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Talking about Justice for 10 December 2009 Click on any of the images on this page to see them larger.
The "word-cloud" at left shows what was said during the meeting on 23 October 2009. The size of the type indicates how often each word was spoken. The graph at right shows which justice-related words were said most often in each Security Council meeting and how this has changed over time, as counted from the 1,300 pages of transcripts. “Justice” dominates the Security Council debate at particular times, especially in late 2000 (after UN staffers were killed in Atambua), August 2004 (after the UN decided to phase out the Serious Crimes Unit and Special Panels), and January 2006 (when President Xanana Gusmão told the Security Council about restorative justice). After the Independent Commission of Inquiry report on the 2006 Crisis, combating “impunity” (for 2006 crimes) was a popular topic. During the last three years, delegates have increasingly mentioned “rule of law” and “accountability,” perhaps because achieving them is increasingly unlikely. After Maternus Bere was freed in early November, the U.N. Secretary-General’s spokesperson told journalists: “The United Nations position that there should be no impunity, especially for serious crimes, including crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, is well known.” A month earlier, the Secretary-General told the Security Council of his “hope that the Governments of both Timor-Leste and Indonesia will ensure that Martenus (sic) Bere is brought to justice…” The governments of Timor-Leste and Indonesia have repeatedly shown that they will not or cannot end impunity for Indonesian perpetrators of Crimes against Humanity in Timor-Leste during 24 years of Indonesian occupation. People all over the world who believe in justice and accountability urge the international community to put action behind their words by establishing an international tribunal.  Some other aspects of these meetings are interesting, as shown at left. Diplomats talked about “peace” 853 times, “reconciliation[2]” 581 times and “human rights” 279 times. Many delegates mentioned “reconciliation” (often together with “justice”) after the 2006 Crisis and the Secretary-General’s report on “justice and reconciliation.” “Peace” was popular in December 2007, hopefully to be consolidated (along with stability) by the newly-elected government. Human rights was popular from 2004 until it fell during the Crisis, but it has been slowly moving up since the beginning of 2007.
The table below contains links to all transcripts of Security Council meetings and resolutions related to Timor-Leste. In addition to those from 1999 to the present, the Security Council passed resolutions 384 on 22 December 1975 and 389 on 22 April 1976. These are not included in the analysis on this page. [1] This analysis does not count the phrase "justice sector" when tabulating the word "justice." [2] "Reconciliation" does not count "Truth, Reception and Reconciliation Commission" or similar phrases. Other resources on this website
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The Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis (La’o Hamutuk) |
