Index to Articles about Justice and Human Rights
Índise ba artigu sira kona-ba Justisa no direitu umanu

Click here for an index to articles about other topics.

"LHB" indicates that the article was published in the La'o Hamutuk Bulletin. Most other items are press releases, reports, or submissions to public officials.  Major web pages with many links are in bold.
Articles are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent listed first.

Select a topic to go to a list of links to articles about it:

• Human Rights / Direitu umanu

• International crimes 1975-1999

• Policing

• Refugees

• Gender

• Relations with Indonesia

• Writing Timor-Leste's Constitution

• Land rights / Direitu asesu ba rai

• Elections / Eleisaun sira

Human Rights / Direitu umanu

• Statement LH in Solidarity with the Palestinian People (blog, mós Tetum) (8/24)

• Radio Igualdade program Progresu Direitu Umanus durante tinan 20 liu-liu husi Konvensaun Ekonómiku Sosiál no Kulturál nian (ECOSOC) (12/23)

• LH letter supporting TL government on Myanmar (mós Tetum) (8/23)
  Also blog (mós Tetum) (9/23)

• LH letter to UK Embassy protesting new visa requirement (7/23)

• Ex-Priest Richard Daschbach charged with sexually abusing children / Eis-padre Richard Daschbach akuza ba abuzu seksuál hasoru labarik feto sira (9/24)

• UN Periodic Reviews of  Human Rights in Timor-Leste (English/Tetum)
  Programa Radio Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ba direitu umanus (9/22)
  Includes Universal and Torture reviews (6/22)

• Chronology and links Australia Prosecutes Bernard Collaery and Witness K (7/23)

• LHB Ministru Públiku akuza eis Padre komete krime abuzu seksuál hasoru labarik feto sira (1/22)

• LH press release: Kazu abuzu seksuál: Presiza iha unidade atu respeita no suporta vítima, no asegura prosesu justisa la’o ho efetivu / Sexual abuse case: We must come together to respect and support victims and to ensure that the justice process moves along (7/21)

• Proposed criminal defamation and cybercrime laws / Proposta Lei Penal rua: Defamasaun no Krime Sibernetika (7/21)
  LH submisaun ba Ministeriu Justisa no Parliamentu Nasional
  Submission to Ministry of Justice and Parliament

• LH letter to Timor-Leste leaders (also Tetum) urging Timor-Leste to support democracy and human rights in Myanmar (7/21)

• LH letter to Parliamentary President (also Tetum) (6/21) urging delay before considering the proposed Cybercrime Law (3/24)

• State of Emergency / Estadu Emerjénsia (5/21)

• OilWatch Southeast Asia calls on international oil and mining companies to stop operations in Burma immediately (4/21)

• LH Submisaun ba Komisaun Téknika Identidade Úniku/TIC kona-ba Planu Estratéjiku Identidade Úniku (UID) (2/21)
  Blog Consultations begin on Unique Identity System (UID) (mos Tetum) (3/21)

• LHB Bee Moos Hanesan Direitu Ema Hotu Nian (12/20)

• LH open letter to Prime Minister (Tetum) about the Economic Recovery Plan (10/20)

• Aprezentasaun Observasaun no Analiza ba Implementasaun Konvensaun Internasionál ba Direitu Ekonomia Sosiál no Kulturál iha TL (mos PDF) (9/20)

• Surat Popular Mai Ita Hamutuk Bele Evita Surtu Covid-19 (We Come Together to Avoid Spreading Covid-19 (4/20)
  Also blog

• LH open letter to the Prime Minister (also Tetum) asking that emergency economic measures ensure equitable support for informal workers and vulnerable groups (4/20)

• Joint Declaration from Human Rights Festival: Strengthening Solidarity for Self Determination and Social Justice (8/19)

• Aprezentasaun Diretu sósiu no ekonómiku durante tinan 20 ikus (mos PDF) (5/19)

• Aprezentasaun Tendensia Orsamentu Jeral Estadu ba defisiente sira (mos PDF) (5/19)

• LHB Ema ho defisiénsia iha direitu atu partisipa iha prosesu eleitorál no polítika (11/18)

