The Report of the Investigation of Papuan Human Rights Violation is Delivered to the AGO
10 November 2003 08:18 WIB
Djoko said that from February 5 to May 5, 2001, the Investigation Commission questioned 51 witnesses of this incident. Among them were men and women victims, Irian Jaya Police Mobile Brigade personnel, police personnel and expert witnesses. Torture, murder, maltreatment, the expropriation of freedom, and the physical mistreatment of civilians are among the major human rights violations which were committed during the incident.
During the investigation, the Investigation Commission also found certain humanitarian crime patterns in the form of maltreatment based gender, race and religion. “All victims underwent discriminatory acts which were committed based on their race and religion, while the women were doubly discriminated against,” Djoko said. They were verbally and physically abused.
In the report, the Investigation Commission concluded that the Irian Jaya Police, the Irian Jaya Police Mobile Brigade, the Jayapura Police and the Abepura Police are responsible for all humanitarian crimes which have been committed during the incident. Therefore, the Commission recommended that the AGO carry out an investigation and charge all the people who are involved in the case at a human rights trial.
The National Commission requested that the AGO form an Ad Hoc investigation team for the Abepura incident. The Commission also urged the government to immediately issue a government regulation regarding witness and victim protection as stipulated (Article 34 of Law no. 26/ 2000) regarding human rights trial and the government regulation regarding compensation, restitution and rehabilitation. (Article 35 sub section 3 of Law no. 26/2000.)
The Commission will recommend the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government to form Ad Hoc human rights trials over the cases which took place prior to the legislation of Law no. 26/2000.
