Many observers have called the Indonesian military action in East Timor an example of genocide . Oxford held an academic consensus calling the event genocide and Yale university teaches it as part of their " Genocide Studies " program . In a study of the word 's legal meaning and applicability to the occupation of East Timor , legal scholar Ben Saul concludes that because no group recognized under international law was targeted by the Indonesian authorities , a charge of genocide can not be applied . However , he also notes : " The conflict in East Timor most accurately qualifies as genocide against a ‘ political group ’ , or alternatively as ‘ cultural genocide ’ , yet neither of these concepts are explicitly recognised in international law . " The occupation has been compared to the killings of the Khmer Rouge , the Yugoslav wars , and the Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
East Timor genocide