March 2010: Foreign Soldiers should stay out of Timorese Politics, also LH letter to Chief of Australian Defence Force about ISF accountability.
February 2010: LH letter to UN Security Council analyzing Secretary-General's report on UNMIT. Also Amnesty International letter, Security Council debate, resolution extending UNMIT.
February 2010: LH Bulletin Vol. 11 No. 1-2: Land justice, Transitional Land Law, Climate Change, Donor money in Timor-Leste since 1999, International obligation for justice not yet met (several articles), Rejecting impunity. (Tetum)
February 2010: Petroleum Fund information (English/Tetum), including Quarterly Reports (4 Q 2009)
February 2010: Letter from Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal to the UN Security Council about justice (English/Tetum)
January 2010: Cornerstone laid for Hera Heavy Oil generating station, and new LH index page on national electricity project for 2010 (English/Tetum)
December 2009: Analysis of words about justice used in the UN Security Council over the past ten years (also Tetum)
December 2009: Climate Change and Timor-Leste, index page in Tetum and English
November 2009: U.S. Court of Appeals rejects Petrotimor's appeal of the dismissal of their lawsuit against ConocoPhillips et al.
November 2009: Why Should Timor-Leste go into Debt? (also Tetum) Background, commentary and reference documents.
No mos Timór-Leste atu Debe: Lojika ka La’e?
November 2009: La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament on the 2010 State Budget (also Tetum) and corrective letter (also Tetum) a week later.
October 2009: La'o Hamutuk letter to UN Security Council on justice and other issues (also Tetum). Transcript of Security Council meeting
October 2009: 2010 General State Budget, including budget documents in English and Portuguese, hearing schedule, analyses, Financial Management Law, etc
October 2009: Debate and Text of Censure (no confidence) motion in parliament, as well as extensive documents and reports on Maternus Bere case (also Tetum)
October 2009: Updated links to many UN and related documents, including latest report of the UN SG to the Security Council
October 2009: Timor-Leste Human Development Index unchanged in 2009 UNDP report (English and Tetum)
September 2009: NGO Forum submission (also Tetum) on proposed budget and financial management law. Law as passed (Port.).
September 2009: Page on Maternus Bere's crimes, indictment, arrest and illegal release, reactions from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Fongtil, Indonesian activists, the President of the Court of Appeal and others and photos of protest at Indonesian Embassy in Dili. Also no confidence motion, local and international media on this case. Mos iha lian Tetum. Also media articles about the case and background information on the Suai Church Massacre from CAVR and Geoffrey Robinson.
August 2009: Exhibition and conference to celebrate solidarity 10 years after the referendum. Conference Declaration
August 2009: Tenth Anniversary fact sheets on Maritime Boundaries (also Tetum), Democracy and transparency (also Tetum) International assistance to Timor-Leste (also Tetum), and Justice (also Tetum).
June 2009: Land Processes in Timor-Leste – information on the USAID Strengthening Property Rights Program and Ita Nia Rai process, Land Laws, Customary Land (also Tetum)
June 2009: LH Bulletin Vol. 10 No. 1: Heavy oil power plants, Estimated Sustainable Income, Petroleum Fund investment strategies, EITI implementation, La Via Campesina, Anti-Corruption Commission.
May 2009: Letter from La'o Hamutuk (also Tetum) to Court of Appeals regarding Parliamentary legal challenge to National Petroleum Authority decree-law
May 2009: La'o Hamutuk Annual Report for 2008
April 2009: Three newspaper articles debating the resource curse in Timor-Leste (Tetum)
April 2009: LH comment on U.S. State Department 2008 report on human rights in Timor-Leste.
April 2009: Aliambata gas seep electricity generating project
April 2009: Declaration and photos from the tenth anniversary of the massacre at Manuel Carrascalao's house in Dili. Also radio program.
April 2009: Report and petition from survivors on the tenth anniversary of the Liquiça massacre, with photos and links. Also radio program.
April 2009: Timor-Leste and Development Partners Meeting, including statement from NGOs.
March 2009: LH analysis of prudence and sustainability in calculating the Estimated Sustainable Income (also Tetum)
March 2009: LH statement on defamation case against Tempo Semanal, with links
March 2009: Expanded information on heavy oil power plants (Tetum and English), including map (also Tetum), project details and press release (also Tetum).
February 2009: Radio Igualidade: MP3 files husi programa radio balu LH nian (Tetum)
February 2009: LH letter to Xanana Gusmão about humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka (also Tetum)
February 2009: LH submission on draft law on Anti-Corruption Commission (also Tetum) and draft ACC law
January 2009: Parliamentary debates and LH article on 2009 State Budget
January 2009: Statement from Timor-Leste Solidarity for the Palestinian People in Gaza (English and Tetum)
December 2008: Submissions to Australian Parliamentary Inquiry on Human Rights Mechanisms and the Asia-Pacific from La'o Hamutuk and Clinton Fernandes.
December 2008: Stop Ongoing Impunity from ANTI on the 33rd anniversary of the Indonesian invasion of Timor-Leste
December 2008: Commentary and new documents about sugar cane and jatropha agro-fuels projects, including agreements between companies and RDTL
November 2008: LH Bulletin Vol. 9 No. 3: Jatropha agrofuel project, gender equality struggle, climate justice, Sunrise LNG benefits, Budget analysis, Budgeting for the future, heavy oil power plants. Also Tetum/Indonesian version.
