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Indonesian leaders have rejected conclusions of an independent report that faults the Indonesian military for up to 185,000 civilian deaths in East Timor during its 24-year rule. Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Tuesday that the...

In an attempt to help resolve the conflict surrounding Indonesia's annexation of East Timor , East Timor President Xanana Gusmao presented a report to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday detailing alleged...

South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has established a policy to prosecute political crimes committed during apartheid in South Africa by individuals who were denied amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) ....

Burundi's Justice Minister Clotilde Niragira said Tuesday that 673 political prisoners held for alleged crimes related to Burundi's 12-year civil war have been released. Niragira said that those released will face a special commission that will...

The Afghan government has adopted a plan to investigate war crimes and human rights violations committed from 1978 until the end of the Taliban rule. The Action Plan for Peace, Reconciliation and Justice in Afghanistan comes after months of...

Indonesian human rights groups have denounced the suggestion of East Timor President Xanana Gusmao that a report from the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation , which is investigating East Timor's past human rights violations, should...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Greg Kehoe, US Department of Justice Regime Crimes Liaison to the Iraqi Special Tribunal in Baghdad from March 2004 until March 2005, says that while the current Ad Dujayl case against Saddam Hussein is not about...

After last week's initial meeting , the Indonesia-East Timor truth commission officially opened Thursday in Bali. The commission to investigate the 1999 violence in East Timor is aimed at reconciliation and continued improving relations between the...

Burundi on Wednesday approved a United Nations plan to establish a truth and reconciliation commission with a special war crimes chamber to investigate decades of bloody conflict between local Hutus and Tutsis going back to the country's independence in...