The Independent Comprehensive Needs Assessment (ICNA) is a mission consisting of four judicial and legal experts selected to perform an assessment of the overall justice system of Timor-Leste.
The basic purpose of the ICNA is to determine the extent to which the country's justice system is meeting the needs of Timor-Leste and its people. The assessment is also to indicate accomplishments and challenges within that system as well as to identify existing needs and to make recommendations for improvement.
Following the 2006 crisis, the mandate of the ICNA was anticipated in the Report of the Secretary General (S/2006/628), which stated that "the challenges to the justice system [of Timor-Leste] are so considerable and of such critical importance that an independent, comprehensive review and analysis of the justice sector should be undertaken." More recently, Security Council Resolution 1867 (2009) underscored the "importance of a coordinated approach to the justice sector reform, based on [a] needs assessment."
Independent Comprehensive Needs Assessment of the Justice Sector
