Index to Articles by Topic

"LHB" indicates that the article was published in the La'o Hamutuk Bulletin. Most other items are press releases, reports, or submissions to public officials.
Articles are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent listed first.

Select a topic to go to a list of links to articles about it:

• Justice and human rights

  • Human Rights

  • Gender

  • International crimes 1975-1999

  • Policing

  • Refugees

  • Relations with Indonesia

  • Writing Timor-Leste's Constitution

• Oil and natural gas

  • Background and overview

  • Heavy oil power plants

  • Maritime boundary with Australia

  • Mining

  • Petroleum Fund

  • Petroleum laws (regime)

  • Petroleum projects

  • Resource curse

  • Sunrise LNG

  • Tasi Mane petroleum infrastructure project

  • Transparency

  • Other petroleum issues

• Aid to Timor-Leste

  • Donors conferences

• Agriculture

• Corruption

• Economy

• Education

• Elections

• Environment

• Global trade and markets (including ASEAN)

• IFIs: World Bank, IMF, ADB

• Land rights

• Militarization and war

• Popular education and Intercambios (exchanges)

• Solidarity and activism

• State finances

• United Nations

• Trainings and presentations by La'o Hamutuk

• Radio programs by La'o Hamutuk

• Other

• Rights and Sustainability: LH briefing on key issues facing TL. 18 MB Powerpoint or 7 MB PDF (12/18)

• Join the La'o Hamutuk staff (5/18)

Justice and Human Rights (see separate index page)

Oil and Natural Gas (see separate index page)

Environment

• Surat Popular: Ita labele husik dezenvolvimentu estraga ita-nia moris no ambiente (12/18)

• Presentation Aprende hamutuk esperiénsia aat kona ba violasaun lisensamentu ambientál husi implementasaun projetu boot sira (mos PDF) (12/18)

• Blog: Lisensamentu Ambientál – hodi proteje ita hotu
  LHB Lisensamentu Ambientál - Hodi Proteje Ita Hotu (11/18)

• LHB Labele Hamosu Konflitu Interese iha Prosesu Lisensamentu Ambientál (11/18)

• Blog Timor-Leste nia tasi tenke mantein nudár area protejidu ba ikan-baleia no golfiñu / Timor-Leste’s waters must remain a sanctuary for whales and dolphins (10/18)

• Blog Who should grant environmental licenses for mining and petroleum?
  Sé mak bele emite Lisensa Ambientál ba petróleu no mineiru? (9/18)

• LH Komunikadu imprensa (also English) and letter to Prime Minister urging that Petroleum Ministry not be given the authority to issue environmental licenses (also Tetum, 9/18)

• Radio Igualdade: Implementasaun Dekretu Lei Lisensamentu Ambiental (8/18)

• Basic Environmental and Licensing Laws adoption and enforcement (8/18)

• Aprezentasaun Implementasaun Lei Lisensamentu Ambiental liga ho Dezenvolvimentu Projetu Infrastrutura sira (mos PowerPoint) (6/18)

• LHB Implementasaun Dekretu-Lei Ambientál sira iha TL
  Implementing Environmental Decree-Laws in TL (5/18)

• Regulating Onshore Petroleum Operations (1/18)

• Paper Dezenvolvimentu projetu infrastrutura sira no dezafiu ba implementasaun lisensamentu ambientál (10/17)

• Aprezentasaun Dezenvolvimentu projetu infrastrutura sira no dezafiu ba implementasaun lisensamentu ambientál, mos PowerPoint (7/17)

• Creating a Mining Code / Dezenvolve Kódigu Mineiru ba Timor-Leste (Eng/Tet) (6/17)

• Blog: LH husu PDHJ atu haforsa implementasaun Lei Lisensamentu Ambientál
  also text of LH letter to Provedor (English or Tetum ) (6/16)

• Environmental Impacts of the proposed Betano oil refinery (5/16)

• LH statement to the first Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change (also Tetum) (11/14)

• Blog: Environmental Licensing: Who needs it? (5/14)

• LH submission to DNMA on the draft Regulations and Guidelines for Environmental Licensing (1/14)

• Blog: Consultation begins on draft Mining Code (also Tetum), with drafts in three languages (9/13)

• Second LH submission on revised draft Protected Areas Decree-Law (6/13)

• LH submission on draft Protected Areas Decree-Law (also Tetum) (3/13)

• LH letter to President TMR on the Basic Environment Law (law text in English and Portuguese) (6/12)
  Basic Environment Decree-Law no. 26/2012 of 4 July (Portuguese) as enacted (7/12)

• Sustainable Development in Timor-Leste: National Report to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development by the RDTL Ministry of Economy and Development, UNDP and UN DESA (5/12)

• LH letter to President Jose Ramos-Horta on the Basic Environment Law (5/11)

• La'o Hamutuk submission to DNMA regarding draft Biodiversity Decree-Law (also Tetum)and list of endangered and alien species (4/12)

• LH comments at Rio+20 Green Economy for Sustainable Development workshop (11/11)

• LH second submission to DNMA on draft Basic Environment Law (10/11)

• Revised draft Basic Environmental Law (also Portuguese) for second consultation (9/11)

• LH submission on Basic Environmental Law: Narrative part and section-by-section comments (3/11)

• Declaration One Hour for Mother Earth (also Tetum) and action photos (10/10/10)

• LH submission (also Tetum) on TOR for Environmental Impact Statement (also Tetum) for Eni's further exploratory drilling in S06-03 (9/10)

• LH submission on Environmental Impact Statement for Eni's Cova-1 exploratory drilling (7/10) and Eni's response (also Tetum) (8/10)

• Oilwatch Southeast Asia Regional Meeting presentations and statement (also Tetum) (7/10)

• LH submission on Environmental Impact Assessment and Management Plans for Reliance's exploratory drilling in Block K of Timor-Leste exclusive offshore area (6/10)

• LH submission on Eni's proposed Environmental Management Plan (also Tetum) for the GeoStreamer seismic survey (6/10)

• Radio Igualidade: Rezultadu Konferensia UNFCCC iha Kopenhagen (6 MB Tetum MP3) (4/10)

• LH Open Letter asking Prime Minister not to sign the Copenhagen Accord (Eng. and Tet.) (3/10)

• LHB Timor-Leste in global action against climate change (2/10)

• Climate Change and Timor-Leste index page (12/09)

• Heavy oil power plants index and analysis (Eng. and Tet.) (3/09)

• LHB Jatropha: Jobs for farmers or fuel for foreigners?  (11/08)

• LHB Heavy Oil power plants (also Tetum) (11/08)

• LHB Climate Justice, Now! (also Tetum) (11/08)

• Justisa Klimatika presentation (Tetum) (9/08)

• LHB The Impact of Mining on Women in the Pacific (8/08)

• LHB Civil Society Forum on Climate Change (8/08)

• Commentary and documents about sugar cane and jatropha agro-fuels projects, including MOUs and other documents (6/08)

• Seismic exploration environmental management plans from Eni and Reliance, with submissions from La'o Hamutuk (6/08)

• Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges (2/08)

• LH submission regarding Environmental Plan for Eni Marine Seismic Survey (6/07)

  Petroleum in Timor-Leste (presentation to the International Forum on Petroleum, Human Rights and Environmental Reparation, Ecuador) (10/06)

• Oil in Timor-Leste: A discussion of economic, ecological and moral debt. (Chapter written for Oilwatch by La'o Hamutuk) (9/05)

• LHB Protecting Timor-Leste's Environment: Regulation and Enforcement (7/00)

International Financial Institutions

• LHB Relatóriu Nasionál Balu ne’ebé Publika iha 2018 (11/18)

• LHB PPP Ameasa Servisu Públiku ba Ita Nia Povu (11/18)

• In-depth article on Public-Private Partnership for Tibar Port (English/Tetum) (10/18)

• Presentation Oil, debt and sustainability: TL’s borrowing plans and their implications for the future / Mina, deve no sustentabilidade: TL nia planu empréstimu no nia implikasaun ba futuru (Also English PowerPoint, Tetum PowerPoint, 6/17)

• Programa Radio Igualdade: WTO ninia implikasaun negativu ba TL (1/17)

• LH position paper on Timor-Leste's accession to the World Trade Organization (also Tetum) (1/17)

• The Reference page (also Tetum) on this website includes many reports by IFIs (2/17)

• LH Blog: Spinning straw into gold: Facts remain true, regardless of public relations responding to government economic claims (11/16)
  Hafalun fatuk ho osan mean: Faktus mak faktus nafatin, maske relasaun públiku konta buat seluk (12/16)

