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Articles

S. Linton and C. Reiger, "The Evolving Jurisprudence and Practice of East Timor's special Panels for Serious crimes on Admission of guilt, Duress and Superior orders" Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Volume 4 - 2001- pp.1-48, 2002

De Bertodano Sylvia, ' Current developments in internationalized Courts', Journal of International Criminal 1.1@ Oxford University Press 2003 all rights reserved
Aisling Swaine , 'Traditional Justice and Gender Based Violence Research Report 'The International Rescue Committee August 2003
Burke-White W, 'A Community of Courts: Towards a System of International Criminal Law Enforcement', Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol 24:1 Autumn/Fall 2002.
Chesterman S, 'East Timor in Transition : From Conflict Prevention to State-Building', International Peace Academy (IPA) Report, May 2001.
Chesterman S, ' Justice Under International Administration : Kosovo, East Timor and Afghanistan´, International Peace Academy (IPA) Report, September 2002.
King's College London, "A review of Peace Operation: A case for change East Timor study conflict, security and development group", 10 March 2003
Cohen D, 'Seeking Justice on the Cheap: Is the East Timor Tribunal Really a Model for the Future?, Asia Pacific Issues, No.61, August 2002.
Howard J, 'Invoking State Responsibility for Aiding the Commission of International Crimes - Australia, the United States and the Question of East Timor', Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol 2, Issue 1, June2001.
Kelly M (Lt.Col.), ' The Interfet Detainee Management Unit in East Timor ', (Slac 2000, Chavannes-de-Bogis/Geneve) (Currently Not Available - Broken Web-Link)
Katzenstein S, ´Hybrid Tribunals: Searching for Justice in East Timor', Harvard Human Rights Journal, Vol 16, Issue 6, June 2003.
Linton S, 'Rising from the Ashes: the Creation of a Viable Criminal Justice System in East Timor', Melbourne University Law Review, Vol 5 April 2001.
Linton S, 'Prosecuting Atrocities at the District Court of Dili', Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol 2, Issue 2, October 2001.
Linton S, 'Cambodia, East Timor and Sierra Leone: Experiments in International Justice', Criminal Law Forum, Vol 12, December 2001.
Linton S, 'New approaches to international justice in Cambodia and East Timor', International Review of the Red Cross, Vol 31, No. 8. (Currently Not Available - Broken Web-Link from ICRC Website - Article Not Found)
Matheson J.M, ' United Nations Governance of Post-conflict Societies', The American Journal of International Law, Vol 95, No 76, 2001.
Nevins J, 'The Making of Ground Zero in East Timor in 1999: An Analysis of International Complicity in Indonesia´s Crimes', Asian Survey, Vol XLII, No. 4, July/August 2002.
Plunkett M, ' Re-Establishing the Role of Law in Peace Operation - the East Timor Experience', Paper delivered at the 15th International Conference of the International Society for the Reform of the Criminal Law, Canberra, 26-30 August 2001.
Pritchard S, 'United Nations Involvement in post-conflict reconstruction efforts: New and continuing challenges in the case of East Timor´, The University of New South Wales Law Journal, Vol 24, No 1, 2001.
Saul B, 'Was the Conflict in East Timor 'Genocide' and Why Does it Matter?', Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol 2, Issue 2, October 2001.
Strohmeyer H, ´Collapse and Reconstruction of a Judicial System: The United Nations Missions in Kosovo and East Timor´, The American Journal of International Law, Vol 95, No 76, 2001.
Strohmeyer H, 'Policing the peace: Post-Conflict Judicial System Reconstruction in East Timo, The University of New South Wales Law Journal, Vol 24, No 1, 2001.
 
