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213213INTRODUCTION1.Teitel, Transitional Justice.2.There is extensive scholarly and political debate regarding the definition and application of the term “genocide,” especially to the Indonesian case. The most recent legal review by the International People’s Tribunal for 1965 has concluded that this was a case of genocide (IPT 1965, Final Report). Furthermore, the affective and social processes over multiple generations that are the core of the infrastructure of impunity resonate with Alexander Hinton’s expansive definition of genocide as “the more or less coordinated attempt to destroy a dehumanized and excluded group of people because of who they are.” Hinton, “Critical Genocide Studies,” 10. For a review of the term “genocide” as applied in Indonesia, see Roosa, Buried Histories, 23–26.3.J okowi’s vision was called Nawa Cita. For all nine points of the Nawa Cita, see “Jadikan Indonesia mandiri, berkepribadian, dan berdaulat,” Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika Republik Indonesia. February2015, https://kominfo.go.id/index.php/content/detail/5629/NAWACITA%3A+9+Program+Perubahan+Untuk+Indonesia/0/infografis.4.Felman, Juridical Unconscious, 146.5.Feitlowitz, Lexicon of Terror, 22.6.Feitlowitz, Lexicon of Terror, 22.7.Feitlowitz, Lexicon of Terror, 22.8.Feitlowitz, Lexicon of Terror, 23.9.Teitel, “Human Rights Genealogy”; Moyn, Last Utopia.10.Teitel, “Human Rights Genealogy,” 317.11.Keenan, “Mobilizing Shame.”12.The legal scholar Priscilla Hayner notes that what constitutes the truth sought by commissions varies and is often open to interpretation by those individuals serving as commissioners, but that these temporary bodies share several key elements: a focus on past events and patterns occurring during a period of time, engagement with affected populations, a final report, and their having been authorized by the state under review. Hayner is also one of the founders of the International Center for Transitional Justice, an NGO that has provided training, funding, expertise, and advocacy for transitional justice interventions around the world. See Hayner, Unspeakable Truths, 11.13.Hayner, Unspeakable Truths, 92.14.Rotberg and Thompson, Truth v. Justice.15.Hayner, Unspeakable Truths, 92.16.Rowen, Searching for Truth, 11.17.Hayner, Unspeakable Truths. On historical justice, see Teitel, Transitional Justice, chap. 3.18.Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem; Douglas, Memory of Judgment.19.Teitel, Transitional Justice, 73.20.Teitel, Globalizing Transitional Justice, 110.21.Leebaw, Judging State-Sponsored Violence.22.Miller, “Effects of Invisibility.”Notes
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213213INTRODUCTION1.Teitel, Transitional Justice.2.There is extensive scholarly and political debate regarding the definition and application of the term “genocide,” especially to the Indonesian case. The most recent legal review by the International People’s Tribunal for 1965 has concluded that this was a case of genocide (IPT 1965, Final Report). Furthermore, the affective and social processes over multiple generations that are the core of the infrastructure of impunity resonate with Alexander Hinton’s expansive definition of genocide as “the more or less coordinated attempt to destroy a dehumanized and excluded group of people because of who they are.” Hinton, “Critical Genocide Studies,” 10. For a review of the term “genocide” as applied in Indonesia, see Roosa, Buried Histories, 23–26.3.J okowi’s vision was called Nawa Cita. For all nine points of the Nawa Cita, see “Jadikan Indonesia mandiri, berkepribadian, dan berdaulat,” Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika Republik Indonesia. February2015, https://kominfo.go.id/index.php/content/detail/5629/NAWACITA%3A+9+Program+Perubahan+Untuk+Indonesia/0/infografis.4.Felman, Juridical Unconscious, 146.5.Feitlowitz, Lexicon of Terror, 22.6.Feitlowitz, Lexicon of Terror, 22.7.Feitlowitz, Lexicon of Terror, 22.8.Feitlowitz, Lexicon of Terror, 23.9.Teitel, “Human Rights Genealogy”; Moyn, Last Utopia.10.Teitel, “Human Rights Genealogy,” 317.11.Keenan, “Mobilizing Shame.”12.The legal scholar Priscilla Hayner notes that what constitutes the truth sought by commissions varies and is often open to interpretation by those individuals serving as commissioners, but that these temporary bodies share several key elements: a focus on past events and patterns occurring during a period of time, engagement with affected populations, a final report, and their having been authorized by the state under review. Hayner is also one of the founders of the International Center for Transitional Justice, an NGO that has provided training, funding, expertise, and advocacy for transitional justice interventions around the world. See Hayner, Unspeakable Truths, 11.13.Hayner, Unspeakable Truths, 92.14.Rotberg and Thompson, Truth v. Justice.15.Hayner, Unspeakable Truths, 92.16.Rowen, Searching for Truth, 11.17.Hayner, Unspeakable Truths. On historical justice, see Teitel, Transitional Justice, chap. 3.18.Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem; Douglas, Memory of Judgment.19.Teitel, Transitional Justice, 73.20.Teitel, Globalizing Transitional Justice, 110.21.Leebaw, Judging State-Sponsored Violence.22.Miller, “Effects of Invisibility.”Notes
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Abbreviations and Terms xi
  5. Note on Names, Spelling, and Translation xv
  6. Introduction: Truth and Infrastructures of Impunity 1
  7. 1. Building the Foundation for Impunity 19
  8. 2. The Forgotten Mysterious Killings 72
  9. 3. Resist Forgetting 97
  10. 4. Narrating What Is Known 134
  11. 5. Law without Justice 163
  12. 6. The Red Thread 177
  13. Conclusion: Infrastructures of Impunity beyond Indonesia 206
  14. Notes 213
  15. Bibliography 239
  16. Index 253
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Abbreviations and Terms xi
  5. Note on Names, Spelling, and Translation xv
  6. Introduction: Truth and Infrastructures of Impunity 1
  7. 1. Building the Foundation for Impunity 19
  8. 2. The Forgotten Mysterious Killings 72
  9. 3. Resist Forgetting 97
  10. 4. Narrating What Is Known 134
  11. 5. Law without Justice 163
  12. 6. The Red Thread 177
  13. Conclusion: Infrastructures of Impunity beyond Indonesia 206
  14. Notes 213
  15. Bibliography 239
  16. Index 253
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