UNMIT Launches third human rights report on TL

15 Sep 2009

UNMIT Launches third human rights report on TL

Dili, 15 September 2009- In a public report released in Dili today, the United Nations

noted that in the past year, Timor-Leste made progress in key human rights areas, including strengthening of the judicial system and enactment of important legislation.

Launched ten years after the popular consultation that paved the way for Timor-Leste's independence, the UNMIT report, covering the period July 2008 to June 2009, focuses on key developments in relation to accountability and combating impunity for past and present human rights violations.

In the past year, the authorities have taken steps to consolidate progress in relation to human rights. The Government presented its report to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. The judiciary strengthened its presence in the districts, and the Office of the Provedoria for Human Rights and Justice opened regional offices. Through its National Priorities, the Government also began to implement strategies to fulfil basic economic and social rights.

Nevertheless, in the area of accountability much remains to be done. In spite of progress, access to justice is limited, particularly in the districts, where the population often relies on traditional mechanisms that do not always conform to human rights standards. The conviction in national courts of a number of police officers who committed human rights violations is a positive indication of the increasing ability of national mechanisms to address such cases. However, the internal police disciplinary mechanism is weak, and in most cases police officers accused of human rights violations continue to enjoy impunity.

In relation to bringing to justice those who committed criminal acts during the 2006 crisis, five cases are on trial, and 14 under investigation. So far progress has been slow, with only two cases completed, and the way in which current trials and investigations are handled will be an important indication of the authorities' commitment to establishing accountability for crimes committed during the 2006 crisis.

As Timor-Leste commemorated 30 August, little had been achieved to address the many human rights violations that occurred between 1974 and 1999, though investigations into grave human rights violations committed in 1999 continue. In a step which violates Timor-Leste's human rights obligations and undermines efforts to end impunity, Militia leader Maternus Bere who faces charges of Crimes Against Humanity, was released from pre-trial detention and handed to the Indonesian authorities.
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KONFERÉNSIA IMPRENSA UNMIT
UNMIT Lansa relatóriu direitus umanus nian ba datoluk kona-ba Timor-Leste

Dili, 15 Setembru 2009- Iha relatóriu ida-ne'ebé fó sai iha Dili ohin, Nasoins Unidas nota kata iha tinan kotuk, Timor-Leste hala'o ona progresu iha área sira prinsípál direitus umanus nian, inklui haforsa sistema judisiária no hamosu lejizlasaun ne'ebé importante.

Relatóriu UNMIT nian ne'e, maka lansa iha tinan sanulu hafoin tiha konsulta populár ne'ebé loke dalan ba Timor-Leste nia independénsia, ne'ebé kobre periodu fulan-Jullu tinan 2008 to'o fulan-Junu tinan 2009, foka kona-ba dezenvolvimentu sira ne'ebé prinsipál iha relasaun ho responsabilizasaun no kombate impunidade ba vilolasaun direitus umanus iha pasadu no oras ne'e.

Iha tinan liubá, autoridade sira foti tiha ona pasu sira atu konsolida progresu ne'ebé iha relasaun ho direitus umanus. Governu aprezenta nia relatóriu ba Komisaun ba Eliminasaun Diskriminasaun kontra Feto sira. Judisiária haforsa ninia prezensa iha distritu sira, no Gabinete Provedoria ba Direitus Umanus no Justisa loke gabinete sira rejionál nian. Liuhosi ninia Prioridade Nasionál sira, Governu mós hahú atu implementa estratéjia sira hodi alkansa direitus báziku sósiu-ekonómiku nian.

Maske nune'e, iha área responsabilizasaun buat barak maka kontinua atu hala'o. Maske iha progresu, asesu ba justisa ne'e limitadu, partikularmente iha distritu sira, ne'ebé populasaun sira dala barak depende ba mekanizmu sira tradisionál nian ne'ebé la sempre iha konformidade ho padraun sira direitus umanus nian. Konviksaun iha tribunál nasionál sira ba ofisiál polísia sira lubuk ida-ne'ebé komete violasaun sira direitus umanus nian, sai nu'udar indikasaun pozitivu ida atu aumenta abilidade mekanizmu sira nasionál nian hodi tau matan ba kazu sira hanesan ne'e. Maibé, mekanizmu dixiplinária interna polísia nian ne'e fraku, no iha kazu barak ofisiál polísia sira ne'ebé akuzadu halo violasaun sira direitus umanus nian kontinua goza impunidade.

Iha relasaun atu lori ema hirak ne'ebé komete aktu kriminál durante krize 2006 ba hatan iha tribunál , kazu lima maka oras ne'e tama ona iha julgamentu, no kazu 14 iha hela investigasaun. To'o oras ne'e progresu la'o neneik, ho kazu rua de'it maka kompleta ona, no maneira ne'ebé julgamentu sira oras ne'e nian dadaun hala'o sei sai nu'udar indikasaun ida-ne'ebé importante hosi autoridade sira-nia kompromisu atu estabelese responsabilizaun ba krime sira ne'ebé komete durante krize tinan 2006.

Bainhira Timor-Leste komemora loron 30 fulan-Agostu, buat oituan maka alkansa tiha ona hodi tau matan ba violasaun sira direitus umanus nian ne'ebé akontese entre tinan 1974 no 1999, maske investigasaun sira ba iha violasaun direitus umanus grave ne'ebé komete iha tinan 1999 kontinua hala'o. Iha pasu ida-ne'ebé viola Timor-Leste nia obrigasaun sira direitus umanus no minimiza esforsu sira atu hapara impunidade, lider Milísia Maternus Bere ne'ebé hasoru akuzasaun ba Krime Kontra Umanidade, hetan liberdade hosi detensaun pra-julgamentu no entrega ba autoridade sira Indonézia nian.

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