• Blog on Tibar Port tendering in English or Tetum. (8/16)

• IMF 2016 Article IV report on Timor-Leste's economy and public finances (6/16)

• Radio Igualdade: Projetu Portu Tibar ho Modelu Parseria Publiku Privadu (4/16)

• TL government blocks publication of IMF Article IV report for 2014 (12/14)

• Public-Private Partnership for Dili airport (also Tetum) with documents and other information (6/14)

• LH Blog The Double Digit disappears (also Double digit lakon ona) on lower IFI GDP estimates (4/14)

• IMF 2013 Article IV report on Timor-Leste's economy and public finances (12/13)

• Timor-Leste is going into debt (also Tetum). Background, commentary, documents. (3/12)

• Why Should Timor-Leste go into Debt? (also Tetum) Background and documents from 2009-2011. (2/12)

• IMF 2011 Article IV report on Timor-Leste's economy and public finances (2/12)

• Groups worldwide urge debt-free Timor-Leste not to borrow. Statement and press release from 117 Timorese and international organizations (English/Tetum) (9/11)

• IMF 2010 Article IV report on Timor-Leste's economy and public finances (3/11)

• LH letter to the IMF about their reports on public financial management (12/10) and IMF response (1/11)

• The World Bank's Doing Business 2011 report and Timor-Leste (11/10)

• NGO Forum submission (also Tetum) on proposed budget and financial management law (9/09)

• LHB Editorial: World Bank Recommends Neo-Liberal Pathway, Again (1/08)

• The Paradox of Aid in Timor-Leste, paper presented by La'o Hamutuk at the University of Brasilia (7/06)

• LHB World Trade Organization Exposed in Ermera (11/05)

• LHB Editorial: Whitewashing Wolfowitz at the World Bank (8/05)

• Lessons Learned: The Community Empowerment and Local Governance Project. Report by Rolling Think Tank (3/04)

• LHB World Social Forum “Another World is Possible”  (3/04)

• LHB The Banking and Payments Authority (BPA) and the IMF's role(1/04)

• Report from seminar on Timor-Leste joining the International Financial Institutions (11/02)

• Surat Popular: Banku Mundial iha Timor Lorosa'e (World Bank in Timor-Leste) 

• LHB Report on "IDA 14" Opinion Leaders Consultation, Vietnam (12/04)
  Also LHB Editorial: The Truth Behind the International Development Association and its Poverty Reduction Policy (12/04)

• LHB Seven Ways to Meet Timor-Leste’s Financial Gap (3/04)

• LHB WB Workshop on Gender and Poverty Reduction (11/03)

• LHB ADB Fiji Workshop on Good Governance  (11/03)

• LHB Editorial: Privatization and Profit in Developing Countries  (11/03)

• LHB A Review of the First Year of the Transition Support Program, including diagrams about public sector spending in Timor-Leste (5/03)

• LHB The Asian Development Bank in Timor-Leste, highlighting its Microfinance project and privatization agenda (3/03)

• LHB The Community Empowerment Project Revisited (10/02)

• LHB Editorial: A Brief Overview of the National Development Plan (8/02)

  LHB Editorial: Financial Independence (5/02)

• LHB Report from the World Social Forum II (4/02)

• LHB An Assessment of Pilot Agricultural Service Centers in Timor-Leste (2/02)

• LHB School Furniture: Looking at a World Bank-UNTAET/ETTA Project  (8/01)

• LHB UNTAET-World Bank Background Paper (7/01)

• LHB The IMF in Timor-Leste (6/01)

• LHB Editorial: Dollarization and Democracy (6/01)

• LHB The World Bank in Timor-Leste (12/00)

• LHB Assessing the World Bank’s Agricultural Project (12/00)

• LHB Evaluating the World Bank’s CEP Project (12/00)

• LHB Editorial: Democracy & the World Bank (12/00)

Timor-Leste Economy (see also the following three sections)

• Rights and Sustainability: LH briefing on key issues facing TL. 18 MB Powerpoint or 7 MB PDF (12/18)

• Index page on Timor-Leste buys into the Sunrise Oil and Gas Project (12/18)

• LHB PPP Ameasa Servisu Públiku ba Ita Nia Povu (11/18)

• In-depth article on Public-Private Partnership for Tibar Port (Eng/Tet) (10/18)

• After the oil runs dry: Timor-Leste economics and government finances (10/18)

• Productive economic sectors are essential for sustainable development in Timor-Leste (paper, PowerPoint and PDF of PowerPoint) (7/18)

• LHB Depois tinan 18: Presiza atu Husik Dolar Amerika?
  After 18 years: Should we drop the U.S. dollar? (5/18)

• LH Blog: 18 Years later: Should Timor drop the U.S. dollar?
  Depois tinan 18: Presiza atu husik Dolar Amerika? (3/18)

• Programa Radio Igualdade: Lian husi komunidade Atauro kona ba ZEESM (2/18)

• Perspetiva no Dezafiu hosi moeda lokál ba ekonomia TL (PowerPoint, PDF) (1/18)

• Background and links on proposed Private Investment Law and Policy, with links to several articles and submissions (6/17)

• Programa Radio Igualdade: Lei Investimentu Privadu (5/17)

• Presentation Timor-Leste’s oil wealth: financing government, building for development and providing for its people (also Powerpoint, article and blog) (5/17)

• Programa Radio Igualdade: Tanba tenke Diversifika Ekonomia? (2/17)

• LH Komentáriu Ba Diresaun Jerál Estatístika kona-ba Kestionariu Peskiza ba Atividade Negósiu 2015 nian (11/16)

• LH Blog: Spinning straw into gold: Facts remain true, regardless of public relations responding to government economic claims (11/16)
  Hafalun fatuk ho osan mean: Faktus mak faktus nafatin, maske relasaun públiku konta buat seluk (12/16)

• Street Vending: Threat to Social Order or Employment Opportunity? (10/16)

• Blog on Tibar Port in English or Tetum. (8/16)

• Employment in extractive industries (Empregu iha Atividades Estrativas), inklui submisaun husi LH (Tetum) (4/16)

• LH Blog: Private investment is a road, not a destination (mos Tetum) (4/16)
  Background and links on proposed Private Investment Law and Policy
  LH submission on Private Investment Policy (4/16)
  LH submission on Private Investment Law (3/16)

• LH Blog: Indicators have Consequences about Bayu-Undan being depleted
  Sinál perigu sei iha konsekuénsia (3/16)

• LH Blog: TL's Human Development Index dropping, but data is lacking (12/15)

• Fiscal Strategies and their Implications for Wealth Distribution presentation at ANU TL Update (also PowerPoint and black/white PDF) (11/15)

• Programa Radio Igualdade: Ekonomia Povu Ki'ik (7 MB Tetum audio) (8/15)

• LH Blog: Riches Beyond Imagination debunking exaggerated claims of TL's economic strength (7/15)

• Programa Radio Igualdade Hamenus Importasaun (7 MB Tetum audio) (6/15)

• Estratéjia ba Autosufisiensia foos: Hamenus Importasaun no Hamenus Dependénsia (6/15)

• Can the Petroleum Fund Exorcise the Resource Curse from TL? (also PDF) (6/14 and 6/15)

• Programa Radio Igualdade: Projetu Zona Ekonomiku Espesial Sosial Merkadu (ZEESM) (7 MB Tetum audio) (3/15)

• LH Blog: It takes more than money to achieve development: Lessons for and from Timor-Leste (2/15)

• TL government blocks publication of IMF Article IV report for 2014 (12/14)

• Programa Radio Igualdade TLDPM ba Asuntu Ekonomiku (7 MB Tetum audio) (11/14)

• Presentations from seminar on Poverty and Timor-Leste's Economic Development Strategy by La'o Hamutuk, Monash University researchers, Ministry of Finance and ADB (11/14)

• LH Presentation to 2014 TLDPM on Economic Strategic Sector (also Tetum) (7/14)

• Special Economic Zone / Zona Ekonómiku Espesiál iha Oecusse (7/14)

• Poverty and the Agricultural Household by Monash University (Eng/Tet) with LH comment (6/14)

• LH Radio Igualdade: Importasaun no Esportasaun (7 MB Tetum audio) (6/14)

• TL: The Political Economy of a Rentier State by Guteriano Neves (6/14)

• LH Blog The Double Digit disappears (also Double digit lakon ona) on lower GDP estimates (4/14)

