East Timor Legal Information Site

"Provides up-to-date postings on the legal issues in East Timor in the English language. News is sourced from the U.N. Intergrated Mission in Timor-Leste, the UNMIT daily national media review, press releases from the council of ministers, the national parliament, political parties, national and international law and justice nongovernmental organizations, the U.N. Police in East Timor security reports and the international media."

Author: Warren Wright is an Australian lawyer. He also authors 1999 Crimes Against Humanity in East Timor.

Blawg Related Categories: International Law • Legislation & Lobbying • International • Asia

Recent Posts from East Timor Legal Information Site

Indonesian liars continue to deny Balibo truth
The Jakarta Post July 24, 2009 RI Dismisses 'Balibo Five' Film as 'Fiction' by Ary Hermawan - Indonesia dismissed as fiction the recently premiered Australian film describing the murder of five Australian journalists by the…
Indonesia 'tortured' Balibo Five
BBC News 24 July 2009 East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta has said five foreign journalists who died in Indonesia' 1975 invasion were tortured and shot by the military.
President's lesson on Balibo
The Age Miki Perkins 23 July 2009 EAST Timor will not pursue the soldiers who killed five Australian television journalists in 1975 because it is Indonesia's responsibility, President Jose Ramos Horta says.
Bring remains home, pleads Balibo widow
smh.com.au Paul Mulvey July 23, 2009 - 7:59PM - On the eve of walking the red carpet at the premiere of Balibo, Shirley Shackleton has called on the government to bring her husband's remains home,…
East Timor Ombudsman: prosecute Justice Minister
East Timor's Ombudsman says the Justice Minister should be prosecuted. Created: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:10:50 GMT+1000 Stephanie March and Steve Holland Last - East Timor's Ombudsman is calling for the country's Justice Minister to…
Draft Land Law provisions on land rights for foreigners in East Timor will smother development
ETLJB 21 July 2009 SYDNEY - In a press release dated 20 July 2009, the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor stated that '[t]he Gusmao–led AMP government’s consultation process on the draft land law…
Guard's gun didn't kill rebel - AFP report will rock Dili trial of Reinado's lover
The Australian Monday, July 20, 2009 Paul Toohey EXCLUSIVE A 'HIGHLY protected' Australian Federal Police ballistics report shows that one of Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta's personal guards, who claims he shot dead the rebel…
Timor Leste: return and reintegration strategy insufficient
JRS DISPATCHES No. 263, 17 July 2009 3. Timor Leste: return and reintegration strategy insufficient - Although the reintegration of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Timor Leste began in 2008, approximately 3,000 people still live…
East Timor Conspiracy Theories: Is Angelita Pires Guilty Of Assassination Plot?
By Adam Gartrell, South-East Asia Correspondent DILI, East Timor, July 17 AAP - Angelita Pires talks a lot about conspiracies. There's the conspiracy she's accused of but denies authoring: The one to assassinate East Timor's…
Meeting of the East Timor Council of Ministers 15 July 2009
The Council of the Ministers held a meeting on Wednesday, 15 July 2009, in the Convention Room for the Council of the Ministers, in the Government House, in Dili, and it has approved: Read more…