Other Resources
Amnesty International Reports
Amnesty International: East Timor Justice - Past, Present and Future (27 July 2001) (English) (Currently Not Available - Broken Web-Link toAmnesty International Webpage - Page Not Found)
Amnesty International: Briefing to UN Security Council on Policing and Security Issues in Timor-Leste (6 March 2003) (English)
Amnesty International: Indonesia and Timor-Leste - International Responsibility for Justice (14 April 2003) (English)
ELSAM Reports
ELSAM: Jakarta Ad-hoc Court Monitoring Progress Reports (English) (January 2001 - May 2003) (Currently Not Available - Broken Web-Link to ELSAM Webpage - Pages Not Found)  
Human Rights Watch Reports
Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper: Justice Denied for East Timor (20 December 2002) (English)
Indonesian Commission of Enquiry (KPP-Ham) Report on East Timor (31 January 2000) (English)
International Crisis Group: Indonesia: Impunity Versus Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations (2 February 2001) (English)
International Legal Assistance Consortium: Report on Mission to East Timor (23 March 2002) (English)
James Dunn: Crimes Against Humanity in East Timor, January to October 1999: Their Nature and Causes (14 February 2001) (English)
King´s College London Conflict Security and Development Group: East Timor Report (28 February 2003) (English)
Mearns D / Australasian Legal Resources International (ALRI): Looking Both Ways - Models for Justice in East Timor (November 2002) (English)
Mearns D / Australasian Legal Resources International (ALRI): Melihat Dari Keduah Arah- Model-Model Bagi Peradilan di Timor Lorasaë (Nopember 2002) (Bahasa Indonesia)
NGO Group Reports
East Timorese NGO Working Group: Submission to Parliament on the Immigration and Asylum Bill (13 May 2003) (English -Bahasa Indonesia)
NGO Forum: Human Rights and Justice Paper, World Bank Donor´s Conference (13 June 2001) (English)
NGO Forum: Justice and Accountability in East Timor - International Tribunal and Other Options (16 October 2001) (English - Bahasa Indonesia)
United Nations Reports
United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 59th Session: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Lawyers and Members of the Judiciary in Indonesia (13 January 2003) (English)
United Nations Development Programme / East Timor Ministry of Justice: Joint Assessment of the Justice System (November 2002) (English - Portugues)
United Nations General Assembly: Secretary General´s Notes on the Special Rapporteurs Report on the Human Rights Situation in East Timor (10 December 1999) (English)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Conclusions and Recommendations of the Committee Against Torture: Indonesia (23 November 2001) (English)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Human Rights in East Timor (6 February 2001) (English)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Human Rights in East Timor (1 March 2002) (English)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Human Rights in East Timor (4 March 2003) (English)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Comments on the Draft Immigration and Asylum Law of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (4 April 2003) (English - Bahasa Indonesia - Portugues)
United Nations Secretary General´s Report to the Security Council and General Assembly Regarding the Findings of the International Commission of Enquiry on East Timor (31 January 2000) (English)
United Nations Secretary General´s Report to the Security Council and General Assembly on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) (for the period 27 July 2000 - 16 January 2001) (English) (Currently Not Available - Broken Web-Link toUN Webpage - Page Not Found)
United Nations Secretary General´s Report to the Security Council and General Assembly on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) (for the period 16 January 2001 - 2 May 2001) (English) (Currently Not Available - Broken Web-Link toUN Webpage - Page Not Found)
United Nations Secretary General´s Report to the Security Council and General Assembly on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) (Progress Report @ 24 July 2001) (English) (Currently Not Available - Broken Web-Link toUN Webpage - Page Not Found)
United Nations Secretary General´s Report to the Security Council and General Assembly on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) (Progress Report @ 18 October 2001) (English) (Currently Not Available - Broken Web-Link toUN Webpage - Page Not Found)
United Nations Secretary General´s Report to the Security Council and General Assembly on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) (Final/End of Mission Report @ 18 January 2002) (English) (Currently Not Available - Broken Web-Link toUN Webpage - Page Not Found)
United Nations Secretary General´s Report to the Security Council on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) (6 November 2002) (English)
United Nations Secretary General´s Report to the Security Council on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) (3 March 2003) (English)
United Nations Security Council: Report on UNSC Mission to Jakarta and East Timor (14 September 1999) (English)
United States Government Reports
U.S State Department: Country Report on Human Rights - East Timor (31 March 2001) (English) (Part 1) (Part 2)
U.S State Department: Country Report on Human Rights - East Timor (4 March 2002) (English)

OTHER RESOAmnesty International: Statement Regarding its Support for the International Criminal Court (3 September 2002) (English)

