A Case for Genocide: Indonesia, 1965–1966

Abstract

This chapter makes the argument that the violence of 1965–1966 in Indonesia should be understood as a case of genocide. Melvin and Pohlman canvass key debates across the field of genocide studies related to the use of the term “genocide” taking up evolving debates around the UN convention and recent and expanded reconsiderations of the term to make the case. They position the eradication of the Indonesian Left as a key case study within genocide studies.