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What Is Genocide? A Legal Definition

According to the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, genocide refers to acts committed with  intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group , such as killing, causing serious harm, or imposing conditions intended to destroy the group. No credible UN body or international tribunal has accused Indonesia of meeting this standard in West Papua. While there are concerns about  excessive use of force  in certain operations and unresolved cases of abuse,  these do not constitute genocide  under international law. Source: West Papua
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West Papua

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The following brief information is taken from West Papua Online which clealry explain about the name West Papua  and also showing the short history of West Papua . Located on the western half of the island of New Guinea and long racked by a simmering violent separatist insurgency, Papua encompasses Indonesia’s two easternmost provinces.   A former Dutch colony, West Papua was formally incorporated into Indonesia in 1969, after an undisputed vote of about 1,025 representative tribal leaders. The result of the plebiscite was overseen and endorsed by the United Nations. Since the democratization in 1998, especially since 2007, democracy by mean of elections has been introduced to increase political participation in Papua and West Papua. The fact that the leaders of Papua and West Papua provinces are democratically elected by the people has strengthened the legality of West Papua as a province of Indonesia.
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