Belo C (Bishop): ´The Path to Freedom´, Speech on Justice and Reconciliation (28 August 2001) (English)
Civil society Organizations in East Timor: Joint Statement Concerning Violence of 3 - 4 December 2002. (7 December 2002) (English- Bahasa Indonesia)
Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR)
Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation: December 2002/January 2003 Update Bulletin (February 2003) (English - Bahasa Indonesia)
Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation Press Release: Women and Conflict National Public Hearing (Dili, 28-29 Apil 2003 (English)
Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation: June/July 2003 Update Bulletin (August 2003) (English)
Dr Claudio de Jesus Ximenes: Address on the Swearing-in of the President of the Court of Appeal (12 May 2003) (English)
East Timor Lawyers´Association: Petition to East Timor Donor Countries (10 December 2002) (English)
Speeches and Comments by H.E the President of the Republic
H.E President Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao to Receive International Visionary Leaders" ' Award
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmaooon the occasion of the conference on media law Hotel Timor.
26 August 2003
H.E. the President, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão: Address to the Stockholm International Forum on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation (Stockholm, 23 April 2002) (English)
H.E. the President, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão: Speech Commemorating 100 Days of Independence (Dili, 30 August 2002) (English)
H.E. the President, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão: Speech Commemorating Anniversary of 28 November (Dili, 28 November 2002) (English)
H.E. the President, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão: Address on Opening of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) (Dili, 17 February 2003) ( English)
H.E. the President, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão: Statement on the Deputy General Prosecutors Indictment of General Wiranto and Other Indonesian Officers (28 February 2003) (English)
H.E. the President, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão: ´Challenges for Peace and Stability´, Human Rights Address to the University of Melbourne (7 April 2003) (English)
H.E. The President, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão: Address on the First Anniversary of Independence (Dili, 20 May 2003) (English)
H.E. the President, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão: Opening Remarks at Needs Assessment Worshop for the Special Units of the Policia Nacional de Timor-Leste (2 June 2003) (English)
H.E. The President, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão: Address to the International Conference on Traditional Conflict Resolution & Traditional Justice in Timor-Leste (Dili, 27 June 2003) (English)
International Commission of Jurists: ´Trial Observation Manual´ (October 2002) (English)
Laó Hamutuk: Bulletin No 6 and 7, ´Focus on Justice´ (English - Bahasa Indonesia )
Perkumpulan HAK (Association for Law,Human Rights & Justice In East Timor): Letter to the United Nations (10 December 2002) ( English - Bahasa Indonesia) (Currently Not Available - Broken Web-Link to Website - Article Not Found)
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations: Letter to the Secretary General Concerning the Extension of the UNTAET Mandate in East Timor (29 January 2001) (English)
Serious Crimes Unit Releases
Serious Crimes Unit: Press Release concerning Indictment of General Wiranto and Others (25 February 2003) (English - Bahasa Indonesia - Portugues)
Serious Crimes Unit: Press Release concerning Indictment of Euricco Gutteres, Egidio Manek and Others (28 February 2003) (English)
UNMISET Releases
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Policy on Justice and Return Procedures (23 March 2002) (English)
Sergio Vierira de Mello, Special Representative and Tranisitional Administrator: Address to the UN Commission on Human Rights: The Situation of Human Rights in East Timor (5 April 2001) (English)
United Nations Commission on Human Rights: 58th Session, Chairman´s Statement Regarding Human Rights in East Timor (19 April 2002) (English)
United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor: East Timor Celebrates Human Rights Day and Signs International Human Rights Treaties (10 December 2002) (English)
 
Links

Australian Legal Resources International

Berkeley War Crimes Center
Coalition for International Justice
Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation in East Timor
East Timor Action Network (ETAN)
East Timor Government
East Timor National NGO Forum
International Centre for Transitional Justice
International Commission of Jurists
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslsavia
International Legal Assistance Consortium
International Platform of Jurists for East Timor
La'o Hamutuk
Masters of Terror
OSCE Legal System Monitoring Programme, Kosovo
Perkumpulan HAK
Solidamor
TAPOL
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) - East Timor Reports
United Nations Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina (UNMIBH) - Judicial System Assessment Programmme (JSAP)
United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)