• A look back at 2013 in Timor-Leste (1/14)

• LH submission to Dir-Gen of Statistics on revising the Business Activities Survey (10/13)

• Monash report Coffee, Poverty and Economic Development in TL (7/13)

• LH Blog on 2011 Business Activities Survey (also Tetum), National Accounts, Household Income and Expenditure Survey from RDTL General Directorate of Statistics and other documents (6/13)

• Mari Alkatiri presentation on Oecussi Special Economic Zone (5/13)

• LH submission on Consumer Price Index revision (also PDF and Tetum PDF) and results (6/13)

• Dili Launch of UN ESCAP Survey (MCIA and other speeches, La'o Hamutuk comment) (5/13)

• Treinamento ba Centru Peskiza Parlementu kona ba orsamentu no ekonomia (3/12)

Global Trade and Markets (including ASEAN)

• In-depth article on Public-Private Partnership for Tibar Port (Eng/Tet) (10/18)

• Timor-Leste's Private Investment Law and Policy (8/17)

• LH Blog: Private investment isn’t a panacea: We need investments which benefit Timor-Leste’s people, not only investors (6/17)

• LH position paper on Timor-Leste's accession to the World Trade Organization (also Tetum) (1/17)

• Radio Igualdade: Timor-Leste nia Preparasaun atu Adere ba ASEAN (10/16)

• Radio Igualdade: Projetu Portu Tibar ho Modelu Parseria Publiku Privadu (4/16)

• LH Blog: Private investment is a road, not a destination (4/16)
  LH submission on Private Investment Policy (4/16)
  LH submission on Private Investment Law (3/16)

• Timor-Leste and ASEAN by Douglas Kammen (4/13)

• ASEAN and Free Trade (also Tetum), with links to documents (10/10)

• Radio Igualdade: ASEAN Vantagen no Desvantagen (6 MB Tetum MP3) (8/10)

• LHB Jatropha: Jobs for farmers or fuel for foreigners?  (11/08)

• Commentary and documents about GTLESTE BIOTECH sugar cane agro-fuels project, including MOU with RDTL Ministry of Agriculture (5/08)

• LHB Pertamina's Dominance and implications for electricity in TL (12/04)

• Surat Popular: Merkadoria Mundial (Global Markets)

• LHB Editorial: Privatization and Profit in Developing Countries  (11/03)

• LHB The ADB and Privatization in Timor-Leste (3/03)

  LHB Editorial: Financial Independence (5/02)

• LHB Coffee in Timor-Leste and the World. Several reports (4/02)

• LHB Editorial: Challenging the Injustice of Coffee (4/02)

Timor-Leste State Finances (see also Petroleum Fund)

• Aprezentasaun Informasaun Importante ba MP sira (mos PowerPoint) kona-ba Sunrise, Tasi Mane no OJE2019 (12/18)

• Index page with analysis and documents on the 2019 General State Budget (12/18)
  Submisaun husi LH ba Parlamentu Nasional kona ba OJE 2019
  English translation of LH Submission to Parliament on the State Budget (11/18)

• Index page on Timor-Leste buys into the Sunrise Oil and Gas Project (12/18)

• LHB Sosa Partisipasaun iha Greater Sunrise husi ConocoPhillips (11/18)

• LHB PPP Ameasa Servisu Públiku ba Ita Nia Povu (11/18)

• Rights and Sustainability: LH briefing on key issues facing TL. Powerpoint or PDF (12/18)

• Making the Oil Companies Pay What They Owe about collecting unpaid taxes (11/18)

• Paper After the oil runs dry: Timor-Leste economics and government finances (10/18)

• Index page with analysis and documents on the 2017-2018 General State Budgets (Eng/Tet) (11/18)
  La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament on OJE 2018 (also Tetum) (8/18)
  LHB Sumáriu LH nia Submisaun kona-ba Proposta Lei OJE 2018 (11/18)
  La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament on OJE 2017 (also Tetum) and blog (11/16)
  La'o Hamutuk presentation to Parliamentary Seminar (Tetum) (11/16)

• LH Submission to Parliament on proposed 2018 State Budget (also Tetum) (8/18)

• Confronting the state's temporary cash flow problem / Enfrenta problema finansial temporáriu (9/18)
  LH Submission to Parliament (also Tetum)
  LH Press release (also Tetum) (7/18)

• Presentation Sustainability of Timor-Leste's State Finances (also Powerpoint) from ANU TL Update (6/18)

• Transparénsia Orsamentál dalan ba Boa Governasaun iha Timor-Leste (Powerpoint ka PDF) (5/18)

• LH/IBP press release As progress toward global budget transparency stalls for the first time in a decade, Timor-Leste scores “low” in providing information to its citizens about how public money is used (also Tetum)  (4/18)

• Blog: TL is borrowing more - will we be able to repay? (11/17)

• Attempted rectification of the 2017 State Budget (2/18)

• Presentation Mina, Deve no Sustentabilidade: TL nia planu ba empréstimu nia implikasaun ba futuru (also PowerPoint) (11/17)

• Timor-Leste is going into debt (also Tetum). Background, commentary, documents. (11/17)

• Blog Governu nia planu sedu … atu antisipa buat ruma?
  Advance planning … just in case (7/17)

• Presentation Oil, debt and sustainability: TL’s borrowing plans and their implications for the future / Mina, deve no sustentabilidade: TL nia planu empréstimu no nia implikasaun ba futuru (Also English PowerPoint, Tetum PowerPoint, English paper) (10/17)

• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Timor-Leste index page, with reports for 2008-2013 (3/17)

• Radio Igualdade Ezbosu Lei Impostu Ba Valor Akresentadu (VAT) (audio ka link, 11/16)
  Aprezentasaun rua husi LH no UN Women ba enkontru publiku proposed VAT (9/16)
  LH submission (also Tetum) to Fiscal Reform Commission on proposed VAT (8/16)

• Index page with analysis and documents on the 2016 General State Budget and rectification (English/Tetum) (10/18)
  Radio Igualdade: Orsamentu Retifikativu 2016 (7/16)
  LH submission (also Tetum) to President on 2016 Budget Rectification (7/16)
  LH submission (also blog and Tetum mós blog) to Parliament on 2016 Budget Rectification (7/16)

• LH letter to President (also Tetum) on original 2016 State Budget (12/15)
  Radio Igualdade: Proposta OJE 2016 (12/15)
  LH submission to Parliament (also Blog and Tetum; 11/15)
  LH blog 2016 budget proposal puts fantasies before people's needs (also Tetum, 11/15)
  LH presentation to Parliament (also Tetum; Powerpoints on Presentations page, 11/15)

• Revision of the Lifetime Pension laws, including La'o Hamutuk submission (Tetum) (7/16)

• Blog: Suai Supply Base contract cancelled; it’s time to cancel the project. (6/16)

• Index page with analysis and documents on Public-Private Partnership for Tibar Port  (English/Tetum) (6/16)

• Radio Igualdade: Projetu Portu Tibar ho Modelu Parseria Publiku Privadu (4/16)

• Radio Igualdade: Imprestimus no Sustentablidade Ekonomia Timor-Leste (2/16)

• LH Blog: TL's Human Development Index dropping, but data is lacking (12/15)

• Fiscal Strategies and their Implications for Wealth Distribution presentation at ANU TL Update (also PowerPoint and black/white PDF) (11/15)

• Radio Igualdade: Deve no Sustentablidade Ekonomia Timor-Leste (9/15)

• LH blog: TL falls short on Open Budget Index 2015 (also Tetum, English PDF, Tetum PDF, scorecard) (9/15)

• Oil running out is reality, not propaganda (LH letter responding to Parliamentary comments) (also blog and Tetum) (6/15)

• How long will the Petroleum Fund carry Timor-Leste? index page with paper (also Tetum), spreadsheet and other materials (6/15)
  How long will Timor-Leste's Petroleum Fund Last? (update)  (also blog) (6/15)

• Timor-Leste's oil and gas are going fast (also blog)
  Mina-rai no gas Timor-Leste nian besik hotu ho lalais (4/15)

• Index page with analysis and documents on the 2015 General State Budget (English/Tetum), including 2015-2017 Government program and rectification and many other materials in several languages (4/17)
  Radio Igualdade: Orsamentu Estadu Retifikativu 2015 (4/15)

• Radio Igualdade: Proposta Orsamentu Jeral Estadu ba 2015 (12/14)

