La'o Hamutuk
PO Box 340, Dili, Timor-Leste

Wired phone: +670-3325013, Mobile: +670-7234330
info@laohamutuk.org
 

Recent Updates

• August 2008: Petroleum Fund information, including Quarterly Reports (2 Q 2008) and Annual Reports for 2005-6 and 2006-7.

• August 2008: Indonesian translation of La'o Hamutuk report "LNG Sunrise di Timor-Leste: Impian, Kenyataan, dan Tantangan" (Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges) (4 MB PDF)

• August 2008: Proposed domestic tax reform legislation, with many documents, texts, testimonies, and hearing schedule. Draft law in English.  La'o Hamutuk testimony.  Law as passed (Portuguese) and summary of new taxes. Presidential promulgation and apology.

• July 2008: Mid-Year update to the 2008 RDTL State Budget, information and analysis about the 122% increase. Includes budget documents, NGO commentary, analysis of ESF, training materials

• July 2008: National Alliance open letter on Truth and Friendship Commission report (also Tetum)

• June 2008: La'o Hamutuk 2007 Annual Report

• June 2008: Commentary and documents about sugar cane and jatropha agro-fuels projects, including agreements between companies and RDTL

• June 2008: Power Plant tender and La'o Hamutuk comment

• June 2008: Seismic Exploration environmental management plans and submissions from La'o Hamutuk

• June 2008: La'o Hamutuk Submission on draft law to establish a National Petroleum Authority. including background

• June 2008: La'o Hamutuk submission on proposed Technical Regulation process for the Joint Petroleum Development Area. Revised draft of regulations.

• May 2008: LH letter to Secretary of State for Natural Resources (also Tetum) asking for public consultation on National Petroleum Authority law

• May 2008: Petrotimor v. ConocoPhillips lawsuit dismissed by U.S. Court

• March 2008:  Documents relating to 2008 Development Partners Meeting.  Also NGO statement, Background paper from government, Prime Minister's speech.

• March 2008: LH submission on Environmental Plans for Reliance Seismic Survey

• February 2008: UNMIT-RDTL Agreement about investigation of 1999 Serious crimes

• February 2008: Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges report from La'o Hamutuk. Also Book Launch, PDF of the entire report.  Entire report in Bahasa Indonesia.

• February 2008: RDTL State Budget for 2008. Petroleum Fund sections. State Secretariat for Natural Resources sections. UNDP Budget Highlights pamphlet.

• February 2008: UN sets justice bar low, then declines to jump. Also La'o Hamutuk letter to UN Security Council.

• February 2008: Updated links to many UN and related documents

• January 2008: Positions available at La'o Hamutuk

• January 2008 LH Bulletin Vol. 9 No. 1: Oecusse Communication Activation Program, Publish What You Pay, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Neo-liberal recommendations

• December 2007: Timor-Leste declines in UNDP Human Development Rank

• October 2007: Fourth Constitutional Government of RDTL: Structure, Program, Budget and members

• September 2007: EITI Working Group Work plan. See also LHB articles

• September 2007: Photos from Dili demonstration against Truth and Friendship Commission;
  Program for Alternative Public Hearing;
  IFET Testimony to Alternative Hearing

• September 2007: LH Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 3: Vocational Education, Restructuring petroleum regulation, Women's movement workshop, Amnesty law, Timor-Leste Local Content

• September 2007: New Secretary of State for Natural Resources Alfredo Pires describes his plans at La'o Hamutuk Public Meeting

• July 2007: Second LH Submission on three draft decree-laws on restructuring petroleum regulation and creating a national oil company. Description of consultation process with links to documents and other submissions

• July 2007: Forum Tau Matan cancels an AusAID-funded project because of AusAID's use of aid for political reasons

• June 2007: LH Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 2: Screening PNTL back into service, Restructuring petroleum regulation, CMATS ratification, Amnesty law

• June 2007: LH Submission on Timor-Leste Content Policy and Guidelines for oil companies operating here. Also other submissions and proposed guidelines.

• June 2007: Text and analysis of Law on Truth and Clemency
  LHB Editorial.  Appeals Court opinion   (Portuguese)

• June 2007: LH submission regarding Environmental Plan for Eni Marine Seismic Survey

• April 2007: LH Briefing on justice for the Inter-Parliamentary Union

• March 2007: LH Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 1: Petroleum Fund, Oilwatch Forum Report, Public meetings on CMATS and PNTL, Lessons for the UN, Pension laws

• February 2007: Discussion of UNMIT security coordination, including links to many UN and related documents

• January 2007: UNMIT-RDTL-Australia Memorandum of Understanding on the provision of assistance to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste regarding provision and coordination of police and military forces

• December 2006: UNMIT-RDTL Arrangement on how the UN  police will work with the Timorese Police

• October 2006: Self-determination requires more than political independence: Recent developments in Timor-Leste for conference on International Law and the Question of Western Sahara, Netherlands
  Penentuan nasib sendiri bukan sekedar merdeka secara politis: Perkembangan terbaru di Timor-Leste (Bahasa Indonesia)

• October 2006: Timor-Leste and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: An Overview from Civil Society submission by La'o Hamutuk and Luta Hamutuk Presentation to the EITI meeting, Norway

• August 2006: Status of Forces Agreements for foreign troops and police deployed to Timor-Leste in May, plus 2002 agreements with the United Nations and the United States on the status of their forces in Timor-Leste

• July 2006: The Paradox of Aid in Timor-Leste (paper given at seminar at the University of Brasilia)

• June 2006: LH suggestions for the next UN Mission in Timor-Leste

• April 2006: LH Bulletin Vol. 7 No. 1: CMATS Treaty, exchange with Prime Minister on oil dependency, Petroleum Fund Consultative Council, Cuba solidarity, World War II comfort women, CAVR Recommendations

La'o Hamutuk (Walking Together in English) is an East Timorese non-governmental organization that monitors, analyzes, and reports on the principal international institutions present in Timor Lorosa'e as they relate to the physical, economic, and social reconstruction and development of the country. La'o Hamutuk believes that the people of East Timor 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 East Timorese participation, to improve communication between the international community and East Timorese society, to provide resources on alternative development models, and to facilitate links between East 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.

To find our office in Farol, Dili, here's a map.
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La'o Hamutuk staff and part of our Board in June 2007
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Back row, left to right: Justino da Silva (board), Maximus Tahu (staff), Selma Hayati (board), Viriato Seac (future staff), Santina Soares (staff), Francisco Soares (behind, staff),  Charles Scheiner (staff), Armindo Coelho (standing, staff). Front row: Inęs Martins (staff), Yasinta Lujina (staff), Guteriano Neves (staff), Shona Hawkes (future staff).