East Timor Legal News (ETLN) is a service from the East Timor Legal Information Site (ETLIS). The legal news feed is dedicated to the latest legal and political news from East Timor. Sourced from press releases from the government of the Democratic Rep

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Distribution of text of the Court of Appeal on the constitutionality of Supervisory Abstract and Legality of Law 12/2008 and the Joint Statement of the AMP Leadership of the District of Bobonaro. Political Declaration of the Parliamentary FRETILIN Bench on the attitudes of the Minister of Justice Mrs. Lucia Lobato on abuse of power and CCN (corruption, cronyism and nepotism) that were published in the Jornal de Tempo Semanal. - [Read more]

Decree-Law that creates the National Center for Employment and Professional Training Tibar (CNEFP) This law establishes the National Center for Employment and Vocational Training, a Public Institute with nature and purpose of promoting and enhancing vocational training, primarily in the construction industry, constituting themselves as a reference center in East Timor, without prejudice to its extension to other sectors. - [Read more]

Rosas Journey premiering on SBS TV (Australia) at 8:30pm on Wednesday 26 November 2008. The journey of independent East Timor through the eyes of the remarkable and resilient Rosa Martins. Following the acclaimed documentary East Timor – Birth of a Nation, Rosa’s Journey picks up the story of young East Timorese widow Rosa Martins and her family seven years after independence. - [Read more]

Dili 17 Nov 2008 (Reuters) - Time limits exceeded, notifications are lost and conflicting interpretationsare at the center of the political battle in East Timor triggered by a ruling of the Court of Appeal. - [Read more]

Most people know that Alfredo Alves Reinado was the East Timor’s military police commander turned rebel. Not many know that a miserable childhood, including an abduction to Sulawesi had probably made him a true renegade until his death in an ambush at the house of President Jose Ramos Horta on 11 February 2008. - [Read more]

I Vice President of the National Parliament informed that the President of the National Parliament Mr. Fernando Lasama de Araujo (DP) today received a letter from Prime Minister Mr. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao to justify that the Minister of Justice Mrs. Lucia Brandao Lobato could not check before this Plenary to explain the Proposed Law on 11/II ( "Protection of Witnesses"). - [Read more]

Ministry of State Administration and Territorial Management Press Release 17/11/2008 - The National Director for Local Development and Territorial Management (DNDLOT) Mr. Miguel P. de Carvalho, together with a technical team, have been traveling through all districts holding consultations about three draft laws on local governance: the draft law on local government , the draft law on administrative and territorial divisions and a draft law on municipal elections. - [Read more]

Otago Daily Timor 18/11/08 - This is the sixth rotation of New Zealand troops to serve in East Timor since May 2006. Their regular tasks will include carrying out patrols, liaising with locals and providing assistance to United Nations police. - [Read more]

Fretilin Political Declaration in the National Parliament 17 Nov 2008 - The de facto AMP government, which has only recently come into power, has spent total of $104,594,876USD to buy rice. The amount of money that the government is spending to buy rice from the utilizing money from the Food Security Fund and Economic Stabilisation Fund deeply concerns the FRETILIN bench. - [Read more]

16/11/08 Dili UNMIT - The English language version of the "UNMIT Weekly" No. 67 is now available on-line. Featured stories this week: Senior staff from Timor-Lestes defence force attend human rights workshop; Project seeks to reduce tensions between IDPs and communities; Timor-Leste remembers 1991 Santa Cruz massacre UNMIT in pictures: Observance of the Santa Cruz massacre - 12 November 2008 - [Read more]

16/11/08 East Timor Office of the President - The inaugural Sergio Vieira de Mello Human Rights Awards 2008 is a national event in Timor-Leste whose objective is to recognise the outstanding human rights contribution of individuals, groups or State institutions in Timor-Leste to the nation. - [Read more]

ABC Radio Australia 17 November 2008 18:21:32 - A new report by the Small Arms Survey group says East Timor still has a serious problem with controlling weapons. Weapons collections and an attempt to introduce gun control legislation to parliament are signs the government is aware there is a problem, the reports author says. - [Read more]

The principal obstacle to justice for East Timor isnt legal but political. The law is on the side of justice. The East Timorese government has the right to call for justice. But it lacks adequate international support, and so it has to be realistic. It cant afford to antagonise the Indonesian government by carrying such a heavy diplomatic burden on its own. The main task for people who support justice is therefore to create the conditions in which calls for justice by a future East Timorese government can be realistic. - [Read more]

Whilst the legal framework for civil process is now in place, access to these mechanisms is limited. Timor-Leste has also applied court costs that are relatively high in comparison with the economic circumstances of community members seeking justice. - [Read more]

UN investigates 30 of serious crimes pending cases - Youths should stay away from political violence - We are not thieves: Salisinha - Government to professionalise defence forces - Court of Appeal takes decision over stabilisation economic fund - Horta displeased with decision made by international judges - State Council discusses absence of Chief Judge Claudio Ximenes - [Read more]

The establishment of an Economic Stabilization Fund is intended to face the economic recession presently felt at the global level, namely the food crisis and the increase in food prices worldwide, and according to the recent Declaration on World Food Security made in Rome by representatives of 180 countries and the European Union. - [Read more]

Bob in Timor-Leste 16/11/08 Surrounded as it is with an abundant sea, and endowed with spectacular beauty, it is all too easy to forget that Timor-Leste is the poorest country in Asia. - [Read more]

16/11/2008 Fretilin Press Release Dili - Timor Lestes de facto government appears determined to try to thwart the Court of Appeals decision against its failed 2009 budget, FRETILINs parliamentary leader Aniceto Guterres warned today. - [Read more]

An exclusive collection of recent images of East Timorese contemporary art seen for the first time outside East Timor on East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin. - [Read more]

Australias former foreign minister, Alexander Downer, has revealed the former Australian government under John Howard developed contingency plans in the event the conflict over East Timors independence ended up in war with Australia. - [Read more]