November 2008: Appeals court rules mid-year budget unconstitutional. With links to ruling, NGO statements, JSMP report, and other documents.
October 2008: Budget training materials, Economic Stabilization Fund Decree-Law (also Portuguese) and Petroleum Fund Consultative Council advice (Tetum)
September 2008: Tetum Versaun Popular and slide show of LNG report on Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste
September 2008: LH submission to Parliament on implementing the recommendations of the TFC and CAVR (English/Tetum)
September 2008: La'o Hamutuk statements at Parliamentary anti-corruption conference (English/Tetum)
September 2008: LH Bulletin Vol. 9 No. 2: Cuban health support for Timor-Leste, LNG basics, Climate Change, Impact of mining on women, Tax reform law, OCAP
August 2008: Indonesian translation of La'o Hamutuk report "LNG Sunrise di Timor-Leste: Impian, Kenyataan, dan Tantangan" (Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges) (4 MB PDF)
August 2008: Proposed domestic tax reform legislation, with many documents, texts, testimonies, and hearing schedule. Draft law in English. La'o Hamutuk testimony. Law as passed (Portuguese) and summary of new taxes.
July 2008: National Alliance open letter on Truth and Friendship Commission report (also Tetum)
June 2008: Seismic Exploration environmental management plans and submissions from La'o Hamutuk
June 2008: La'o Hamutuk Submission on draft law to establish a National Petroleum Authority. including background. Law 20/2008 as promulgated.
June 2008: La'o Hamutuk submission on proposed Technical Regulation process for the Joint Petroleum Development Area. Revised draft of regulations.
March 2008: LH submission on Environmental Plans for Reliance Seismic Survey
February 2008: UNMIT-RDTL Agreement about investigation of 1999 Serious crimes
February 2008: Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges report from La'o Hamutuk. Also Book Launch, PDF of the entire report. Entire report in Bahasa Indonesia.
February 2008: RDTL State Budget for 2008. Petroleum Fund sections. State Secretariat for Natural Resources sections. UNDP Budget Highlights pamphlet.
February 2008: UN sets justice bar low, then declines to jump. Also La'o Hamutuk letter to UN Security Council.
January 2008: Positions available at La'o Hamutuk
January 2008 LH Bulletin Vol. 9 No. 1: Oecusse Communication Activation Program, Publish What You Pay, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Neo-liberal recommendations
October 2007: Fourth Constitutional Government of RDTL: Structure, Program, Budget and members
September 2007: EITI Working Group Work plan. See also LHB articles
September 2007: Photos from Dili demonstration against Truth and Friendship Commission;
Program for Alternative Public Hearing;
IFET Testimony to Alternative Hearing
September 2007: LH Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 3: Vocational Education, Restructuring petroleum regulation, Women's movement workshop, Amnesty law, Timor-Leste Local Content
July 2007: Forum Tau Matan cancels an AusAID-funded project because of AusAID's use of aid for political reasons
June 2007: LH Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 2: Screening PNTL back into service, Restructuring petroleum regulation, CMATS ratification, Amnesty law
June 2007: LH Submission on Timor-Leste Content Policy and Guidelines for oil companies operating here. Also other submissions and proposed guidelines.
June 2007: Text and analysis of Law on Truth and Clemency
LHB Editorial. Appeals Court opinion (Portuguese)
April 2007: LH Briefing on justice for the Inter-Parliamentary Union
March 2007: LH Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 1: Petroleum Fund, Oilwatch Forum Report, Public meetings on CMATS and PNTL, Lessons for the UN, Pension laws
February 2007: Discussion of UNMIT security coordination, including links to many UN and related documents
January 2007: UNMIT-RDTL-Australia Memorandum of Understanding on the provision of assistance to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste regarding provision and coordination of police and military forces
December 2006: UNMIT-RDTL Arrangement on how the UN police will work with the Timorese Police
August 2006: Status of Forces Agreements for foreign troops and police deployed to Timor-Leste in May, plus 2002 agreements with the United Nations and the United States on the status of their forces in Timor-Leste
June 2006: LH suggestions for the next UN Mission in Timor-Leste
La'o Hamutuk (Walking Together in English) is a Timor-Leste non-governmental organization that monitors, analyzes, and reports on the principal international institutions present in Timor-Leste as they relate to the physical, economic, and social reconstruction and development of the country. La'o Hamutuk believes that the people of Timor-Leste must be the ultimate decision-makers in this process and that this process should be democratic and transparent. La'o Hamutuk is an independent organization and works to facilitate effective Timorese participation, to improve communication between the international community and Timorese society, to provide resources on alternative development models, and to facilitate links between Timorese groups and groups abroad.
La'o Hamutuk welcomes reprinting articles or graphics from our website and Bulletin without charge, but we would like to be notified and given credit for our work.
To find our office in Farol, Dili, here's a map.
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La'o Hamutuk staff and part of our Board in June 2007
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Back row, left to right: Justino da Silva (board), Maximus Tahu (staff), Selma Hayati (board), Viriato Seac (future staff), Santina Soares (staff), Francisco Soares (behind, staff), Charles Scheiner (staff), Armindo Coelho (standing, staff). Front row: Inês Martins (staff), Yasinta Lujina (staff), Guteriano Neves (staff), Shona Hawkes (future staff).