• Presentation Is Fiscal Policy Sustainable? (also PDF); Polítika Fiskál Sustentavel ka lae? (also PDF) (3/15)

• LH letter urging consideration of fallen oil prices when revising the 2015 State Budget (also Tetum) (2/15)
  Ministry of Finance response to LH letter (also Tetum) (3/15)

• LH Blog: Transparency Initiative gets a little more opaque about EITI (2/15)

• Letter from La'o Hamutuk to Parliament on Agriculture (also Tetum) in State Budget (11/14)
  Letter from La'o Hamutuk to Parliament (also Tetum) on 2015 State Budget (11/14)

• It takes more than money to achieve development: some lessons from TL presentation to UN ESCAP conference (also Powerpoint) (10/14)

• LH letter asking for court audit of TimorGAP (Eng/Tetum) (2/15)

• Panorama Ekonomika no Politika Fiskál TL (H.Lopes, Min. Finansas) Powerpoint ka PDF (6/14)

• Sustentabilidade Fiskál ba TL (C.Scheiner, La'o Hamutuk) Powerpoint ka PDF (6/14)

• Public-Private Partnerships for Dili airport and Tibar port (also Tetum) with presentations from IFC/Government infrastructure conference and other information (5/14)

• Index page with analysis and documents on the 2014 State Budget (English/Tetum) (2/15)
  Also blogs on So much to do, so little time, with nobody watching (also Tetum)  and Handing out the Cash (1/14)
  Also Blog and LH letter to Parliament (also Tetum) on budget proposal (11/13)

• Treinamentu Analiza no monitor Orsamentu Jerál Estadu (Tetum, mos PDF) (11/13)

• LH Blog and letter (also Tetum) protesting award of school furniture contract to Chinese Nuclear Industry Construction Co. #22 (10/13)

• Aprezentasaun ba retratu anual Ajensia Nasional Dezenvolvimentu (ADN) (mos PDF) (7/13)

• LH Blog: How Long will the Petroleum Fund Carry Timor-Leste? (7/13)
  Also Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint and PDF

• Government's Yellow Road (budget) workshop presentations and documents (5/13)

• Index page with analysis and documents on the 2013 General State Budget (English/Tetum) (5/17)

• Interesting items on TL's Procurement Portal (English/Tetum), including presentation to Provedor on indications of maladministration or corruption (5/13)

• UNDP 2013 Human Development Report shows Timor-Leste slightly improved (4/13)

• Presentation on National Impact of Veterans Pensions (PDF English or Tetum, PowerPoint English or Tetum) also LH blog (English or Tetum) (3/13)

• Presentation on issues in GSB 2013 (PDF or PowerPoint) (also Tetum PDF or PowerPoint) (2/13)

• LH Submission to Parliament (also Tetum) on proposed 2013 General State Budget (1/13)

• Index page on mid-year rectification to 2012 State Budget (Eng/Tetum) with many documents (3/15)

• Powerpoint and handout (Tetum) of Treinamentu La'o Hamutuk fo ba Rede Edukasaun (TLCE) (12/12)

• La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament on 2011 State Accounts (Eng/Tetum) with many documents (12/12)

• EITI reports for 2010 and 2011 (12/12)

• Index to Petroleum Fund operations, including management agreements, Quarterly and Annual Reports and other information (Eng/Tetum.) (11/12)

• La'o Hamutuk submission to Parliament (also Tetum) on proposed mid-year budget rectification (10/12)

• ABC: Taxing Times in Timor transcript of TV documentary
  LH Blog: Filling gaps in Taxing Times (10/12)

• Making the Oil Companies Pay What They Owe about collecting unpaid taxes (11/12)

• UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty on TL, with report (also Tetum or Port.) and LH submission and Blog (6/12)

• How Timor-Leste got $10 billion ... and how quickly we will spend it all. (on LH blog, 5/12)

• Treinamento ba Centru Peskiza Parlementu kona ba orsamentu no ekonomia (3/12)

• Blog: Timor-Leste is going for broke. (also Tetum) (3/12)

• Blog: Borrowing from the Next Generation (3/12)

• Why Should Timor-Leste go into Debt? (also Tetum). Background, commentary, documents from 2009-2011. (2/12)

• Index page on 2012 State Budget (also Tetum) (3/12)

• If you spend $400 million, you don't have it any more (also blog) (3/12)

• LH letter to President Jose Ramos-Horta (also Tetum) raising concerns about the 2012 State Budget (12/11)

• Press release (also Tetum) and Preliminary Recommendations (also Tetum) from the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty (11/11)

• Compania Investimentu Timor-Leste, Investe ka Fakar Osan? (11/11)

• LH letter to Parliament Committee C (also Tetum) on the Appeals Court Opinion on the 2010 General State Accounts (also Port.) (10/11)

• LH submission to Parliament Committee C on the proposed 2012 State Budget (also Tetum) (10/11)

• Deve no Problema sira ba Timor-Leste husi Guteriano Neves iha Diario Nasional (9/11)

• Index page with summary, links and documents on the Strategic Development Plan (9/11)

• Groups worldwide urge debt-free Timor-Leste not to borrow. Statement and press release from 117 Timorese and international organizations (English/Tetum) (9/11)

• Some thoughts from LH for the Regional EITI Conference (also Tetum) (8/11)

• LH preliminary analysis (also Tetum) and summary of analysis (also Tetum) of Strategic Development Plan (also Portuguese) approved by Parliament (7/11)

• Presentation by LH about TL's Economy and State Budget to UNTL/Victoria University Conference on Knowledge, Attitudes and Skills (also Tetum) (7/11)

• LH Treinamentu kona-ba Orsamentu Jeral Estadu RDTL 2011 - rekursu, aprezentasaun, no sst. (5/11)

• UNDP 2011 National Human Development Report for Timor-Leste (also Tetum) with La'o Hamutuk comment (also Tetum and Tetum slideshow) (5/11)

• LH Timor-Leste Human Development Index unchanged in global 2010 UNDP report (5/11)

• Analysis of the draft of the Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030 (also Tetum), including May 2010 leaked draft plan, slide show of Prime Minister's public consultation, leaked contract and TOR, and many other documents (4/11)

• Understanding the 2011 Budget (also Tetum) graphs of allocation and execution (2/11)

• Ministry of Finance presentation on Strategic Development Plan (2/11)

• LH article We Must Respect the Constitutional Principles of the President’s Duties (also Tetum) about JRH seeking court advice before promulgating the 2011 State Budget (2/11)

• LH letter to Parliament Committee C about 2011 State Budget (also Tetum) (1/11)

• LH letter to the IMF about their reports on public financial management (12/10) and IMF response (1/11)

• LH submission to Parliament Committee C on 2011 State Budget (also PDF and Tetum) (12/10)

• LH submission to Parliament Committee D on 2011 State Budget (also PDF and Tetum) (12/10)

• 2011 General State Budget for Timor-Leste (12/10)

• 2010 mid-year budget rectification index page, with links to many documents (9/10)

• Radio Igualidade: Orsamentu Rektifikativu 2010 (6 MB Tetum MP3) (6/10)

• Submission from La'o Hamutuk on mid-year budget rectification (6/10)

• Radio Igualidade: Timor-Leste atu Debe? (6 MB Tetum MP3) (5/10)

• LHB: Donor, oil and other money in Timor-Leste since 1999 (2/10)

• LH Timór-Leste atu Debe: Lojika ka La’e? (11/09)

• LH Orsamentu Jeral Estadu 2010 hatutan nafatin dalan ba ‘Malisan Rekursu’ (11/09)

• LH Submission to Parliament on 2010 General State Budget (also Tetum) and corrective letter (also Tetum) (11/09)

• 2010 General State Budget for Timor-Leste, including Budget Documents, analysis and Preliminary comments by LH (also Tetum) (10/09)

• LH Timor-Leste Human Development Index unchanged in 2009 UNDP report (10/09)

• NGO Forum submission (also Tetum) on proposed budget and financial management law (9/09)

• Briefing Paper: How much money have international donors spent on and in Timor-Leste? (also Tetum) (8/09)

• LHB: Estimating Sustainable Income  (also Tetum) (6/09)

• Orsamento Estadu 2009: Prudente ka lae? Three newspaper articles debating whether the budget brings the resource curse to TL (Tetum, 4/09)

• LH analysis of prudence and sustainability in calculating the Estimated Sustainable Income (also Tetum) (3/09)

• LH article 2009 State Budget: Who does it benefit? (also Tetum) (1/09)

