dan Analisis Reconstruksi Timor Loro Sa'e
Updated Aug 18
Saida
mak La’o Hamutuk? La’o Hamutuk organizasaun klibur Ema Timor
Lorosa’e no Ema Internacional ne’ebe buka atu tau matan, halo analize ho
halo relatorio kona ba hahalok (actividade) instuisaun internacional ne’ebe
oras ne’e haknaar iha Timor Lorosa’e, liu-liu hahalok sira ne’ebe iha relasaun
ho rekonstrusaun fizika no social Timor Lorosa’e nian. La’o Hamutuk
fiar katak Povo Timor Lorosa’e mak tenke hakotu iha procesu rekonstrusaun
ne’e nia laran no procesu rekonstrusaun ne’e tenke demokratiku no transparante
duni.
Staf Timor oan: Inès Martins,
Fernando da Silva, Thomas Freitas; Staf Internasional: Pamela Sexton,
Mark Salzer; Kuadru Ejekutivu: Sr. Maria Dias, Joseph Nevins, Fr.
Jovito Rego de Jesus Araùjo, Aderito Soares Durubasa: Benjamin
Sanches Afonso, Tomé Xavier Jeronimo, Maria Bernardino, Manuel Tilman,
Djoni Ferdiwijaya Ilustrador: Sebastião Pedro da Silva, Nan
Porter Design Jeronimo Staf Monitoriu Projektu Judiciariu JSMP:
Christian
Ranheim, Caitlin Reiger, Rayner Thwaites
Local Contact: P.O. Box 340,
Dili, East Timor (via Darwin, Australia) Mobile fone: +61(408)811373;
Telefone Uma: +670(390)325-013
International contact: +1-510-643-4507
Email: laohamutuk@easttimor.minihub.org
Homepage: http://www.etan.org/lh
Boletim La’o Hamutuk: [Tetum PDF
format]
Vol. 2, No. 3 Junho 2001 Fundu Monetariu
Internasional (IMF) iha Timor Lorosa’e: http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/bulv2n3T.pdf
Vol. 2, Nos. 1-2 Abríl 2001 Vizaun
Jeral Hosi Fundu Ba Rekonstrusaun Timor Loro Sa’e: http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/lhbl2n1t.pdf
Vol. 1, No. 4, 31 Dejembru 2000 Banku
Mundial iha Timor Loro Sa’e: http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/lhbul4tm.pdf
Vol. 1, No. 3, 17 Novembro 2000 Hari Sistema
Saude Nasional iha Timor Lorosa’e: http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/LHbul3tm.pdf
Vol. 1, No. 2, 17 Julho 2000 Protesaun
ba meio ambiente iha TL: http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/bulletin02tetum.pdf
Vol. 1, No. 1, 21 Juñu 2000 Rekonciliasaun:
http://www.etan.org/lh/PDFs/bulletin01tetum.pdf
English:
La'o
Hamutuk: East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis
Updated June 24
La'o Hamutuk (Tetum for Walking
Together) is a joint East Timorese-international organization that seeks
to monitor, to analyze, and to report on the reconstruction activities
of the principal international institutions. It believes that the people
of East Timor must be the ultimate decisionmakers in the reconstruction
process and that the process should be as democratic and transparent as
possible ...
East Timorese staff: Inès
Martins, Fernando da Silva, Thomas Freitas;
International staff: Pamela
Sexton, Mark Salzer Executive board: Sr. Maria Dias, Joseph Nevins,
Fr. Jovito Rego de Jesus Araùjo, Aderito
de Jesus Soares Translators: Maria Bernardino, Tom‚ Xavier Jeronimo
JSMP
staff: Christian Ranheim, Caitlin Reiger, Rayner Thwaites
International contact: +1-510-643-4507
Email: laohamutuk@easttimor.minihub.org
Homepage: http://www.etan.org/lh
La’o Hamutuk Bulletin: http://www.etan.org/lh/bulletin.html
Mar 23 2001 LH: Job announcement for La'o
Hamutuk in East Timor: http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/01marjob.htm
Activity Report: Mar 16 2001 LH:
http://www.pcug.org.au/~wildwood/01marlhreport.html
Bahasa Indonesia:
Fokupers - Forum Komunikasi
Untuk Perempuan Loro Sae Updated Aug 22
Direktur: Manuela Leong Pereira
Maksud Umum: Fokupers didirikan
pada tahun 1997. Organisasi ini membantu korban politik dan juga memberikan
nasihat atau ‘counselling’ dan lain lain kepada perempuan yang menderita
sebagai bekas tapol, atau yang menjadikan janda karena perang, atau isteri
tapol. Selain dari itu, Fokupers mendorong hak asasi manusia, pada khususnya
untuk perempuan, dalam masyarakat setempat.
