This WorldLII site aims to make searchable from one location all databases relating to East Timor (Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) on WorldLII (World legal Information Institute). The database includes regulations, directives and executive orders of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). These materials can be searched or browsed and can be viewed in full-text in English.
The Judicial System Monitoring Committee (JSMP) was set up in 2001 to improve the judicial and legislative system in Timor-Leste. Activities include court monitoring and the production of reports on the development of the judicial system. The site has news stories relating to Timor-Leste and an archive going back to 2001. There are full-text monitoring reports on the work of the Court of Appeal, the District Court in Dili and on specific cases. Other reports look at the state of the Timor-Leste justice sector, human rights in court administration and the right to appeal.
Website of Justice for the Poor (J4P), a World Bank research and development program concerned with the promotion of legal reform in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands. There is information on the different aspects of law covered by the program including land and natural resources, conflict, crime and violence, local governance, gender, customary law and labour disputes. There are also pages detailing the work being done in each country. Briefing papers and reports can be downloaded from the site.
Website of the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC), an umbrella organisation of bar associations, law societies, individuals and other associations of legal and human rights experts. ILAC is concerned with the rebuilding of legal systems in post conflict societies and the site has reports of work carried out in Afghanistan, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Liberia, East Timor, Haiti and Rwanda. There are also thematic reports and details of projects focusing on gender justice in post conflict societies.
Archive of East Timor legal and political news from the now-defunct East Timor Legal Information website, provided by Australian lawyer Warren Wright. Most of the news items emanate from the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). The Archive includes a link to more recent news from the East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin.