• LHB Planeamentu no Polítika Inkluzivu ba Fornesimentu Bee Moos (11/18)

• Aprezentasaun Bee no Saneamentu Inklusivu: Orsamentu no Sustentabilidade (no PDF)(9/18)

• Blog: LH Reminds Authors that their Writing has Consequences
  LH fó Hanoin ba Autór sira katak sira nia Hakerek iha Konsekuénsia (7/18)

• LHB Konvensaun Hasoru Tortura no Tratamentu Aat
  Convention Against Torture (5/18)

• LHB Movimentu asegura direitu sira ba komunidade LGBT
  Movement for LGBT rights (5/18)

• LHB Asesu ba Dokumentu Ofisiál sira: Direitu Demokrátiku Báziku ida
  Access to Official Documents: A basic democratic right (5/18)

• Statement of Solidarity for Rohingya Community from Timor-Leste
  Deklarasaun Solidariedade husi Timor-Leste ba Komunidade Rohingya (9/17)

• Press release from Human Rights Defenders Network Uncertainty in justice (from PNTL) will have a negative impact on the rule of law and democracy (also Tetum) (5/17)

• Media Law and commentary (6/17)

• Statement from Human Rights Defenders Network on Defense Chief's statements endangering rule of law (also Tetum) (3/17)

• Relasaun NGO ho Governu iha Timor-Leste (aprezentasaun, mos PDF) (11/16)

• Street Vending: Threat to Social Order or Employment Opportunity? (10/16)

• Blog on legal opinion finding resolutions on judicial system unconstitutional (2/15)

• Resource list on Executive Interference in Timor-Leste's Judicial System (1/15)

• CPLP should not Admit Equatorial Guinea (7/14)

• Joint civil society declaration on PNTL/F-FDTL operation to capture 'illegal groups' (also Tetum) (4/14)

• LHB: Editorial: Together we can end impunity (also Tetum) (7/13)

• TL people tell U.S. to close Guantanamo prison (4/13)

• UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty on TL, with report (also Portuguese and Tetum), Blog and LH submission (and video submission) (6/12)

• Strengthening Development with the Principle of Rule of Law (English/Tetum), HAK Association Human Rights Report for 2011 (2/12)

• Radio Igualidade: Loron Direitus Umanus (6 MB Tetum MP3) (12/10)

• Revising RDTL Law on Immigration and Asylum, including La'o Hamutuk submission (Tetum) (4/10)

• Foreign Soldiers should stay out of Timorese Politics, LH press release (3/10)

• LH presentation The Current Situation in Timor-Leste (2/10)

• LHB: Editorial: Rejecting impunity, moving towards justice and other articles (also Tetum) (2/10)

• Briefing paper: Democracy in Timor-Leste: Information is required! (also Tetum) (8/09)

• Komentariu no Rekomendasaun husi Sosiedade Sivil kona ba Kuadru Legal Tolu Desentralizasaun nian fo ba Komisaun A, Parlamentu RDTL (5/09)

• LH comment on U.S. State Department 2008 report on human rights in Timor-Leste (4/09)

• LH Statement on defamation case against Tempo Semanal (5/16)

• LH Radio Igualidade "Liberdade Imprensa" ho Jose A. Belo kona ba kazu defamasaun (14 MB, Tetum MP3)  (2/09)

• LH Submission to Australian Parliamentary Inquiry on Human Rights Mechanisms and the Asia-Pacific, as well as submission from Clinton Fernandes, and Melbourne Age article (12/08)

• LH Desijaun Tribunal Rekursu iha Nasaun de Direitu Demokrátiku (11/08)

• Text of new Law on Truth and Clemency and LHB Editorial that it perpetuates impunity  Appeals Court opinion   (Portuguese) (6/07)
  LHB President promises not to promulgate (9/07)

• LH Suggestions for the Next United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (6/06)
  How UNMIT was created (8/06)

• La'o Hamutuk observations on current situation in Dili (5/06)

• La'o Hamutuk letter to RDTL President asking him to reject defamation law (also Tetum) (1/06)

• Timor-Leste participates in International Day of Action against the Shwe Gas Project in Burma (10/05)

