An Open Letter from the President and Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of West Papua, Forkorus Yaboisembut and the Rev. Edison Waromi to the world leaders attending the Jakarta International Defense Dialogue in 2012. The letter includes a list of fourteen categories of Indonesia's violations of West Papuans human rights; and, in bullet-point form, the colonial context in which they've occurred since the United Nations transferred the administration of West Papua to Indonesia on 1 May 1963. The Jakarta International Defense Dialogue (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) was a series of conferences hosted by Indonesia for defense ministers, military leaders, and security experts from around the world (especially the Asia-Pacific) to discuss, build trust, and develop regional security and cooperation, and address emerging defense challenges like maritime security, terrorism, and technological threats. At the conference in 20212 there were 1,500 participants from 37 countries.