Jakarta, On 13-14 Desember 2005 The Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) commenced a 2-day roundtable discussion with the Commission of Inquiry of Human Violence (KPP-HAM) and Attorney General for human rights ad-hoc tribunal at the Park Lane Hotel in Jakarta 13-14 December 2005. The CTF is a joint Commission established by the two States Indonesia and Timor-Leste aiming to strengthen friendship of both States and promote reconciliation.
The CTF invited the former Indonesian Head of National Human Rights and Indonesian General Attorney who handled the human rights violence cases at the human rights Ad-Hoc tribunal Jakarta to explain their findings and investigation on the human rights violence prior to and immediately after referendum 1999.
This roundtable discussion is to search information from those officers who handled cases related to the human rights violence in Timor-Leste so that the Commission can verify with the existing documents. This discussion as a part of fact-findings from different sources in order to enrich preliminary facts consequently Commission can achieve its mandate to reveal the conclusive truth. The Commission has commenced its operation since August 2005, however, this respective period mostly focused on equipping its internal administrative and procedural matters.