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Govt urged to examine IPT 1965 rulings before rejecting them
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A hearing of the International People's Tribunal on the 1965 Crimes against Humanity (IPT 1965) in Indonesia is held in the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague, the Netherlands, in November 2015. (Courtesy of the International People’s Tribunal 1965/-)
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he National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the government to form a team to examine the International People's Tribunal on the 1965 Crimes against Humanity (IPT 1965).
"The rulings are not legally binding, but are morally binding. It won't hurt for [the government] to look into them before rejecting them completely," Komnas HAM commissioner Nur Kholis told reporters on Tuesday.
The IPT in The Hague on July 20 concluded that the Indonesian state was guilty of crimes including genocide, slavery, involuntary disappearances and sexual violence that reportedly left half a million people dead, most of whom were connected to the now defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).
Upon receiving a copy of the tribunal's rulings from IPT 1965 coordinator Nursyahbani Katjasungkana on Monday Nur Kholis said Komnas HAM would first conduct an in-depth examination of the document before the commissioners took further action in an effort to resolve the 1965 tragedy.
Komnas HAM chairman Imdadun Rahmat asserted that the national rights group would remain committed, as in accordance with the mandate given to Komnas HAM, to resolve the 1965 mass killings, a grave human rights violation in the nation's history.