• LHB Reviewing the Timor-Leste Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR). Also Editorial: CAVR and Justice (11/03)

• Timor-Leste Gives U.S. Soldiers Impunity, Quietly (11/03)

• Article-by-article commentary on Timor-Leste's Immigration and Asylum Bill (From the NGO Working Group to Study the Bill, 5/03)
  Court of Appeals decision rejecting the Bill (6/03)

• LHB Timor-Leste Puts U.S. Soldiers Above the Law (12/02)

• Disorder in Timor-Leste: The International Community Must Accept Responsibility; also Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia (12/02)

• LHB Editorial: Democracy Requires Information (12/02)

• LHB Editorial: Independence and Impunity (ET exempts U.S. personnel from International Criminal Court) (10/02)

• LHB Women and Justice (10/01)

• LHB Eyes on the Justice System (6/01)

• LHB Reconciliation from Legal and Socio-cultural Perspectives (6/00)

International Crimes from 1975 to 1999

• ANTI Statement opposing Prabowo returning to power (also Tetum, Indonesian) (11/23)

• ANTI Komunikadu ba Imprensa kona-ba Kondekorasaun PR Jose Ramos Horta ba Jenderal Indonesia Reformadu Hendropriyono (8/22)

• Blog Sentidu kondolénsias família no maluk tomak ne’ebé lakon Belun Boot Saudoza Carmel Budiardjo
  Condolences to family and comrades who lost a great friend in Carmel Budiardjo (7/21)

• LH Submission to the Australian Senate on returning to international legal mechanisms (10/19)

• Radio Igualdade: Loron Konsulta Popular no Krime Pasadu 1975-1999 (8/17)

• Impunidade ba krime pasadu kontinua la hetan prioridade iha ajenda Polítika Timor-Leste (8/17)

• Restorasaun Independénsia no Restorasaun dignidade ema nian
  Restoration of Independence and Restoration of the Dignity of the People (5/17)

• Memória Masakre Santa Krús, Movimentu buka Justisa no Igualdade. Also English. (11/16)

• Radio Igualdade: Kampaña ba Justisa Krime Pasadu (6 MB Tetum MP3) (9/16)

• ANTI press release: We welcome the President of Indonesia to Timor-Leste, but cannot forget cases of crimes against humanity. Also Tetum and Bahasa Indonesia. (1/16)

• Radio Igualdade: Justisa Krime Pasadu no Ema Lakon Obrigatoriu (6 MB Tetum MP3) (11/14)

• ANTI statement on Marabia massacre and Widows Day (also Tetum and Bahasa Indonesia) (6/14)

• ANTI statement on Likisa massacre anniversary (also Tetum) (4/14)

• ANTI submission to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (also Tetum) regarding Indonesia's lack of cooperation (3/14)

• ANTI Declaration "Truth and Justice are the Foundations of Democracy" (also Tetum, Indonesian, Portuguese) (11/13)

• LHB Editorial: Together We Can End Impunity (also Tetum) (7/13)

• La'o Hamutuk's ultimate letter to the UN Security Council about justice, sustainable development and not forgetting Timor-Leste  (also Tetum press release) (11/12)

• LH letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her visit to TL (9/12)

• What it means to celebrate the 30th August statement from ANTI (also Indonesian) (8/12)

• Letter from ANTI to UN S-G Ban Ki-Moon on his visit to TL (8/12)

• Wikileaks-released cables from U.S. embassies and State Department relating to Timor-Leste (7/12)

• Press release "Ita Ezije Justisa: Tanba Ita Hadomi Dame, Hakarak Lia-Loos Hodi Hametin Rekonsiliasaun" from ANTI on commemoration of ten years of independence (5/12)

• LH letter to the UN Security Council about justice and equitable, sustainable development. (2/12)

• Index page on laws on reparations and to create an institution to follow-up CAVR and CTF (English and Tetum) (2/12)

• LH letter to the UN Security Council about the S-G's latest UNMIT report. (11/11)

• Reflections on the 20th anniversary of the Santa Cruz demonstration (also Tetum) (12/11/11)

