Moluccas International Campaign for Human Rights
  • THESE ARE THE MOLUCCAN ISLANDS: FACTS & OPINIONS
  • MELANESIA VERSUS INDONESIA
  • ABOUT MOLUCCAS INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
  • REPRESSION OF A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT IN MALUKU: FREEDOM OF POLITICAL EXPRESSION
  • TOP STORIES
  • SOUTH MOLUCCAS ISLANDS’ ILLEGAL OCCUPATION BY JAKARTA
  • MOLUCCAS SOVEREIGNTY FRONT - FRONT KEDAULATAN MALUKU (FKM)
  • LETTERS DR. ALEXANDER H. MANUPUTTY TO THE UN & HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
  • PESTA DEMOKRASI: FRONT KEDAULATAN MALUKU MENUNTUT PENGEMBALIAN KEDAULATAN RMS 25 APRIL 1950 – 25 APRIL 2014
  • PHOTOS FKM-RMS DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA ON OCTOBER 26, 2010 & SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
  • PROKLAMASI NEGARA REPUBLIK MALUKU SELATAN (RMS)
  • MAFIA HUKUM INDONESIA - JUDICIAL MAFIA
  • INDONESIAN PRESIDENT JOKO “JOKOWI” WIDODO SURROUNDED BY KILLERS & RENT-SEEKERS
  • GOLPUT & KORUPSI POLITIK di INDONESIA dan PEMILIHAN 2014 - NON VOTERS / THE WHITE GROUP & POLITICAL CORRUPTION in INDONESIA and the 2014 ELECTIONS
  • INDONESIA = REPUBLIK MALING & KEBOHONGAN REZIM SBY
  • CORRUPTION - POVERTY & UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN THE MOLUCCAS – KORUPSI - KEMISKINAN DAN KETERBELAKANGAN DI MALUKU
  • PALM OIL PLANTATION CRIME IN INDONESIA AND ITS CORRUPT POLITICAL MACHINE
  • MASELA - OIL AND GAS BLOCKS CAN LIBERATE MALUKU FROM POVERTY
  • ILLEGAL GOLD RUSH ON BURU ISLAND IN THE MOLUCCAS
  • SAVE ARU ISLANDS
  • SAVE ROMANG
  • SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO AND HIS GENERALS
  • INDONESIAN MILITARY INVOLVEMENT WITH AGGRESSIVE MINING, ILLEGAL LOGGING AND ILLEGAL FISHING IN THE MOLUCCAS
  • LASKAR JIHAD - SUHARTO COMPANIONS AND THE MOLUCCAN CIVIL WAR - JUSTICE DEMAND
  • MOLUCCAS: GENOCIDE ON THE SLY – INDONESIA’S TRANSMIGRATION AND ISLAMISATION PROGRAM
  • OUR CAMPAIGN & CONTACT MICHR
  • ECOLOGY & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MOLUCCAS
  • DISPLACED PEOPLE IN THE MOLUCCAS - PENGUNGSI DI MALUKU
  • INSIDE INDONESIA’S WAR ON TERROR
  • TNI, BRIMOB AND STATE TERROR IN THE MOLUCCAS
  • IMPUNITY AND THE INDONESIAN MASTERS OF TERROR
  • STOP KILLING - ASSAULTING and KIDNAPPING JOURNALISTS IN INDONESIA
  • 8 March - International Women's Day
  • 26-june---un-international-day-in-support-of-victims-of-torture
  • 9 August - UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
  • RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES - HAK ASASI MASYARAKAT ADAT
  • THE DUTCH - INDONESIA CORPORATE CONNECTION
  • LIBERATING OUR COLONIAL MINDSET
  • UNPO: IN PURSUIT OF THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION
  • NKRI DIDIRIKAN DI ATAS KONSEP YANG SALAH
  • GAJAH DENGAN GAJAH BERLAGA, ORANG MALUKU MATI DI TENGAH - TENGAH
  • THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE MALUKU MADNESS

SOUTH MOLUCCAS ISLANDS’ ILLEGAL OCCUPATION BY JAKARTA

Whoever has once been convinced of the righteousness of the cause of the R.M.S. will not rest until the people of the South Moluccas live in peace and freedom.
THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH MOLUCCAS

The Republic of the South Moluccas warrants international recognition because:
· The people of the South Moluccan islands, who have continuously sought independent statehood, comprise a separate and distinct population, occupying a separate and distinct geographical area; 

The South Moluccas - Rebellious Province or Occupied State
(The legal position according to international law)

by Gesina H. J. van der Molen

The legal position of the R.M.S. within the existing international order is one of the most important aspects of the whole problem.

The first question to be decided is whether this young republic has a legal title that gives it a right of existence in the world community of states. If so, the case of the R.M.S. is a strong one, whatever its political merits may be.
This contention may be disputed by those who have doubts as to the practical value of juridical speculations. They may argue that in international life things are not decided on their legal merits, but on totally different considerations. Power politics are today as predominant as ever. Political, economical and military interests carry a much higher weight in the scale than law and justice.

