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5. Timor-Leste: Case Study Analysis

Author : Holly L. Guthrey

Published in: Victim Healing and Truth Commissions

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The case study of Timor-Leste is discussed in this chapter, which outlines background information about the country’s history, the Indonesian occupation, relevant socio-cultural factors, and transitional justice initiatives pursued in order to situate field research data. Thereafter, responses from seven semi-structured interviews that were conducted with individuals who were victimised during the Indonesian occupation and who also gave testimony during a national public hearing of the CAVR are presented and analysed.

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Title: Timor-Leste: Case Study Analysis
Author: Holly L. Guthrey
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Victim Healing and Truth Commissions
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-12486-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-12487-2

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12487-2_5