• ANTI letter to visiting mission from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding post-UNMIT presence in Timor-Leste (10/11)

• Statement from the 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) (30/8/11)

• Letter from the National Alliance for an International Tribunal (also Tetum) to UN Security Council (2/11)

• Radio Igualidade: Instituisaun post-CAVR no Reparasaun (6 MB Tetum MP3) (7/10)

• La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament regarding the draft laws for the Public Memory Institute and the National Reparations Program (also Tetum) (7/10)

• Radio Igualidade: Justisa ba Vitima Okupasaun 1975-99 (6 MB Tetum MP3) (6/10)

• Press release from Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal (ANTI): Remember that We Are All Responsible for Justice for Serious Crimes (English and Tetum) (5/10)

• Statements from Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal and Ermera victims group about impunity and President Ramos-Horta's speech to the UN Human Rights Council (3/10)

• Letter from La'o Hamutuk to the UN Security Council analyzing Secretary-General's report on UNMIT (2/10)

• LHB: Justice for Timor-Leste: Unmet international obligation; Editorial: Reject impunity, towards justice and other articles (also Tetum) (2/10)

• Letter from Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal (ANTI) to the UN Security Council about justice (2/10)

• Analysis of words about justice used in the UN Security Council debates and resolutions during the past ten years. (also Tetum)  (12/09)

• La'o Hamutuk letter to UN Security Council on justice and other issues. Also PDFs of letter and annex, and Tetum translation. (10/09)

• Tell the UN Security Council how you feel about justice (mos Tetum) (10/09)

• The Scourge of Impunity in Indonesia by Carmel Budiardjo (9/09)

• La'o Hamutuk analysis of the Maternus Bere case (9/09)

• Pages on Maternus Bere's crimes with many photos and links, including to 2003 indictment for "crimes against humanity: murder, extermination, enforced disappearance, torture, inhumane acts, rape, deportation and persecution." with information on his 2009 arrest and illegal release, background information, reactions from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Appeals Court and others, articles from local and international media, etc. (9/09)

• Briefing Paper: Justice for Timor-Leste Remains an Unfulfilled International Obligation or
  Justisa ba Timór-Leste Nafatin Nu’udar Obrigasaun Internasionál ida be Seidauk Atínje (Tetum) (8/09)

• Programa Radio Igualidade Justisa ba Massakre 1999 ho familia vitima sira (13 MB Tetum MP3) (4/09)

• Declaration and photos from the tenth anniversary of the massacre at Manuel Carrascalao's house in Dili. (4/09)

• Report and petition from survivors on the tenth anniversary of the Liquiça massacre, with photos and links. (4/09)

• "Stop Ongoing Impunity" statement about Invasion Day from the TL National Alliance for an International Tribunal in (PDFs in English and Tetum) (12/08)

• LH submission to Parliamentary Committee A on implementing the recommendations of the TFC and CAVR (English/Tetum) (9/08)

• National Alliance Statement on TFC report (also Tetum) (7/08)

• UNMIT-RDTL Agreement about investigation of 1999 Serious crimes (2/08)

• UN sets justice bar low, then declines to jump.
   Including La'o Hamutuk letter to UN Security Council. (2/08)

• Photos from demonstration against Truth and Friendship Commission
  Program for Alternative Public Hearing
  IFET Testimony to Alternative Hearing  (9/07)

• LHB Gareth Evans Must Apologize (9/07)

• LHB TL Alliance for an International Tribunal plans strategy (6/07)

• LHB Reviewing Unfulfilled Promises for Justice (6/07)

• LH Briefing on justice for Inter-Parliamentary Union (4/07)

• LHB Editorial: CAVR Recommendations Deserve Attention (4/06)

• LHB National Alliance urges President Xanana Gusmão to release CAVR Report (1/06)

• TL National Alliance letter to UN Secretary-General on CAVR Report Handover (1/06)

• LHB Editorial: The Forgotten Tragedy, 7 December 1975, Action to mark 30th anniversary of invasion (12/05)

• LHB Victims' Families Visit Indonesia (11/05)

• LH letter to UN SRSG about ongoing justice options (10/05)
  Recommendations of the Secretary-General (8/06)

