February 2012: Draft laws on reparations program and CAVR follow-up institution (English/Tetum), including LH submission to Parliament (also Tetum), draft laws, analysis, repeated delays of Parliamentary debate
December 2011: Fahe Sertifikadu Efeitu Registu Bele Resolve Problema Rai? (also English) (12/11)
December 2011: LH letter to President Ramos-Horta (also Tetum) raising concerns about the 2012 budget
November 2011: LH comments at Rio+20 Green Economy for Sustainable Development workshop
November 2011: General State Budget for 2012 (also Tetum) with documents and analysis
November 2011: New MCC scores for Timor-Leste and La'o Hamutuk analysis
November 2011: LH letter to the UN Security Council on justice and sustainable development
November 2011: Reflections on the 20th anniversary of the Santa Cruz demonstration (mos Tetum)
November 2011: Two LH newspaper articles (Tetum) on the 2012 State Budget and the Resource Curse and TL Investment Company, as well as Committee C report on OJE2012 (also Port.)
November 2011: UNDP 2011 Human Development Report shows Timor-Leste unchanged.
October 2011: LH letter to Parliament Committee C (also Tetum) on the Appeals Court Opinion on the 2010 General State Accounts (also Port.)
October 2011: La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament (also Tetum) on the proposed 2012 State Budget.
October 2011: Greater Sunrise LNG Project (also Tetum): recent developments, with links to history, references and documents.
October 2011: La'o Hamutuk second submission to DNMA on draft Basic Environment Law.
October 2011: Tasi Mane southwest coast petroleum infrastructure project (also Tetum)
September 2011: Revised draft Basic Environmental Law (also Portuguese) for consultation
See also March 2011 LH submission on draft Basic Environmental Law
September 2011: Submisaun rua LH nian ba Parlamentu kona-ba esboso Lei ba Rai no Lei Expropriasaun
September 2011: LH report Valoriza Agrikultor sira-nia Lian no sira-nia Matenek (Valuing Farmers' Words and Wisdom in English).
September 2011: Groups worldwide urge debt-free Timor-Leste not to borrow. Statement, petition and press release from 117 Timorese and international organizations (English/Tetum)
September 2011: TL-related Wikileaks-released cables from the U.S. embassies in Dili, Lisbon, Canberra and Vatican City
August 2011: National Alliance for an International Tribunal: Resolving Past Crimes Against Humanity is Key to Opening the Door to Truth and Justice now and in the future (English/Tetum)
August 2011: Some thoughts from LH for the Regional EITI Conference (also Tetum) and other conference information
July 2011: La'o Hamutuk observations distributed at the 2011 TL and Development Partners Meeting
July 2011: La'o Hamutuk comments (also Tetum) and summary of comments (also Tetum) on the Strategic Development Plan
July 2011: Presentation by LH about TL's Economy and State Budget (mos Tetum) to UNTL/Victoria University Conference on Knowledge, Attitudes and Skills
June 2011: Submisaun La'o Hamutuk nian (Tetum) ba Parlamentu RDTL regarding proposed Anti-Corruption Law
June 2011: Creating Timor-Leste's national oil company, with decree-law approved by the Council of Ministers and awaiting Presidential action
June 2011: Deloitte audit of EDTL and April supervisor's report about the heavy oil power plant and national grid
May 2011: Cowboys, Ogres and Donors: A Decade of Corporate Social Responsibility in Practice by former Woodside representative Mandy Whyte criticizes the company's Sunrise tactics in Timor-Leste.
May 2011: LH Treinamentu kona-ba Orsamentu Jeral Estadu RDTL 2011 - rekursu, aprezentasaun, no sst.
May 2011: La'o Hamutuk submission to 2011 OECD process on Aid Effectiveness in Fragile States (with draft country report)
May 2011: UNDP 2011 National Human Development Report for Timor-Leste (also Tetum) with La'o Hamutuk comment (also Tetum and Tetum slideshow)
April 2011: RDTL Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030 (also Tetum) with slide show, texts of summary and May 2010 draft, hints of the future, links to key documents, and analysis of some problematic topics.
March 2011: IMF economic and debt sustainability analyses
February 2011: Understanding the 2011 Budget (also Tetum) graphs of allocation and execution
February 2011: LH presentation Risku Korupsaun no Malisan Rikusoin Akompanha Dependensia ba Esportasaun Mina Rai (also English)
February 2011: Current information on enactment of the 2011 budget (also Tetum), including La'o Hamutuk letter to President Ramos-Horta (also Tetum) the President's petition to the Court of Appeals (also Portuguese), and the Court's ruling (also Portuguese)
February 2011: We Must Respect the Constitutional Principles of the President’s Duties (also Tetum) article by La'o Hamutuk Timor Post and Diario Nacional.
February 2011: letter from the National Alliance for an International Tribunal (also Tetum) to UN Security Council.
January 2011: Sosiedade Sivil no Movimentu Agrikultor iha Timor-Leste
January 2011: the MCC anti-corruption program (English/Tetum) including US-RDTL agreement.
January 2011: proposed Anti-Corruption Law with draft text.