• LH Submission on TL budget for 2009 (also Tetum), (1/09)
  Also submissions from FONGTIL, Ba Los, and ETADEP (all Tetum)

• Topic page on RDTL State Budget for 2009, with links (12/08)

• LH Desijaun Tribunal Rekursu iha Nasaun de Direitu Demokrátiku (11/08)

• LHB Editorial: Budget Invites Resource Curse (11/08)

• LHB Budgeting for the future (11/08)

• Appeals court rules mid-year budget unconstitutional
  Text of ruling (Portuguese), Complaint (Portuguese) and many other links (11/08)

• LH training for journalists on the budget (also Tetum and Powerpoints in Tetum and English) and annotated budget (10/08)

• LHB Editorial and report on Public Meeting regarding the new tax law (8/08)

• Summary of the new Tax Reform law (7/08)

• Core Group analysis of Economic Stabilization Fund (also Tetum)  (7/08)

• Mid-Year update to the 2008 RDTL State Budget, information and analysis about the 122% increase (11/08)

• Budget Execution Reports for July-Dec 2007 and Jan-Mar 2008, Jan-Jun 2008, and Jan-Sep 2008 (11/08)

• Proposed domestic tax reform legislation, with many documents, texts, testimonies and hearing schedule (5/08)

• RDTL State Budget for 2008 (2/08)
  UNDP Budget Highlights pamphlet. (12/07)

• LHB Editorial: World Bank Recommends Neo-Liberal Pathway, Again (1/08)

• Timor-Leste declines in UNDP Human Development Ranking (12/07)

• Fourth Constitutional Government of RDTL: Structure, Program, Budget and members (10/07)

• LHB Editorial: Parliament, Don't pass greedy pension laws (3/07)

• Save the people’s money! (stop lifetime pensions for former members of parliament) (1/07)

• LHB Timor-Leste will be one of the most oil-dependent countries in the world (11/05)

• LHB Seven Ways to Meet Timor-Leste’s Financial Gap (3/04)

• LHB The Banking and Payments Authority (BPA) (1/04)

• LH Statement to the Development Partners Meeting also Portuguese (12/03)

• LHB Development Partners conference (8/03).
  See also Joint NGO Statement to the Development Partners Meeting (6/03)

• LHB A Review of the First Year of the Transition Support Program, including diagrams about all public sector spending in Timor-Leste (5/03)

• LHB Editorial: A Brief Overview of the National Development Plan (8/02)

• LHB Editorial: Dollarization and Democracy (6/01)

• LHB Funding Timor-Leste's Reconstruction: An Overview of the UNTAET and ETTA budgets, where they come from and how they are spent (including diagrams) (4/01)

• LHB Editorial: Equipment Should Stay after UNTAET Leaves (4/01)

• LHB Taxes in Timor-Leste (4/01)

• LHB Editorial: Money Matters: Priorities and Process (4/01)

• LHB Funding the Health Sector (11/00)

Corruption (see also State Finances above)

• Governance and financial sustainability weakened as TL buys into Greater Sunrise (11/18)

• Bobby Boye: Convict, Advisor and Fraud (also Tetum) (11/18)
  Blog: Boye in prison, appeals sentence (1/16)
  Blog: Boye sentenced to six years in federal prison (10/15)
  Blog: Boye pleads guilty - must repay TL $3.5 million (4/15)
  Blog: Rekoñese sala - Boye tenke selu fila fali tokon $3.5 ba TL (4/15)

• The U.S. MCC anti-corruption program in Timor-Leste (12/17)

• Blog: Hyundai E&C’s history of corruption (12/15)

• Making the Oil Companies Pay What They Owe about collecting unpaid taxes (11/18)

• LH letter asking for court audit of TimorGAP (2/15)

• CPLP should not Admit Equatorial Guinea (7/14)

• Blog: Timor-Leste has been robbed! ka Nauk ona Timor-Leste (6/14)

• Blog: Checking the Petroleum Regulators (mos Kontrolu ba Reguladór Petróleu sira) about audit of ANP (4/14)
  Also Court of Appeals Audit Report on the National Petroleum Authority (also Portuguese)
  Court of Appeals Audit Findings on UNTL (also complete report in Portuguese) (3/14)

• Interesting items on the Procurement Portal (Eng/Tet), including presentation (PDF English or Tetum, PowerPoint English or Tetum) and Spreadsheet on indications of maladministration or corruption (3/13)

• Perceiving Corruption Accurately - explaining TL's improvement on the Transparency Int'l Corruption Perceptions Index (on LH Blog) (12/12)

• Aprezentasaun: Malisan Rekursu no Korrupsaun (mos PDF) (11/12)

• LH letter (also Tetum) to Provedor and Anti-Corruption Commissioner about the Government paying more for fuel (also Tetum) than the total amount imported into Timor-Leste (10/12)

• The TimorGAP National Oil Company, including risks of corruption (9/12)

• Ten Billon Dollars is a Tempting Target (also Tetum) (7/12)

• LH submission to Parliament Committee C (Tetum) and other information on the draft Anti-Corruption Law (6/11)

• LH presentation Risku Korrupsaun no Malisan Rikusoin Akompanha Dependensia ba Esportasaun Mina Rai (also English) (2/11)

• The World Bank's Doing Business 2011 report and Timor-Leste (11/10)

• Briefing Paper: How much money have international donors spent on and in Timor-Leste? (also Tetum) (8/09)

• LHB: It takes more than a Commission to end corruption (also Tetum) (6/09)

• LH Submission on draft Anti-Corruption Commission Law (also Tetum) (2/09)
  Also texts of draft (Eng) and promulgated (Portuguese) Laws

• LH statements at Parliamentary anti-corruption conference (9/08)

Education (see also Popular Education below)

• LHB Parlamentu reversa mudansa iha kurríkulu (11/18)

• The National Curriculum for Preschool and Primary Education (9/18)
  Kurríkulu Nasionál ba Pre-eskolár no Ensinu Báziku
  O Currículo Nacional para o Pré-Escolar e para o 1º e 2º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

• LHB Editorial: Aprende husi Pasadu hodi Halo Polítika Edukasaun
  Learning from the past to make education policy (5/18)

• LHB ONG sira Rejeita Alterasaun Dekretu-Lei kona-ba Kurríkulu Nasionál Pre-eskolár no Ensinu Báziku
  NGOs reject changes in curriculum decree-laws (5/18)

• LH Blog: Aprende husi pasadu hodi konstrui polítika edukasaun
  Learning from our past to craft educational policy (4/18)

• Radio Igualdade: Toos Eskolar/School Garden (8/16)

• Court of Appeals Audit Findings on UNTL (also complete report in Portuguese) (3/14)

• LH Blog and letter protesting award of school furniture contract to Chinese Nuclear Industry Construction Co. #22 (10/13)

• Powerpoint (4MB) and handout (Tetum) of Treinamentu La'o Hamutuk fo ba Rede Edukasaun (TLCE) kona ba Orsamentu Estadu no edukasaun (12/12)

• LHB Vocational Education, as supported by Portugal and Brazil (9/07)

• LHB Higher Education in Timor-Leste (3/03)

• LHB Portuguese Aid to Timor-Leste, including Portuguese support for education (10/02)

• LHB School Furniture: Looking at a World Bank-UNTAET/ETTA Project  (8/01)

Aid to Timor-Leste (see also Donors Conferences below)

• The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation in Timor-Leste with information about annual scorecards and the anti-corruption program (12/17)

• Radio Igualdade: Objetivu Dezenvolvimentu Sustentavel (7/16)

• Lala'ok ajudu doadór iha TL (mos PDF) aprezentasaun (2/15)

• It takes more than money to achieve development: some lessons from TL presentation to UN ESCAP conference (also Powerpoint and blog) (10/14)

• Resposta husi LH ba Avaliasaun Akordu Foun estadu TL (2/14)
  Final report of New Deal Survey (3/14)

• LH comment on USAID concept paper: “Economic growth integrated project for private sector competitiveness, agriculture and global climate change” (11/13)

• Australian Parliamentary Inquiry submissions and hearing transcripts (5/13)

• LH submission to Australian Parliamentary Inquiry on Australia's relationship with Timor-Leste (3/13)

• LH aprezentasaun Feto iha New Deal (mos PowerPoint) (2/13)

• Komentáriu husi LH ba ezbosu ekuadramentu ba avaliasaun frajilidade Objetivu ba Harii Paz no Harii Estadu (8/12)

• Wikileaks-released cables from U.S. embassies and State Department relating to Timor-Leste (7/12)

