I. Summary 
Recommendations  

II. Nature of the Conflict 

III. Background to the Conflict  
The "DOM" Period 
Post-Soeharto Violence in Aceh 
Failed Efforts at Accountability 
Presidential Instruction No.4  

IV. Violations by Both Sides: The Killings in Samalanga 

V. Abuses by Indonesian Security Forces  
Extrajudicial Executions 
Torture 
Disappearances 
Collective Punishment 
Restrictions on Freedom of Expression, Assembly, and Association  

VI. GAM Abuses  
Executions of Alleged Informers and Relatives of Police and Army Personnel 
Expulsion of Javanese 
Unlawful Detention 
Restrictions of Freedom of Expression  

VII. The South Aceh Rape Case  
The Changed Stories 
Defamation and Murder 
The Impact of the South Aceh Case  

VIII. Failure to Prosecute Human Rights Cases: The RATA Killings 

IX. Non-functioning Courts and Restoration of the Rule of the Law 

X. THE ACEH CONFLICT AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW  
Protection of Noncombatants 
Protection of the Civilian Population 
Designation of Military Objectives 
Prohibition Against Indiscriminate and Disproportionate Attacks 
The Protection of Civilians from Displacement  

XI. EPILOGUE