TRAGEDI BALIBO : ANTARA KEPENTINGAN GEOPOLITIK DAN KEGAGALAN KEADILAN INTERNASIONAL

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Fanesya Anastasya Meak da Costa Fernandes
I Putu Dwika Ariestu

Abstract

Tragedi Balibo pada 16 Oktober 1975 merupakan
peristiwa kematian lima jurnalis asing di Timor
Timur yang hingga kini menjadi simbol kegagalan
penegakan hak asasi manusia internasional. Melalui
pendekatan historis dan normatif, penelitian ini
menelusuri keterkaitan antara insiden Balibo dengan
dinamika geopolitik regional serta pelanggaran HAM
berat. Dalam konteks Perang Dingin, kekhawatiran
Indonesia terhadap berdirinya negara komunis di
perbatasannya mendorong tindakan militer untuk
mencegah kemerdekaan Fretilin di Timor Portugis.
Australia dan Amerika Serikat, sebagai kekuatan
regional dan global, memilih diam karena
mengutamakan stabilitas politik dan kepentingan
energi di kawasan, meskipun mengetahui
keberadaan jurnalis tersebut. Penyelidikan resmi
oleh Coroner's Court New South Wales pada 2007
menyimpulkan bahwa para jurnalis tersebut
dibunuh secara sengaja oleh pasukan Indonesia,
sehingga peristiwa ini memenuhi unsur pelanggaran
HAM berat, khususnya eksekusi di luar hukum.
Namun, tidak ada aktor yang diadili secara
internasional karena keterbatasan yurisdiksi
Mahkamah Pidana Internasional dan tidak adanya
tekanan politik dari negara-negara besar. Penelitian
ini bertujuan menganalisis hubungan antara
kepentingan geopolitik dan keadilan internasional,
sekaligus menunjukkan kelemahan sistem hukum
internasional dalam memberikan perlindungan
terhadap jurnalis di wilayah konflik. Dengan
demikian, tragedi Balibo tidak hanya menjadi tragedi
kemanusiaan, tetapi juga contoh konkret subordinasi
HAM terhadap kepentingan negara-negara besar.

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Fanesya Anastasya Meak da Costa Fernandes, & I Putu Dwika Ariestu. (2024). TRAGEDI BALIBO : ANTARA KEPENTINGAN GEOPOLITIK DAN KEGAGALAN KEADILAN INTERNASIONAL. Jurnal Locus Delicti, 5(1), 68-83. Retrieved from https://ejournal2.undiksha.ac.id/index.php/JLD/article/view/5591
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