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The atrocities which occurred in East Timor was well documented. With the development of a new legal system and the desire for Justice, ad hoc human rights courts were set up with Timorese and intentional judges. However, despite the seriousness of the crimes and the system that was set up many of those charged faced only lesser domestic Penal Code violations. This 12 page paper consider if more serious international crime charges should have been brought and why they were not, despite international outcries. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
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the perpetrators to justice in this area have faced many problems, form the difficulties in gathering evidence to the total lack of legal infrastructure following the collapse of the country
in the uprising. Where issues such as this arises there are unique difficulties for international tribunals which are not present in other areas. For example, the setting up of trials
for those responsible for atrocities in areas such as former Yugoslavia and even the well known Nuremburg trials all had the advantage of an existing and operational legal system
that could be ultised to bring the criminals to justice. The trials that have taken place have not been at an international tribunal, but at a special ad hoc court
for Human Rights (Linton, 2004). The difficulty has been the way in which these have had t be set up and the difficulties under which they have operates. The
country had no effective legal system. A Most Timorese legal professional had left the country and without an effective communication system recruitment took place with the use of mass leaflet
drops (Linton, 2001). It is against this background that there was the need for the community in East Timor as well as the international community to see the perpetrators of
the atrocity brought to justice. The trials that have taken place have received intense criticism, being seen as "show trials" and condemned as being a "sham" and failing to
deliver justice (Linton, 2004). The difficulties faced have been enormous and these have been combined with the need to move quickly, a lesson learnt from the trials in the former
Yugoslavia. However, in the hurry to hold the trials it may be argued the processes out in place have not delivered true justice in the way seen in other countries
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