Indonesian Human Rights In West Papua Application of the law of Genocide to the History of Indonesian Control

Considers whether the Indonesian governments conduct toward the people of West Papua (WP) constitutes genocide, as defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention & Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It begins with a detailed account of the human rights situation in WP from the beginning of Indonesian rule in 1963 until today. It then analyzes the law of genocide as applied to the WP case. Although it does not offer a definitive conclusion about whether genocide has occurred, it finds in the available evidence a strong indication that the Indonesian gov't. has committed genocide against the WPs. Many of these acts, even if not carried out with intent to destroy the WPs as a group, clearly constitute crimes against humanity under internat. law.Brundige, Elizabeth is the author of 'Indonesian Human Rights In West Papua Application of the law of Genocide to the History of Indonesian Control', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756742416 and ISBN 0756742412.