MEMBERS OF JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION SWORN IN
UN Daily briefing 4/2/02
Acting SRSG Dennis McNamara today swore in the five members of the
Transitional Judicial Service Commission.
The Commission is the body responsible for making recommendations to
the
Transitional Administrator in relation to the appointment and dismissal
of
judges and prosecutors, both international and national, and evaluating
their performance.
The Commission comprises three East Timorese and two internationals:
Ancieto Gutteres Lopes, Father José Monteiro, Manuel Abrantes,
Siphosami
Malunga and Patrick Burgess.
Aniceto Guterres Lopes is director of Yayansan Hak, a prominent East
Timorese human rights NGO. He was also recently appointed as a National
Commissioner on the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation,
and
was a member of the National Council of East Timor from October 2000 to
July 2001.
José Monteiro is a Father of the Dili Diocese of the Catholic
Church.
Manuel Abrantes is a Dili lawyer, member of the Jurists Association and
President of the Commission for Justice and Peace (East Timor) and was
the
Executive Secretary between 1994 and 1999. Siphosami Malunga is an UNTAET
Public Defender, and Patrick Burgess is a Sydney barrister who heads
UNTAET's Human Rights Unit.