Dili: A greater number of new positive Tuberculosis (TB) cases are being detected now in Timor-Leste compared to nine years ago. Of these new cases, about 85% are being successfully treated. Timor Leste’s TB burden was first recorded in 1995 and averaged 707 cases per...
ETLJB 10/09/2010 SYDNEY - A peak civil society law and justice organisation in East Timor, the Judicial System Monitoring Program, has condemned the pardoning of criminals who committed serious crimes during the 2006 crisis and the attacks on the Prime Minister and...
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ETLJB 13 September 2009 SYDNEY – The failure of East Timorese leaders to understand the rule of law, the separation of powers and constitutional governance bodes great ill for the legal system. In another devastating attack on the rule of law last month, the East Timorese...
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President should not threaten the Parliament Timor Post 28 April 2009 - The Plenary of the National Parliament has called for President Jose Ramos Horta not to threaten the MPs as the Parliament is also one of the country's state bodies.Parliament to investigate allegation...
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Judiciary Council members meet with Horta Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 23 April 2009 - The Timorese Judiciary Council members have met with President Jose Ramos Horta discussing administration, human resources and discipline in the Court of Appeal.Paulo Remeido says rumors on...
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ETLJB 21 April 2009 SYDNEY - The East Timorese Deputy Prosecutor, Mr. Ivo Jorge Valente, is reported to have resigned from his position in protest over the recent appointment of Maucau lawyer, Paulo dos Remedios, as a Deputy Prosecutor-General. A leading national newspaper,...
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UNMIT to strengthen judicial institutions: SRSG Atul Khare Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 20 April 2009 - The United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative in Timor-Leste, Atul Khare, said the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste would help strengthen...
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12 November 1991 Massacre skeletons to be taken to Australia Timor Post 15 April 2009 - Sixteen skeletons believed to be those of victims of the 12 November 1991 which were exhumed by the Australian and Argentinean joint forensic team and the Timorese National Police (PNTL)...
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FONGTIL urges Government to take serious crime perpetrators to court Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 6 April 2009 - The Timorese Forum of NGOs (FONGTIL) has urged the Government to show its commitment to justice by taking perpetrators of serious crimes to the court.Donor support...
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FONGTIL urges Government to take serious crime perpetrators to court Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 6 April 2009 - The Timorese Forum of NGOs (FONGTIL) has urged the Government to show its commitment to justice by taking perpetrators of serious crimes to the court.Donor support...
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Law for witness protection passed in the Parliament Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 19 February 2009 - The proposed law for witness was passed overwhelmingly in the vote on Wednesday (18/2) after a profound debate in the...
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ETLJB 5 February 2009 - It was reported in the East Timor newspaper Timor Post on 3 February 2009 that President Jose Ramos Horta had held a meeting with with former rebel leader, Gastao Salsinha, and other followers of slain rebel leader Alfredo Reinado Alves, including...
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Horta to name new appellate court president in March Radio Televisaun Timor Leste 4 February 2009 - Parliamentary President Fernando 'Lasama' de Araujo said President Jose Ramos Horta would make a decision to name a new president of the Court of Appeal in March if the current...
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Fretilin threatens to walk out of Parliament Timor Post 2 February 2009 - Fretilin has threatened to walk out of the Parliament if President Jose Ramos Horta officially promulgates the general state budget for the financial year of 2009 which was approved on Friday (30/1) by...
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ETLJ 01 February 2009 SYDNEY The English translation of East Timor Government Decree-Law No 1 of 2009 on Subsidies for Professionals Justice Sector and the National University of Timor Leste has now been published on the East Timor Law Journal. This Decree-Law was...
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