• LHB Summary of Commission of Experts Report (8/05)
  Text of CoE Report and RDTL response (6/05)

• LHB Editorial: Truth and Friendship Commission brings neither (8/05)

• Surat Popular about Justice (4/05)

• LHB Panel Discussion and Statement on Truth and Friendship Commission (4/05)

• LHB The Special Panels for Serious Crimes - Justice for Timor-Leste? (10/04)

• LHB Good Timor-Leste-Indonesia Relations requires ending impunity (10/04)

• Alliance: Timor-Leste's Political Leaders Must Not Interfere with Justice (2/04)
  Also Tetum

• LHB Editorial: Justice after UNMISET (1/04)

• Happy USA Independence Day Rally (7/03)

• LHB Editorial: No Justice, No Peace (5/03)

• LHB Editorial: Indonesia Fails to Provide Justice for 1999 (10/02)

• LHB Justice Still Delayed (5/02)

• LHB United States Permission for 1975 Invasion Confirmed (2/02)

• LHB Editorial: Donors Should Be Generous, Without Strings (12/01)

• Justice and Accountability in Timor-Leste: Int'l Tribunals and Other Options: Report of seminar in Dili (10/01)

• Letter to UNTAET Deputy SRSG McNamara on justice issues (10/01)

• LHB Special issue Justice for Timor-Leste? (10/01)

• LHB The Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation: An Overview  (10/01)

• LHB Editorial: Time to Get Serious About Justice for Timor-Leste (10/01)

• LHB Supplement: Chronology of Justice and Accountability for Timor-Leste: September 1999 - October 2001 also PDF format (10/01)

• LHB Editorial: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Facilitates Indonesia’s Impunity (4/01)

• LHB Editorial: Reconciliation, Justice, and Reconstruction (6/00)

Policing

• Press release from Human Rights Defenders Network Uncertainty in justice will have a negative impact on the rule of law and democracy (also Tetum) (5/17)

• Strengthening Development with the Principle of Rule of Law (English/Tetum), HAK Association Human Rights Report for 2011 (2/12)

• HAK Association report on human rights situation in Bobonaro and Covalima (2/10)

• Letter from La'o Hamutuk to the UN Security Council analyzing Secretary-General's report on UNMIT (2/10)

• LHB Screening PNTL back into service (6/07)

• LHB Public Meeting on PNTL-UNPOL Cooperation (3/07)

• UNMIT-RDTL-Australia Memorandum of Understanding on the provision of assistance to the TL regarding provision and coordination of police and military forces (1/07)

• UNMIT-RDTL Arrangement on how the UN  police will work with the Timorese Police (12/06)

• LHB UNMISET and Internal Security in Timor-Leste (5/03)

• LHB An Assessment of the UN’s Police Mission in Timor-Leste (2/02)

• LHB Editorial: CivPol-Community Relations Need Repair (4/01)

Refugees

• Revising RDTL Law on Immigration and Asylum (4/10)

• LHB Timor-Leste’s Refugees in West Timor (11/03)

• LHB 55,000 Timor-Leste People Still Stuck in Indonesia (5/02)

• LHB Editorial: U.N. & the Refugee Crisis (7/01)
  Three months later, LH published a Letter from SRSG Sergio Vieira de Mello  in response to this editorial, and our response (10/01)

Gender (see also Human Rights / Direitu umanu above)

• Ex-Priest Richard Daschbach charged with sexually abusing children / Eis-padre Richard Daschbach akuza ba abuzu seksuál hasoru labarik feto sira (4/24)

• LH press release: Kazu abuzu seksuál: Presiza iha unidade atu respeita no suporta vítima, no asegura prosesu justisa la’o ho efetivu / Sexual abuse case: We must come together to respect and support victims and to ensure that the justice process moves along (7/21)

• Women of Timor-Leste: Unyielding in the fight against oppression and violence (8/20)

• How to create an economy that cares for women and the environment? (12/19)

• Aprezentasaun Gender-Responsive Budgeting (Tetum), mos PDF (8/19)

