The People’s Representative Assembly of Indonesia passed on September 7, 2004, a bill creating a “Truth and Reconciliation Commission”, which is charged with clarifying abuses committed before 2000 and determining whether to award individualized amnesties for perpetrators and reparations for victims. ICTJ believes the bill shows serious conceptual and operational weaknesses that would severely compromise the ability of a truth commission to operate in a credible, independent, and effective way.
