ABSTRACT
Has a process of transitional justice begun in relation to the genocide and other crimes against humanity perpetrated in Indonesia after 1965? Due to the prevailing stigma and the ongoing anti-communist propaganda efforts at truth finding are still very difficult. The Indonesian state has not recognized its responsibilities and steps to end the impunity of the perpetrators have not yet been taken. The National Human Rights Commission has produced a report which has not yet been made public. In this chapter several local-level efforts towards reconciliation and memorialization are discussed. Various victims’ organizations are involved in these efforts. Memory work in relation to several genocide sites such as mass graves is examined. Only one mass grave has been publicly recognized as a lieu de mémoire (memory space). Efforts at reconciliation have been undertaken in Palu and Yogyakarta (Syarikat). Some films and other forms of cultural memory work are discussed. The chapter concludes that transitional justice can only be partial when state responsibility is not taken seriously.