• La'o Hamutuk submission on draft TL country report for process on Aid Effectiveness in Fragile States (5/11)

• 2011 OECD process on Aid Effectiveness in Fragile States, including draft country report (4/11)

• Radio Igualidade: Efektividade husi Ajudus (6 MB Tetum MP3) (4/10)

• LHB: Donor, oil and other money in Timor-Leste since 1999 (2/10)

• Briefing Paper: How much money have international donors spent on and in Timor-Leste? (also Tetum) (8/09)

• LHB Cuban support for health in Timor-Leste (8/08)

• LHB Oecusse Community Activation Program (OCAP) (1/08)

• Timor-Leste declines in UNDP Human Development Ranking (12/07)

• LHB: Re-orienting La'o Hamutuk's Approach (9/07)

• LHB Vocational Education, as supported by Portugal and Brazil (9/07)

• Forum Tau Matan cancels an AusAID-funded project because AusAID had abrogated a contract with them for political reasons two years earlier (see 10/05 below) (7/07)

• LH Timor-Leste slips slightly in UNDP Human Development Index (11/06)

• The Paradox of Aid in Timor-Leste (7/06), paper presented by La'o Hamutuk at the University of Brasilia

• LH Suggestions for the Next United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (6/06)

• LHB European Community Aid to Timor-Leste,  Rural Development Program (12/05)

• LHB UNDP Human Development Report Provides Insights for Timor-Leste (11/05)

• LH press release on AusAID revocation of a grant to a Timorese NGO in response to their calling for a fair maritime boundary (10/05)
  LHB Editorial (11/05)

• LHB Portuguese-Speaking countries (CPLP) aid to Timor-Leste (8/05)

• LHB The RESPECT Program in Timor-Leste (12/04).
  Our Bulletin later published a letter from UNDP and LH comment on this article (4/05)

• Lessons Learned: The Community Empowerment and Local Governance Project  Report by Rolling Think Tank (3/04)

• LHB Seven Ways to Meet Timor-Leste’s Financial Gap (3/04)

• LHB Brazilian Aid to Timor-Leste (8/03)

• LHB Analyzing Australian Aid and Military Assistance to Timor-Leste (12/02)

• LHB Portuguese Aid to Timor-Leste, including Portuguese support for education (10/02)

• LHB Japanese Aid to Timor-Leste (8/02)

• LHB Editorial: A Brief Overview of the National Development Plan (8/02)

• LHB What’s Behind China’s Support for Timor-Leste? (5/02)

• LHB United States Government Aid to Timor-Leste (4/02)

• LHB An Assessment of Pilot Agricultural Service Centers in Timor-Leste (2/02)

• LHB Bilateral Aid to Timor-Leste: An Overview (12/01)

• LHB Editorial: Donors Should Be Generous, Without Strings (12/01)

• LHB School Furniture: Looking at a World Bank-UNTAET/ETTA Project  (8/01)

• LHB Can Timor-Leste survive the aid industry? Some questions from Mozambique (6/01)

• LHB Funding Timor-Leste's Reconstruction: An Overview of the UNTAET and ETTA budgets, where they come from and how they are spent (including diagrams) (4/01)

• LHB Editorial: Money Matters: Priorities and Process (4/01)

• LHB Evaluation of Humanitarian Aid Process Released by UNTAET (7/00)

• LHB Editorial: Charity or Justice? (7/00)

Donors (Development Partners) Conferences

• La'o Hamutuk observations for the Conference on the SDG Roadmap, blog (5/17)

• Documents relating to 2016 TL and Development Partners Meeting (7/16)

• Documents relating to 2015 TL and Development Partners Meeting (8/15)
  Programa Radio Igualdade konaba TLDPM (7 MB Tetum audio) (6/15)

• Documents relating to 2014 TL and Development Partners Meeting (7/14)
  LH Presentation to TLDPM on Economic Strategic Sector (also Tetum)
  Programa Radio Igualdade TLDPM ba Asuntu Ekonomiku (11/14)

• 2013 TL and Development Partners Meeting, including PowerPoint presentation by La'o Hamutuk (also PDF) (also Tetum PowerPoint and PDF) and many other speeches, presentations and documents (6/13)

• Documents relating to 2012 Development Partners Meeting. (5/12)
  Also FONGTIL statement (also Tetum)

• Documents relating to 2011 Development Partners Meeting.  Also La'o Hamutuk statement. (7/11)

• Documents relating to 2010 Development Partners Meeting.  Also NGO statement, Rede Feto Statement. (4/10)

• Documents relating to 2009 Development Partners Meeting.  Also NGO statement, Rede Feto Statement. (4/09)

• Documents relating to 2008 Development Partners Meeting.  Also NGO statement, background paper from government, Prime Minister's speech. (3/08)

• LH Statement to 2003 Development Partners Meeting: English / Portuguese (12/03)

• LHB Development Partners conference (8/03)
  See also Joint NGO Statement to the Development Partners Meeting (6/03)

• LHB Report on 12/02 Donors' conference (3/03)

• LHB Donor Pledges (8/02)

• LHB Report from the May 2002 Dili Donors Conference (7/02)

• LHB Report from the Oslo Donors’ Conference on Timor-Leste (2/02)

• LHB NGO Forum Raises Concerns to Donors (7/01)

United Nations

• UN Periodic Reviews of  Human Rights in Timor-Leste (English/Tetum)
  Includes Universal and Torture reviews (3/18)

• La'o Hamutuk observations for the Conference on the SDG Roadmap, blog (5/17)

• Radio Igualdade: Objetivu Dezenvolvimentu Sustentavel (7/16)

• It takes more than money to achieve development: some lessons from TL presentation to UN ESCAP conference (also Powerpoint and blog) (10/14)

• Dili Launch of UN ESCAP Survey (MCIA and other speeches, La'o Hamutuk comment) (5/13)

• UNDP 2013 Human Development Report shows Timor-Leste slightly improved (also Tetum) (4/13)

• La'o Hamutuk's ultimate letter to the UN Security Council about justice, sustainable development and not forgetting Timor-Leste (also Tetum press release) (11/12)

• Analysis of words spoken in the UN Security Council during 138 hours of debate on TL 1999-2012 (11/12)

• UNMIT history, current activities, and relevant documents (11/12)

• Prime Minister letter to UN Secretary-General and S-G report on UNMIT (also Tetum) (10/12)

• UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty on TL, with report (also Tetum or Port.) and LH submission and Blog (6/12)

• LH letter to the UN Security Council about justice and equitable, sustainable development. (2/12)

• LH letter to the UN Security Council about the S-G's latest UNMIT report (11/11)

• UNDP 2011 global Human Development Report shows Timor-Leste barely changed (11/11)

• UNDP 2011 National Human Development Report for Timor-Leste (also Tetum) with La'o Hamutuk comment (also Tetum and Tetum slideshow) (5/11)

• LH Timor-Leste Human Development Index unchanged in global 2010 UNDP report (5/11)

• Letter from Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal to the UN Security Council (also Tetum) about justice (2/11)

• Letter from La'o Hamutuk to the UN Security Council analyzing Secretary-General's report on UNMIT (2/10)

• Letter from Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal to the UN Security Council about justice (2/10)

• Analysis of words about justice used in the UN Security Council debates and resolutions during the past ten years. (also Tetum)  (12/09)

• La'o Hamutuk letter to UN Security Council on justice and other issues. Also PDFs of letter and annex. (10/09)

• LH Timor-Leste Human Development Index unchanged in 2009 UNDP report (10/09)

• LH Submission to Australian Parliamentary Inquiry on Human Rights Mechanisms and the Asia-Pacific, as well as submission from Clinton Fernandes (12/08)

• UNMIT Transitional Strategy and Appeal (3/08)

• UNMIT-RDTL Agreement about investigation of 1999 Serious crimes (2/08)

• UN sets justice bar low, then declines to jump (2/08)

• Timor-Leste declines in UNDP Human Development Ranking (12/07)

• LHB Screening PNTL back into service (6/07)

• LHB Lessons for the UN from Timor-Leste (3/07)

• LHB Public Meeting on PNTL-UNPOL Cooperation (3/07)

• 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 (1/07)

• UNMIT-RDTL Arrangement on how the UN  police will work with the Timorese Police (12/06)

• LH Timor-Leste slips slightly in UNDP Human Development Index (11/06)

• Debate over placing foreign troops in Timor-Leste under UN command (8/06)
  includes statements from La'o Hamutuk, TL NGO Forum, IFET, James Dunn and many UN and RDTL Documents.

