This study aims to determine the dedermination of East Timor in the perspective of the legal protection of civilians after the Geneva Convention of 1949. This study is a normative law. The method used is the approach Statute and Conceptual approach. Results of the study found that First , there is no post- Civil Legal Protection East Timor According to the 1949 Geneva Convention (IV Geneva Convention Concerning the Protection of Civilian Persons in war) . Second , the Indonesian government be held accountable law violations against the self determination of East Timor in 199