Organisation and impact of the International People’s Tribunal on 1965 crimes against humanity in Indonesia

This chapter discusses how the International People’s Tribunal (IPT) 1965 juggled the strong and weak points of people’s tribunals. It focuses on the organisation and impact of the IPT 1965. The chapter begins with a discussion of the rationale, the organisation, and the impact of the IPT 1965. Like other people’s tribunals, the IPT 1965 was relevant not only for assessing past crimes against humanity. Based on the data collected in the research report, the prosecution submitted that the inhumane acts committed in Indonesia after the ‘events of 1965’ were crimes against humanity under both domestic and international laws. The Panel of Judges concluded that the State of Indonesia was responsible for crimes against humanity consequent upon the commission and perpetration, particularly by the military of that State through its chain of command, of the inhumane acts detailed in their report.