• The Paradox of Aid in Timor-Leste (7/06), paper presented by La'o Hamutuk at the University of Brasilia

• LH Suggestions for the Next United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (6/06)
  summary press release

• LHB Assessment of UNMISET Advisors (8/05)

• LHB Civil Society Forum statement on Millennium Development Goals (1/04)

• Open Letter to UNMISET (7/03). This letter was printed as an LHB Editorial: What should UNMISET do now? (8/03)

• LHB UNDP Workshop on Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh (5/03)

• LHB UNMISET and Internal Security in Timor-Leste (5/03)

• LHB Hiroshima UN Conference on Post-Conflict Reconstruction (3/03)

• Disorder in Timor-Leste: The International Community Must Accept Responsibility; also Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia (12/02)

• LHB Timor-Leste joins United Nations (10/02)

• LHB Special Report on Electricity (8/02)
  LHB UNDP letter on Japan's aid to the Power Sector, and LH Response (12/02)

  LHB Timor-Leste Faces Post-UNTAET Challenges (5/02)

• Can the Rule of Law Prevail? Pressure from UN HQ Exacerbates Amos W Tax Controversy. Bahasa version (3/02)
  Also: Response from UNTAET (3/02)

• LHB An Assessment of the UN’s Police Mission in Timor-Leste (2/02)

• LHB The United Nations, Gender Affairs, and Timor-Leste (8/01)

• LHB Reconstruction and Transition: What are the Next Steps? (7/01)

• LHB UNTAET-World Bank Background Paper (7/01)

• LHB Planning for the Post-UNTAET Era (7/01)

• E. Timor NGOs protest UN police predictions of election violence with CivPol response (3/01) and LHB Editorial (4/01)

• LH on UNTAET Gag Rule (1/01)

• LHB World Health Organization Report on Timor-Leste Health Situation (11/00)

• LHB Environmental Health: UNTAET and Asbestos (7/00)

• LHB Evaluation of Humanitarian Aid Process Released by UNTAET (7/00)

• LHB Timor-Leste's Reconstruction: Much to celebrate, and much yet to accomplish (6/00)

Japanese Peacekeepers

• LHB Public hearing on Timorese WWII comfort women (4/06)

• LHB Japanese Peacekeepers in Timor-Leste (8/02)

• LHB Why Refuse the Japanese Self-Defense Force? (2/02)

• Timor-Leste NGO letter to Japan on Peacekeepers (12/01)

• ET NGOs on Japanese Peacekeepers (3/01)

Militarization and War

• LH submission to Australian Parliamentary Inquiry on Australia's relationship with Timor-Leste (3/13)

• Eleisaun no distorsaun atensaun públiku ba Seguransa (3/12)

• Foreign Soldiers should stay out of Timorese Politics, about the ISF causing community unease (5/10)

• LH letter to Chief of Australian Defence Force about ISF accountability (3/10)

• LH letter to Xanana Gusmão about humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka (also Tetum) (2/09)

• Statement from Timor-Leste Solidarity for the Palestinian People in Gaza (English and Tetum) (1/09)

• LH Submission to Australian Parliamentary Inquiry on Human Rights Mechanisms and the Asia-Pacific, as well as submission from Clinton Fernandes (12/08)

• 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 (1/07)

• Penentuan nasib sendiri bukan sekedar merdeka secara politis: Perkembangan terbaru di Timor-Leste (10/06)

• Self-determination requires more than political independence: Recent developments in Timor-Leste paper for conference on International Law and the Question of Western Sahara, Netherlands (10/06)

• Status of Forces Agreements for foreign troops and police deployed to Timor-Leste (5/06), plus 2002 agreements with the United Nations and the United States on the status of their forces in Timor-Leste.

• Debate over placing foreign troops in Timor-Leste under UN command (10/06)
  includes statements from La'o Hamutuk, TL NGO Forum, IFET, James Dunn and many UN and RDTL Documents.

• LH Suggestions for the Next United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (6/06)

• LHB Public hearing on Timorese WWII comfort women (4/06)

• LHB Transforming FALINTIL into F-FDTL (4/05)

• LHB Editorial: The U.S. Must Respect Iraqi Sovereignty and Global Peace  (3/04)

• LHB Editorial: Military Operation in Aceh (8/03)

• LHB UNMISET and Internal Security in Timor-Leste (5/03)

• LHB Editorial: No War Against Iraq! (3/03).
  See also report and photos of 15 Feb. 2003 Dili demonstration against the impending war.

• LHB Timor-Leste Puts U.S. Soldiers Above the Law (12/02)

• LHB Analyzing Australian Military Assistance to Timor-Leste (12/02)

• LHB Editorial: Independence and Impunity (Timor-Leste exempts U.S. personnel from the International Criminal Court) (10/02)

• LHB USGET and DynCorp, Inc. (4/02)

• LHB International Responsibility to oppose violence (4/02)

• LHB An Assessment of the UN’s Police Mission in Timor-Leste (2/02)

• LHB United States Permission for 1975 Invasion Confirmed (2/02)

• LHB Commentary: International Security Forces and Sexual Misconduct (8/01)

• LHB FALINTIL and the Responsibility of the International Community (6/00)

Land rights

• LHB Prosesu Rejistrasaun Rai iha Munisípiu Covalima (11/18)

• Presentation: The new Land Laws and their likely Impact in Rural Areas (also PDF, 6/18)

• LHB Lei ba Rai promulga ona: Sei kontinua prosesu dezenvolve lei no dekretu-lei komplementáriu
  Land law promulgated: Continue to develop complementary laws (5/18)

• Atualizasaun prosesu pakote Lei ba Rai iha Timor-Leste (10/17)

• Creating a Mining Code / Dezenvolve Kódigu Mineiru ba Timor-Leste (Eng/Tet) (4/17)

• LH submission to Parliament (Tet.) on draft law on Special Regime for Property Titling (Port.) (6/16)
  Blog: Hanoin balu kona ba proposta Lei ba Rai

• LH submission to Parliament (Tet.) on draft Expropriation Law (Port.) (6/16)
  Report from Parliament Committee A (Port.)

• LH Radio Igualdade: Ezbosu Lei ba Rai (7 MB Tetum audio) (5/16)

• Karta aberta husi Rede ba Rai Hodi Husu Konsellu Ministru atu Hatama Fali Kapitulu VIII ba Lei Rejime Espesiál kona-ba Definisaun Titularidade Bens Imôveis iha relasaun ba ezbosu lei husi Ministeriu Justisa Marsu 2015 (4/16)

• LH Submisaun ba Prezidente kona-ba ezbosu Dekretu-Lei kona-ba Rai no Suai Supply Base (10/14)

• LH Radio Igualdade: Esbosu Lei ba Rai tolu (7 MB Tetum audio) (6/14)

• Aprezentasaun Oinsá polítika rai fó impaktu ba moris sosiál? (also PDF) (3/14

• Land Tensions in Timor-Leste. presentation to ANU Timor-Leste Update conference (11/13)

• LHB: Whom will the land laws empower? (also Tetum) (7/13)
  Also New Books on Land Consultation and Glossary

• Aprezentasaun ba TLSA Oinsá polítika rai fó impaktu ba moris sosiál? (also PDF) (7/13)

• Submisaun husi Rede ba Rai kona-ba Pakotu Lei ba Rai Tolu (2/13)

• Invitation to political party debate about access to land (Tetum) (6/12)
  Notes from that debate (Tetum) (7/12)

• Rede ba Rai urges Parliament to wait until after the election to pass land laws (Tetum) (5/12)

• President vetoes three land laws after Parliament approves them (English/Tetum) (3/12)

• Fahe Sertifikadu Efeitu Registu Bele Resolve Problema Rai? (also English) (12/11)

• Sumisaun LH nian ba Parlamentu kona-ba esboso Lei ba Rai no Lei Expropriasaun (9/11)

• Surat Popular on Esbosu Lei ba Rai (10/10)

• The draft RDTL Civil Code. Analysis, submissions from LH (also Tetum) and others, drafts and more (English/Tetum) (10/10)

• Radio Igualidade: Agrikultor nia Direitu ba Rai (6 MB Tetum MP3) (7/10)

• Who will get land under the draft transitional Land Law? analysis (5/10)

• Land compensation analysis of draft Real Estate Finance Fund Law (5/10)

• When is it fair for the State to take private land? about draft Expropriation law (also Tetum) (4/10)