• LH Blog: Planeamentu Familiar ida Inkluzivu La’ós iha Surat-Tahan De’it
  Inclusive Family Planning Takes More Than Words On Paper
  LHB: Planeamentu Familiar ida Inkluzivu La’ós iha Surat-Tahan De’it (11/18)

• LHB Movimentu asegura direitu sira ba komunidade LGBT / Movement for LGBT rights (5/18)

• LH aprezentasaun ba organizasaun feto Feto iha New Deal (mos PowerPoint) (2/13)

• LH aprezentasaun ba Deputadu sira Orsamentu Sensitivu ba Jeneru  (mos PowerPoint) (12/12)

• Gender in La'o Hamutuk Practice (supplement to 2010 Annual Report) (6/11)

• LHB The struggle for gender equality continues (11/08)

• LHB The Impact of Mining on Women in the Pacific (8/08)

• Timor-Leste declines in UNDP Human Development Ranking (12/07)

• LHB Women's Movement: Looking back and ahead (9/07)

• LHB Gender analysis training in Yogyakarta (4/06)

• LHB Public hearing on Timorese WWII comfort women (4/06)

• LHB Sixteen Days Against Violence (1/04)

• LHB WB Workshop on Gender and Poverty Reduction (11/03)

• The Timor-Leste Association of Men Against Violence (7/02)

• LHB An Exchange with Activists from Nicaragua on Power and Gender (5/02)

• Surat Popular: Feto Ho Mane No Konstrusaun Social (Gender)

• LHB Women and Justice (10/01)

• LHB Women and the Reconstruction of Timor-Leste (8/01)

• LHB Campaign to Support Women' Rights in the Constitution (8/01)

• LHB Women's Participation at the Rural Community Level (8/01)

• LHB Domestic Violence: A Part of Women's Daily Lives in Timor-Leste (8/01)

• LHB Commentary: International Security Forces and Sexual Misconduct (8/01)

• LHB Catholic Women's Conference in Rome (8/01)

• LHB Childbirth: A Major Health Concern for Women (8/01)

• LHB The United Nations, Gender Affairs, and Timor-Leste (8/01)

• LHB The Employment of Women in ETTA (8/01)

• Objectionable PKF T-shirt (4/01)

Relations with Indonesia (See also sections on justice and refugees)

• ANTI submission to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (also Tetum) regarding Indonesia's lack of cooperation (3/14)

• Index page on two draft laws on reparations and to create an institution to follow-up CAVR and CTF recommendations (2/12)

• Pages on Maternus Bere's crimes with many documents, photos and links, articles from local and international media, etc. (9/09)

• The Scourge of Impunity in Indonesia by Carmel Budiardjo (9/09)

• LHB Editorial: The Forgotten Tragedy, 7 December 1975, Action to mark 30th anniversary of invasion (12/05)

• LHB Victims' Families Visit Indonesia (11/05)

• LHB Editorial: Truth and Friendship Commission brings neither (8/05)

• LHB Tsunami poetry and solidarity (4/05)

• LHB Pertamina's Dominance and implications for electricity in TL (12/04)

• LHB Good Timor-Leste-Indonesia Relations requires ending impunity (10/04)

• LHB 'Cak' Munir: 1956-2004 (10/04)

• LHB Timor-Leste’s Refugees in West Timor (11/03)

• LHB Editorial: Military Operation in Aceh (8/03)

Writing Timor-Leste's Constitution

• LH article We Must Respect the Constitutional Principles of the President’s Duties (also Tetum) about JRH seeking court advice before promulgating the 2011 State Budget (2/11)

• La'o Hamutuk analysis of the Maternus Bere case (9/09)

• LH Desijaun Tribunal Rekursu iha Nasaun de Direitu Demokrátiku (11/08)

• Text of Constitution (PDF): English, Tetum, Bahasa Indonesia, Portuguese (3/02)

• LHB For an Interim Constitution (8/01)

• LHB Editorial: Constitution Building: Focusing on the Process (6/01)

• NGO Forum declines to join UNTAET Constitutional Process (4/01)

• Working Group on Constitution's Surat Popular on Constitution (English): 
  Also Tetum and Bahasa Indonesia (PDF)

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