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Author Lestari Wahyuningroem, Sri

Title Transitional Justice from State to Civil Society : Democratization in Indonesia
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (213 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables and charts; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1 Introduction: transitional justice in post-Soeharto Indonesia; Transitional justice: emergence, concepts, and trends around the globe; Transitional justice in Indonesia; Assessing transitional justice and the implications for democracy; Explaining transitional justice: the nature of the democratic transition; Research methods and data collection; Book structure; 2 Human rights, transitional justice and political transition in Indonesia; Introduction
Human rights under the New OrderThe politics and periods of transitional justice in post-Soeharto Indonesia; The period of momentous change, 1998-2000; The military in the period of momentous change; The period of compromised mechanisms, 2001-2009; The military; Conclusion; 3 Prosecutions in cases of past human rights abuses: the East Timor and Tanjung Priok trials; Introduction; Impunity: the legacy of the past repressive regime; Establishing the human rights courts; Trials on East Timor and Tanjung Priok; The context: the 1999 East Timor referendum and crimes against humanity; The trials
The 1984 Tanjung Priok killingsThe Tanjung Priok trials; Adoption and implementation of trials; Assessing processes and outcomes-comparing the two trials; Conclusion; 4 The adoption and annulment of the Law on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Introduction; Discourse on truth and reconciliation in the early years of political transition; Getting to a TRC; Truth versus reconciliation; Debates on amnesty; Evaluating the processes and outcomes of the adoption of the TRC Law; Acknowledging the limits of restorative justice
Transitional justice and the transplacement nature of democratisationThe absence of a truth mechanism and its implications for Indonesia's democracy; The absence of political judgement; The absence of deliberative space to reflect history and moral standards; Local TRCs; Conclusion; 5 Human rights groups and transitional justice initiatives; Introduction; Human rights movements before reformasi; Human rights and the transitional justice agenda during the democratic transition; Human rights groups, the new political elite, and transitional justice agenda in the early transition
Transitional justice from below: human rights strategies after reformasiConclusion; 6 Transitional justice at the local level: the case of Palu, Central Sulawesi; Introduction; The 1965 mass violence in Palu; SKP HAM, victims' mobilisation, and local government responses; Palu's reparation programme; Assessing transitional justice initiatives in Palu; Conditions for transitional justice; Roles of NGOs and victims; Local political dynamics and the local elite; Conclusion; 7 Towards Post-Transitional Justice?; Reflecting on transitional justice from the Indonesian experience
Notes Transitional justice and democracy: investigating the impacts
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1000761665