Suchergebnisse

Freiheit ., Freiheit ., Freiheit ., so lautete der Ruf des indonesischen Volkes als am 21.5.1998 Suharto sein Ausscheiden vom Amt des Präsidenten der Republik Indonesien bekanntgab. Die Studenten, die bereits seit mehr als zwei Monaten den Rücktritt Suhartos eingefordert hatten, schrien hysterisch, tanzten und sangen vor Freude; nicht wenige vergossen gar Tränen vor lauter Glück. Der mehr als 30 Jahre mit eiserner Hand regierende militärische Diktator ist endlich vom Druck einer auf Reformen drängenden Gesellschaft, deren Motor gleichsam die Studenten waren, zu Fall gebracht worden.

What explains the extraordinary longevity of Indonesia's 'New Order', and what are the legacies of three decades of dictatorship? Benedict Anderson details Suharto's career, from colonial army to crony capitalism, and explores the consequences of his rulepolitical, social, cultural-for a disorientated, amnesiac present. Adapted from the source document.

How could Suharto avoid prosecution for human rights abuses? For a preliminary answer, this paper provides an account of a specific and observable failure: The failure of the Suharto study team, a Komnas-HAM (National Commission of Human Rights) initiative to put the atrocities of the Suharto era on the human rights court track. It begins with prosecutorial approaches toward past abuses and a lack of coordination over transitional justice strategies in Indonesia as the background to Suharto's non-prosecution. Then, it proceeds to trace the Suharto study team's life in 2003 until its defeat. The fate of the Suharto team highlights the dilemma of timing between public attention and political capabilities in transitional justice. Five years after Suharto stepped down, legacies from the past prevented progress in the case, while the impact was far from explosive when new commissioners of the Komnas-HAM finally announced the findings of gross violations in 2012.

This book gives an overview of the difficult and multilayered process of democratization in Indonesia since the fall of its long-term autocratic ruler Suharto.