Publications
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May
Thematic Reports:
Digest of the Jurisprudence of the Special Panels for Serious Crimes.
English,
Thematic Reports:
Torture Survivors : Their Experiences of Violation, Truth and Justice.
English,Indonesia
Justice Update :
The Right to Vote.
English,Indonesia, Portuqese
April
Press Release:
The Courts of Timor Leste in 2007
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Press Release:
Training on Criminal Investigation from Gender Perspective According to Timor-Leste's Criminal Procedure Code
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Justice Update :
Restrictive Measure Pre-Trial Detention, Parole and Suspension of the Execution of a Prison Sentence.
English,Indonesia, Portuqese
March
Press Release:
The Perpetrators of a Shooting that Acurred in the Jardim in 2006 are acquitted.
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Press Release:
Alfredo Goncalves the Perpetrators of a Murde Against the Victim Joao Pinto, has been Sentenced to five years inprisonment.
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Press Release:
Dili District Court hands down 5 Defendants Charged with Illegal Possesion of Weapons.
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Press Release:
2005 Rape Case Involving Member of the Police (PNTL).
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Press Release:
Dili District Court holds Proceedings to Interrogate a member of Alfredo Reinado Associates.
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Press Release:
Baucau District Court Decides to Repatriate a Forme Indonesia National Armed Force (TNI) Member to Indonesia.
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Press Release:
JSMP Regrets the Statement by Xanana Gusmao about Declaring a state of emergency that has caused dissensions to emerge in the community
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Press Release:
Rogerio Tiago Lobato Sentenced to 7 years 6 months prison
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Press Release:
The Suai District Court in the post-crisis period
English,Indonesia,Tetum
Justice Update:
The Court Needs Witness Testimony to Establish the Material Facts
English,Indonesia,Tetum
February
Press Release:
JSMP-Women Justice Unit and VSS, in Fokus "Networking Conference" Thailand 2007
English,Indonesia,
Press Release:
The Actual Prime Minister Present to give Testemony at the Hearing in Connection with the Case of the Alleged Arming of Civilians
English,
Indonesia,Tetum
Press Release:
Former Vice-Minister of the Interior Asked to Testify at the Court Hearing in Connection with the Criminal Case of Alleged Arming of Civilians
English, Indonesia
,Tetum
Justice Update:
JSMP Comment on the Draft Legislation on East Timorese Lawyers
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Justice Update :
Statement by the President of National Parliament Considered to be Incompatible with the Principle of Separation of Powers
Indonesia, Tetum, English
January
Press Release:
Hearing of Evidence in the Trial of the Defeandant Rogerio Lobato and the Other Co-accused
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Press Release:
The Court Ordered the Timor-Leste Ministry of justice and UNPOL to Provide Physical Protection Measures for the Witnesses in the Case of Defendant Rogerio Lobato and His Co-Accused
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Press Release:
First Judicial Inquiry for Eleven Members of F-FDTL and One of PNTL Held in Dili District Court
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Press Release:
Memeber of Laksaur Militia Appears Before Panel of Judges in Dili District Court
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Press Release:
The Fourth Hearing of Evidence in the Trial of Rogerio Tiago Lobato and Other Co-Accused Did not Aggravate Accusation Against the Defendants
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Press Release:
The Witness Paulo de Fatima Martins Justified the Issuance of F2000 Automatic Guns by the Defendant Rogerio Lobato
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Justice Update:
The Court Counducted a Hearing for one of the Witnesses in the Presence of Other Co-Witnesses to be at Courtroom
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Press Release :
The Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) Will Make a big Mistake, if it Recommend an Amnesty to the Crimes Prepetrators in Timor-Leste
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Press Release :
Majority the Top Officials of the Timor-Leste Goverment Asked to be present as witnesses in the case against the Defendant Rogerio F.T. Lobato
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Press Release :
Trough the witness statement, the Court Ordered the office the Prosecutor to launch a criminal investigation against Railos and Liquica District PNTL Commander
Indonesia, Tetum, English
Desember
Press Release:
Defendants Involved in Death of PNTL Member Tomas da Costa Given Suspended Sentence of 1 Month, 15 Days Jail
Indonesia English, Tetum
November
Justice Update:
The Dissemination Of “CHEGA” The Final Report Of The CAVR
Indonesia English,
October

Justice Update:
JSMP Response to the Report of the UN Independent Special Commission Of Inquiry For Timor Leste
Indonesia English,

Press release
Third Annual AATL Conference Held in Dili
[English, Indonesia
]
September

Thematic Reports
Progress to Date in the Cases of Rogerio Lobato and Mari Alkatir
(Indonesia English, Tetum)

Thematic Reports
Victim Support Service Mid-Year Report
(Indonesia English, Portuguese)
Press Release
The Court of Appeal Decision in the Fretilin Congress Voting Case
[English, Indonesia]
Press Release
Suco Chief sentenced for assault
[English, Indonesia
]
Press Release
First Judicial Questioning of a Suspect in the Shooting of Civilians in Kolmera
[English, Indonesia
]
Press Release
Training in the Laws of Criminal Procedure for Timor-Leste's Lawyers
[English, Indonesia
]
Justice Update:
Plans for the Reintegration of the PNTL in DiliL

[Ingles, Indonezia]
August
Justice Update
New Players in Timor-Leste's Justice System
[English, Tetum]

Press release
Sidang Dengar Pendapat Untuk Kasus Tersangka Oan Kiak
[English, Indonesia]

Press Release
Departure of International Judges and Prosecutors Causes Problems in Timor Leste Judicial system
[Indonesia,English]

Translations of Legislation:
Criminal Procedure Code
[Tetun, Indonesia, Portuguese]

 


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