January 2011: LH letter to the IMF about public financial management in TL and IMF response
January 2011: LH letter to Parliament Committee C on selected issues in the 2011 State Budget (also Tetum) and Committee C's report (also Portuguese)
December 2010: LH submission to Parliament Committee C on 2011 State Budget (also PDF and Tetum)
December 2010: leaked reports on poor implementation and performance and re-contracting for heavy oil generating stations and national electricity grid (English/Tetum)
December 2010: List of petroleum Production Sharing Contracts in Timor-Leste, with links to most contracts
December 2010: Making the Oil Companies Pay What They Owe, discussing recent collection of unpaid back taxes
November 2010: Creating the PETRONATIL national oil company, including submission from La'o Hamutuk and a separate submission on the Institute for Petroleum and Geology (IPG)
November 2010: La'o Hamutuk Submission to the Ministry of Finance (also PDF and Tetum) on proposed revisions to the Petroleum Fund Law (Background, also Tetum)
November 2010: Petroleum Fund information (English/Tetum), including Quarterly Reports (3 Q 2010)
October 2010: ASEAN and Free Trade (also Tetum), with links to documents
October 2010: Declaration (also Tetum) and photographs from 10/10/10 Dili action to prevent climate change
October 2010: Timor-Leste's draft Civil Code, highlighting land issues (English/Tetum), including LH submission and texts, analysis and commentary
October 2010: Trying to Scam a Billion from the Petroleum Fund (English/Tetum)
September 2010: Page on Reliance's Block K oil project (English/Tetum), including analysis, LH submission, Reliance response, media articles and links to many documents
July 2010: Oilwatch Southeast Asia Regional Meeting presentations and statement (also Tetum)
July 2010: La'o Hamutuk Annual Report for 2009
June 2010: Index page with analysis and documents on mid-year budget rectification, including submission from La'o Hamutuk (also Tetum)
June 2010: Page on Eni's Kitan oil project, including LH submission on Environmental Impact Statement
May 2010: New pages on land expropriation (also Tetum), Who will get land? and Land compensation.
May 2010: La'o Hamutuk celebrates our Tenth Anniversary
April 2010: LH submission (Tetum) on draft revision of Immigration and Asylum Law
March 2010: Foreign Soldiers should stay out of Timorese Politics, also LH letter to Chief of Australian Defence Force about ISF accountability and Australian cancellation of project.
February 2010: LH letter to UN Security Council (English/Tetum) analyzing Secretary-General's report on UNMIT. Also Amnesty International letter, Security Council debate, resolution extending UNMIT.
February 2010: LH Bulletin Vol. 11 No. 1-2: Land justice, Transitional Land Law, Climate Change, Donor money in Timor-Leste since 1999, International obligation for justice not yet met (several articles), Rejecting impunity. (also Tetum)
February 2010: Letter from Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal to the UN Security Council about justice (English/Tetum)
January 2010: Cornerstone laid for Hera Heavy Oil generating station, and new LH index page on national electricity project for 2010 (English/Tetum)
December 2009: Analysis of words about justice used in the UN Security Council over the past ten years (also Tetum)
December 2009: Climate Change and Timor-Leste, index page in Tetum and English
November 2009: La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament on the 2010 State Budget (also Tetum) and corrective letter (also Tetum) a week later.
October 2009: La'o Hamutuk letter to UN Security Council on justice and other issues (also Tetum). Transcript of Security Council meeting
October 2009: Debate and Text of Censure (no confidence) motion in parliament, as well as extensive documents and reports on Maternus Bere case (also Tetum)
October 2009: Updated links to many UN and related documents, including latest report of the UN SG to the Security Council
September 2009: NGO Forum submission (also Tetum) on proposed budget and financial management law. Law as passed (Port.).
September 2009: Page on Maternus Bere's crimes, indictment, arrest and illegal release, reactions from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Fongtil, Indonesian activists, the President of the Court of Appeal and others and photos of protest at Indonesian Embassy in Dili. Also no confidence motion, local and international media on this case. Mos iha lian Tetum. Also media articles about the case and background information on the Suai Church Massacre from CAVR and Geoffrey Robinson.
August 2009: Exhibition and conference to celebrate solidarity 10 years after the referendum. Conference Declaration
August 2009: Tenth Anniversary fact sheets on Maritime Boundaries (also Tetum), Democracy and transparency (also Tetum) International assistance to Timor-Leste (also Tetum), and Justice (also Tetum).
June 2009: Land Processes in Timor-Leste – information on the USAID Strengthening Property Rights Program and Ita Nia Rai process, Land Laws, Customary Land (also Tetum)
June 2009: LH Bulletin Vol. 10 No. 1: Heavy oil power plants, Estimated Sustainable Income, Petroleum Fund investment strategies, EITI implementation, La Via Campesina, Anti-Corruption Commission.
March 2009: LH analysis of prudence and sustainability in calculating the Estimated Sustainable Income (also Tetum)
December 2008: Stop Ongoing Impunity from ANTI on the 33rd anniversary of the Indonesian invasion of Timor-Leste
November 2008: LH Bulletin Vol. 9 No. 3: Jatropha agrofuel project, gender equality struggle, climate justice, Sunrise LNG benefits, Budget analysis, Budgeting for the future, heavy oil power plants. Also Tetum/Indonesian version.
September 2008: Tetum Versaun Popular and slide show of LNG report on Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste
September 2008: LH submission to Parliament on implementing the recommendations of the TFC and CAVR (English/Tetum)
La'o Hamutuk (Walking Together in English) is a Timor-Leste non-governmental organization that monitors, analyzes, and reports on the principal international institutions present in Timor-Leste as they relate to the physical, economic, and social reconstruction and development of the country. La'o Hamutuk believes that the people of Timor-Leste must be the ultimate decision-makers in this process and that this process should be democratic and transparent. La'o Hamutuk is an independent organization and works to facilitate effective Timorese participation, to improve communication between the international community and Timorese society, to provide resources on alternative development models, and to facilitate links between Timorese groups and groups abroad.
La'o Hamutuk welcomes reprinting articles or graphics from our website and Bulletin without charge, but we would like to be notified and given credit for our work.
After ten years in Farol, La'o Hamutuk moved to Bebora, Dili (between Vila Verde and Bairro Pite) on 4 May 2011. Click on the map below to see it larger.
