Papua’s Vertical Conflict in 2019: Existence of Free Papua Movement and United Nations Response

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200529.001How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Vertical Conflict, OPM, United Nations

Abstract

Conflict between Indonesia Government and separatist of Free Papua Movement (OPM) has become a spotlight of the World and Indonesia citizens. Begins with case of racism against Papua students in Surabaya, August 16, 2019, finally there were many riots in Papua. Some people were killed and injured in various areas, such as in Deiyai, Manokwari, Jayapura, Sorong, Timika, and Fakfak. Papua People who pro-Independence fly the Kejora Star Flag, which is a symbol of the OPM, and demands independence from Indonesia. This study aims to explain how the condition of vertical conflict between Indonesia government and OPM, existence of OPM in 2019 and how International World View on Indonesia about Indonesia’s policies towards OPM and Papua. The method used in this research is a literature review with heuristic steps, source criticism, and interpretation. The results showed that this Vertical Conflict occurred because of historical factors in the struggle of nation, Politics, Social Affairs, and Indonesia’s policy towards Papua. this research is expected to be able to contribute to various parties involved in the conflict. Government should be more careful in making policies related to people of Papua, while OPM is able to know how the risks will be accepted if disintegration of nation occurs between Indonesia and Papua.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Achmad Busrotun Nufus
AU  - Sukron Mazid
AU  - Novitasari
AU  - Delfiyan Widiyanto
AU  - Yasnanto
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/04
TI  - Papua’s Vertical Conflict in 2019: Existence of Free Papua Movement and United Nations Response
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 5
SN  - 2352-5398
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