ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the findings of the project, which were given as evidence to the Prosecutor for the International People’s Tribunal for 1965. These findings were used to support the charge of torture as crime against humanity in the indictment against the Indonesian state. The chapter examines the forms of abuse perpetrated and the long-term impacts on survivors and their families, focuses on the testimonies of those who participated in research throughout. It provides the stagnation of transitional justice in contemporary Indonesia and failures of the regime to redress these past acts of violence and their legacy of impunity. The chapter argues that the work of the 1965 People’s Tribunal, and other civil society initiatives, forms critical steps in demanding accountability for the many crimes committed in 1965, including the widespread and systematic torture of detainees. The practices of mass torture and ill treatment were reproduced by Indonesian security forces in conflict areas at other times during its history.