Kegiatan Sekarang: Sudah mengadakan
bengkel untuk mendiskusi bagaimana perempuan akan diikuti atau menjadi
lebih aktip di masyarakat Timor Loro Sa’e. · Pada saat ini, kami
memusatkan perhatian atas latihan ‘trauma counselling’ untuk pekerja Fokupers.
English:
Fokupers - the East Timorese
Women’s Communication Forum Updated Aug 22
Women's Development and Advocacy
Director: Manuela Leong Pereira
Fokupers is a registered East
Timorese non-government organization (ETNGO)
General Mission: Fokupers was founded
in 1997. It focuses on political victims and gives counselling and other
forms of assistance to women victims of violations, including ex political
prisoners, war widows and wives of political prisoners. Its mandate also
includes promoting women’s human rights among the local population, especially
the East Timorese women.
Current Activities: Conducting
workshops discussing ways to enhance or develop further women’s participation
in Timorese society. · Focusing on receiving trauma counselling
training for their staff in order to provide counsel to women victims.
Supporting women survivors of violence and to end violence against women
through advocacy and education.
Caritas
Australia Up-dated Aug 19
Caritas Australia (estab. 1964 as Australian
Catholic Relief) is the official development and relief agency for the
Catholic Church in Australia under the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference
in response to requests being received from the countries of the Pacific,
Asia and Africa for financial assistance to help the poor in their countries.
The organisation is part of the Caritas Internationalis network of 146
autonomous Catholic aid and development agencies active in 194 countries
around the world. Caritas works with the poor and marginalised through
supporting the community development programs of our Caritas partner agencies.
Email: caritas@caritas.org.au
Homepage: http://www.caritas.org.au/
ETimor Webpage: http://www.caritas.org.au/ourwork/where_easttimor.htm
Judicial
System Monitoring Programme / Program Pemantauan Sistim Peradilan (JSMP)
Updated Aug 17
JSMP is a new human rights project set
up by the East Timorese Jurists’ Association and the Timorese/international
organisation La'o Hamutuk. JSMP aims to assist the United Nations Transitional
Administration in East Timor, the East Timorese public and the international
community by making recommendations for ongoing reform of the fledgling
judicial system of East Timor.
The main objective of the programme
is to improve the quality of justice provided by the newly established
judicial system, and to promote human rights and the rule of law in a meaningful
and transparent manner for the people of East Timor through:
Outcomes of this Seminar:
Oct
18 United Timorese NGOs calls for an international ad hoc tribunal
Call added Oct 19
"During a seminar on justice for East
Timor on 16 October 2001, all participating Timorese non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) unanimously called for the establishment of an
international ad hoc tribunal with the jurisdiction to try international
crimes committed after the Indonesian invasion in 1975. ... All NGOs emphasized
the need to bring justice to the victims, to avoid further human rights
violations in Indonesia and the responsibility of the international community
to try crimes against humanity committed during an Indonesian occupation
which was never legally recognized by the United Nations." Judicial
System Monitoring Programme
Oct
17 ETimorese NGOs write DSRSG re Justice, Indonesia Letter
added Oct 20
"One of the outcomes of this meeting
[16 October 2001] was a resolution that it is an
International Tribunal that would be the most viable means of holding
those senior government and military officials to account. Being aware
of your planned visit to Indonesia, another outcome of the meeting was
the resolution to bring to your attention our strong views and lasting
commitment to ensure that those known Indonesia figures who have documented
involvement the attempted
genocide of the East Timorese will face justice." Ubalda Alves FOKUPERS,
Joaquím Fonseca Yayasan HAK,
Tomás Freitas Lao Hamutuk (Representatives
from the 16 October meeting)
See also:
BD: Calls for International War Crimes Tribunal - A collection of recent reports, articles and news