Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timor
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Resumo: | This paper examines early warning of, and political responses to, mass atrocities in East Timor in the late 1970s. Using newly-declassified intelligence and diplomatic records, it describes Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor in 1975 and its three year military campaign to crush the East Timorese resistance. It shows that the campaign resulted in mass deaths due to famine and disease, and considers the United Nations’ response to the unfolding crisis. It evaluates the level of international awareness of the humanitarian crisis in East Timor by inspecting contemporaneous eyewitness reports by foreign diplomats from states with a keen interest in Indonesia: Australia, the United States, New Zealand and Canada. In contrast to a popular, highly lauded view, the paper shows that these states did not “look away”; rather, they had early warning and ongoing knowledge of the catastrophe but provided military and diplomatic assistance to Indonesia. The paper contrasts a counter-productive effort by civil society activists with a very effective one, and thus demonstrates the role that robust scholarship can play in terminating atrocities. |
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Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timoratrocities; Australia; crimes against humanity; East Timor; famine; genocide; Indonesia; responsibility to protect; R2P; United Nations; war crimesThis paper examines early warning of, and political responses to, mass atrocities in East Timor in the late 1970s. Using newly-declassified intelligence and diplomatic records, it describes Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor in 1975 and its three year military campaign to crush the East Timorese resistance. It shows that the campaign resulted in mass deaths due to famine and disease, and considers the United Nations’ response to the unfolding crisis. It evaluates the level of international awareness of the humanitarian crisis in East Timor by inspecting contemporaneous eyewitness reports by foreign diplomats from states with a keen interest in Indonesia: Australia, the United States, New Zealand and Canada. In contrast to a popular, highly lauded view, the paper shows that these states did not “look away”; rather, they had early warning and ongoing knowledge of the catastrophe but provided military and diplomatic assistance to Indonesia. The paper contrasts a counter-productive effort by civil society activists with a very effective one, and thus demonstrates the role that robust scholarship can play in terminating atrocities.Cogitatio2015-11-26info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v3i4.272oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/272Politics and Governance; Vol 3, No 4 (2015): Mass Atrocity Prevention (Part II); 1-112183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/272https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v3i4.272https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/272/272Copyright (c) 2015 Clinton Fernandeshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFernandes, Clinton2022-12-22T15:16:49Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/272Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:22:30.998565Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timor |
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Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timor |
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Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timor Fernandes, Clinton atrocities; Australia; crimes against humanity; East Timor; famine; genocide; Indonesia; responsibility to protect; R2P; United Nations; war crimes |
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Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timor |
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Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timor |
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Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timor |
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Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timor |
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Accomplice to Mass Atrocities: The International Community and Indonesia’s Invasion of East Timor |
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Fernandes, Clinton |
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Fernandes, Clinton |
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Fernandes, Clinton |
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atrocities; Australia; crimes against humanity; East Timor; famine; genocide; Indonesia; responsibility to protect; R2P; United Nations; war crimes |
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atrocities; Australia; crimes against humanity; East Timor; famine; genocide; Indonesia; responsibility to protect; R2P; United Nations; war crimes |
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This paper examines early warning of, and political responses to, mass atrocities in East Timor in the late 1970s. Using newly-declassified intelligence and diplomatic records, it describes Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor in 1975 and its three year military campaign to crush the East Timorese resistance. It shows that the campaign resulted in mass deaths due to famine and disease, and considers the United Nations’ response to the unfolding crisis. It evaluates the level of international awareness of the humanitarian crisis in East Timor by inspecting contemporaneous eyewitness reports by foreign diplomats from states with a keen interest in Indonesia: Australia, the United States, New Zealand and Canada. In contrast to a popular, highly lauded view, the paper shows that these states did not “look away”; rather, they had early warning and ongoing knowledge of the catastrophe but provided military and diplomatic assistance to Indonesia. The paper contrasts a counter-productive effort by civil society activists with a very effective one, and thus demonstrates the role that robust scholarship can play in terminating atrocities. |
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