Without denying these facts we must realize at the same time that there will never be anything like an international order so long as law and justice do not play their due part in the solution of international problems. Perhaps we shall never arrive at a state of affairs in which the law of nations will be the only standard for measuring right or wrong.
But all the same it is an unmistakable fact that there
will be no chance whatever for peace and security in this world if no justice is done and the rules and principles of the law of nations are constantly overridden
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Minority rights - Status and Scope
By F.J. Leon-Diaz, 2002

The Moluccas.
The Netherlands, as had Great Britain, amalgamated many unrelated nations and placed them under the colonially- imposed "unitary" state system --under one rule. At the time of de-colonization there was great difficulty in reaching an agreement as to what should happen to all of those formerly independent island nations. The strongest and most populous group was the Javanese, centered in Jakarta although also located elsewhere in the islands. The Javanese became the bargaining power. So through the Netherlands and the Javanese and with the cooperation of the United Nations at that time, Indonesia was to come into being.
The de-colonization instrument, called the Round Table Conference Agreements of 1949, was between the Netherlands, the Javanese - Indonesian leadership and the United Nations. The new State to be formed was to be called the United States of Indonesia and was to be made up of the Javanese islands to be grouped as "the Republic of Indonesia" and other co-equal "republics."  The Moluccas was to be part of the Republic of East
 Indonesia. The Round Table Conference Agreement had several "opt-out" provisions offering provisions for both internal and external choices. For example, the populations of territories were to be given a plebiscite to determine "whether they shall form a separate component state.
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The Legal Position of the Republic of the South Moluccas in the International Legal Order and an action plan for the international community, especially the United Nations, to assure the realization of the right to self-determination of the Malukan people.
By Karen Parker, J.D. - March 1996

INTERNATIONAL ACTION

Since the demise of the United nations Commission for Indonesia there has been no regular effort by the international community to resolve the long-standing crisis in Maluku.

According to basic principles of international law, the governments of both the Netherlands and Indonesia (the successor state to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia are responsible for and obligated to insure implementation of the Agreements, including the peoples' right to self determination. As discussed above, the government of the Netherlands did express concern to the United Nations Commission for Indonesia at the time Indonesia was consolidating power as a unitary state in violation of the Round Table Conference Agreements. However, there has been very little action by the Netherlands government since, in spite of the unresolved situation of many Malukans still residing in the Netherlands.

In 1994, the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities introduced a resolution on Indonesia mentioning, inter alia, the Moluccas and Acheh, but failed to take action on it.

At this point, the international community should act as follows:
1. Governments should communicate to Indonesia that they do not recognize Indonesian sovereignty over Maluku.
2. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights and its Sub-Communications should, directly through specific resolutions and indirectly through the reporting of thematic rapporteurs, address the situation in Maluku, including presentation of the numerous and very serious human rights and humanitarian law violations perpetrated by the government of Indonesia and its forces in Maluku.
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  • HISTORY BEFORE INDEPENDENCE 
  • FORMING THE REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH MOLUCCAS 
This is the flag of the RMS -South Maluku Republic, which was a part of the Republic of East Indonesia (Republik Negara Indonesia Timur) under which it had secured the right to leave (become independent).
Although this right was maintained at the infamous Hague Round Table Conference in 1949 which saw the combination of the Republik Negara Indonesia Timur and the Jakarta based Republik Indonesia as a federation, the South Moluccas exercised this right and declared independence on April 25, 1950 when they realized what Sukarno's ultimate plans were. Indonesian federal troops then invaded South Maluku to forcefully incorporate it into Indonesia.
The RMS cause is currently mainly promoted by the Front Kedaulatan Maluku, whose leader dr. Alex Manuputty  are tried unlawfully in absentia for treason (being separatists and waving the RMS flag as is their legal right under international law). Alex Manuputty now lives in the USA campaigning for recognition for their cause while the Indonesian authorities try to coerce the US State department into deporting him, an act many say would result in his death.

  • Alexander Manuputty: Proklamasi RMS 25/4/1950 bukan Makar  detikNews Rabu, 28/04/2004 15:28 WIB
  • RMS Sah,  RIS Sah, NKRI Tidak Sah
    Kompas
    2002-08-19
  • THE QUESTION OF THE SOUTH MOLUCCAS
  • VOICE OF QUIET REBELLION 
    South China Morning Post January 27, 2001
  • MALUKU WANTS INDEPENDENCE
         Koridor January 27, 2001

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An Indonesian soldier sprays paint on flag of Republic of South Maluku painted on the wall of Kuda Mati Red Cross tunnel In Ambon on May 3, 2002

RMS as a boomerang for Indonesia
by Helmi Wattimena; Chairman FKM-USA
Washington DC April 28, 2001
First let me express my gratitude to God and appreciation to the sponsors of this meeting in giving FKM the opportunity to address the audience here at the Conference on Aceh. We would like tcommunicate to you that at the end of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century marking the end of the second millennium signify a period of time that will be
remembered as a painful period for a civilized Moluccan society. A period of time where human, moral, and religious values as well as the rule of law appears to have no meaning whatsoever. The rights of the Moluccan people have been violated. Even wild animals have shown greater appreciation for the above aforementioned values.

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