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East Timor's Search for Justice and Reconciliation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Jeff Kingston
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[With East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao presenting to the United Nations the report of the Commission of Reception, Truth and Reconciliation, Japan Focus presents a revised, expanded and updated version of Jeff Kingston's earlier report on the issues drawing on interviews with Gusmao, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta and others. The issues reverberate beyond East Timor and Indonesia to such nations as the United States, Japan and Australia that supported Indonesian repression in East Timor over a quarter of a century from the 1975 invasion. This article reproduces major findings of the report on the Indonesian reign of terror in the final stages of the referendum period and beyond and condemns the failure to act on the part of the US and other powers. The text of the entire Commission report is available from the National Security Archive. Japan Focus]

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , e7
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References

1) Chega!: The Report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in TimorLeste (CAVR), Executive Summary. CAVR: Dili, 2005. 215 pp.

2) “Report to the Secretary-General of the Commission of Experts to Review the Prosecution of Serious Violations of Human Rights in Timor-Leste (the then East Timor) in 1999.” May 26, 2005. Members of the Commission: Justice P.N. Bhagwati (India), Dr. Shaista Shameem (Fiji) and Professor Yozo Yokota (Japan).

3) Interview with President Xanana Gusmao Dec 16, 2005.

4) Interview with Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta Dec. 13, 2005.

5) Interview with Eduardo Gonzalez, Senior Associate, International Commission for Transitional Justice.

6) Interview with Father Martinho Gusmao, Director of Justice and Peace Commission of Bacau, December 17, 2005.

7) Interview with Mario Carrascalao, December 16, 2005.