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Activists plan to bring up 1965 purge to UN special rapporteur
Activists have planned to bring up the settlement of the 1965 mass killings case to a UN special rapporteur, amid uncertainties on whether the government would push for concrete solutions to resolve the country's dark past.
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Relatives of 1965 massacre victims place flowers over a grave to pray for the departed spirits. (KOMPAS/*)
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ctivists have planned to bring up the settlement of the 1965 mass killings case to a UN special rapporteur, amid uncertainties on whether the government would push for concrete solutions to resolve the country's dark past.
Harry Wibowo of the International People's Tribunal on the 1965 Crimes against Humanity (IPT 1965) said they would report all judicial and non-judicial measures that they had taken through the years in efforts to push the country to settle the past abuse.
If the government does not show further will to follow-up the result of all investigations conducted by numerous Indonesian rights groups, including the findings of mass graves of the 1965 communist purge located in at least 122 spots across the country, the 1965 victims and investigators have any rights to push it to UN special rapporteurs who have the authority to probe, Harry said.
"Today we consider that all judicial and non-judicial processes that we have pushed to settle the 1965 tragedy are already exhausted and therefore we can report this to the UN rights mechanism," Harry said on Wednesday.
In accordance with the mechanisms, a UN special rapporteur would follow-up the report by studying the findings as well as meeting the related parties to verify the reports, including the investigators, victims and survivors, as well as the government, Harry said.
However, since the UN rights experts' visit to the country is an official one, the settlement process would also depend on the government's willingness to allow the special rapporteur entry to the country. (bbn)