• Transitional Land Law index page with links to drafts, analyses and documents (also Tetum)(4/10)

• LHB: Land Justice and the Transitional Land Law (also Tetum) (2/10)

• LH submission on transitional Land Law (also Tetum) (10/09)

• Land Processes in Timor-Leste – information on the USAID Strengthening Property Rights Program and Ita Nia Rai process, Land Laws, Customary Land (also Tetum) (6/09)

Agriculture

• Radio Igualdade: Tanba sa Tenke Promove Agro-Ekolojia no Biodiversidade (9/18)

• HASATIL statement for World Food Day: Promove Ai-han Lokál Nutritivu hodi Hakotu Hamlaha no Mal-nutrisaun iha Timor-Leste (10/18)

• Radio Igualdade: Soberania Ai-han (6/18)

• Radio Igualdade: Indústria Ki’ik Prosesamento Produtu Agríkola (5/18)

• LHB Semináriu Nasionál: Dezafiu no Poténsia Indústria Ki’ik Prosesamentu Produtu Agríkola iha TL
  National Seminar on challenges and potential for small agricultural processors (5/18)

• LH submission on draft Mechanization Policy (3/18)

• Blog Semináriu kona-ba Dezafiu no Poténsia Indústria Ki’ik Prosesamentu Produtu Agríkola iha TL (2/18)

• Polítika Agrikultura / Agriculture Policy in Timor-Leste (10/17)

• HASATIL Komunikadu ba Imprensa kona-ba Loron Mundiál Ai-Han (10/17)

• Radio Igualdade: Revizaun Polítika Agrikultura Nasionál Timor-Leste (9/17)

• LH submission on Draft Pesticide Policy (also Tetum) (7/17)

• Apresentasaun Dezafiu ba Indústria Ki'ik Prosesamentu Produtu Agríkola iha Timor-Leste (mos PowerPoint, 6/17)

• LH comment on Draft Agriculture Policy and Strategic Framework (6/17)
  Draft Agriculture Policy and Strategic Framework from Ministry of Agriculture

• Radio Igualdade: Toos Eskolar/School Garden (8/16)

• Radio Igualdade: Politika Agrikultura Sustentavel (7 MB Tetum audio) (2/16)

• Radio Igualdade: Oinsa Utiliza Jardim Uma Hun (7 MB Tetum audio) (8/15)

• Radio Igualdade: Agrikultor sira nia lian (7 MB Tetum audio) (7/15)

• Estratéjia ba Autosufisiensia foos: Hamenus Importasaun no Hamenus Dependénsia (6/15)

• Radio Igualdade: Konsellu Nasional Seguransa, Soberania Alimentar Nutrisaun Timor-Leste (KONSSANTIL) (7 MB Tetum audio) (3/15)

• Letter from LH to Parliament on Agriculture (also Tetum) in the 2015 State Budget (11/14)

• Radio Igualdade: Agrobiodiversidade (10/14)

• Radio Igualdade: Karateristika Fini Hibrida no GMO (10/14)

• Poverty and the Agricultural Household by Monash University (Eng/Tet) with LH comment (6/14)

• LH Comments on Draft National Action Plan for Zero Hunger Challenge (also Tetum) (5/14)

• Radio Igualdade: Politika Seguransa aihan no agrikultura sustentavel (audio, 7MB) (5/14)

• LH Second submission to MAF and FAO on TL National Food and Nutrition Policy (also Tetum) (4/14)

• Radio Igualdade: Politika Fini (audio, 7MB) (1/14)

• LH submission on National Food and Nutrition Security Policy (12/13)

• LH nia Komentáriu kona ba “Papél Konseitu USAID ba Projetu Integradu ba Kreximentu Ekonómiku ba Kompetitividade Setór Privadu, Agrikultura no Mudansa Klimátika Global” (also English) (11/13)

• HASATIL statement for World Food Day (also Tetum, Portuguese and Bahasa Indonesia) (10/13)

• LHB: Food Sovereignty and Food Security (also Tetum) (7/13)

• Aprezentasaun ba Konferensia VU/UNTL nian Polítika Nasional Fini Timor-Leste no nia implikasaun (mos PDF) (7/13)

• Monash report Coffee, Poverty and Economic Development in TL (7/13)

• LH second submission on draft national seed policy (Sumariu iha Tetum) (3/13)

• Aprezentasaun husi LH: Politika Fini Timor-Leste no nia implikasaun ba ita nia moris (PowerPoint no PDF) (11/12)

• Valoriza Agrikultor sira-nia Lian no sira-nia Matenek. Relatoriu LH nian Konsultasaun ho Agrikultor-sira (9/11)
  Inklui aprezentasaun no relatoriu tomak and English translation Valuing Farmers' Words and Wisdom.

• Sosiedade Sivil no Movimentu Agrikultor iha Timor-Leste (Tetum/English) (1/11)

• LH: Planu Asaun MAP 2011 vs Agrikultor nia Nesesidade (Timor Post, 12/10)

• Radio Igualidade: Planu Asaun Ministeriu Agrikultura no Pescas (6 MB Tetum MP3) (12/10)

• Radio Igualidade: Dezafiu Agrikultor iha Area Rural (6 MB Tetum MP3) (9/10)

• Radio Igualidade: Agrikultor nia lian kona-ba servisu Ministeriu Agrikultura iha baze (6 MB Tetum MP3) (7/10)

• Radio Igualidade: Agrikultura Organiku (6 MB Tetum MP3) (5/10)

• Radio Igualidade: Loron Luta Agrikultor nian (6 MB Tetum MP3) (4/10)

• LHB: Consolidate La Via Campesina in East & Southeast Asia (6/09)

• Surat Popular Fabrika Ai-oan Mutin iha Carabela (5/09)

• Commentary and documents about five agro-fuels projects, including MOUs and other documents (12/08)

• LHB Jatropha: Jobs for farmers or fuel for foreigners?  (11/08)

• LHB Agrofuels, land rights and agreements (11/08)

• LHB Oecusse Community Activation Program (OCAP) (1/08)

• LHB The Government's Agriculture Program (1/08)

• LHB European Union Rural Development Program (11/05)

• LHB Exchange with Philippines on agrarian reform (4/05)

• LHB Exchange participants return from Cuba on health and agriculture (1/04), Participants launch book on Cuba's experience (12/05)

• Surat Popular: Agriculture

• LHB Coffee in Timor-Leste and the World. Several reports (4/02)

• LHB Editorial: Challenging the Injustice of Coffee (4/02)

• LHB An Assessment of Pilot Agricultural Service Centers in Timor-Leste (2/02)

• LHB Sustainable Agriculture in Timor Lorosa’e (2/02)

• LHB Assessing the World Bank’s Agricultural Project (12/00)

Elections

• LHB Ema ho defisiénsia iha direitu atu partisipa iha prosesu eleitorál no polítika (11/18)

• LH Blog: Hamutuk ita bele! Fiar an, la’o ba oin!
  Together we can! Trust in ourselves, move forward! (7/18)

• Eighth Constitutional Government and its Program (Eng/Port/Tet) (7/18)

• LH nia Karta aberta ba kada Deputadu/a iha Parlamentu foun (6/18)

• LHB Parabens ba Povu Timor-Leste no Membru Parlamentu no Governu VIII
  Congratulations to people and members of new Parliament and Government (5/18)

• LH Relatóriu Observasaun Eleisaun Antesipada Parlamentár (5/18)

• Early Parliamentary Election with brochure, documents, candidate lists, party platforms, commentary and other materials (6/18)

• Radio Igualdade: Lian husi eleitores sira ba Eleisaun Antesipada (7MB Tetum MP3) (1/18)

• Formation and program of 7th Constitutional Government (Eng/Tet) (1/18)

• Momentu importante ba povu Timor-Leste atu aprende husi pasadu (kona-ba unidade nasional) (12/17)

• Radio Igualdade: VII Governu Konstitusional Nia Programa (7MB Tetum MP3) (10/17)

• LH Blog: Who will be in Timor-Leste’s next Parliament?
  Se sei tuir iha Parlamentu Nasionál? (10/17)

• 2017 Parliamentary election including poster, pamphlet, laws, party lists, schedules and other materials (10/17)

• LH letter to newly elected Parliamentarians (also Tetum)(8/17)

• Kampaña eleitorál no juventude nia papél atu defende interese povu nian (8/17)

• LH nia Relatoriu Observasaun Eleisaun Parlamentar (8/17)

• Blog Governu nia planu sedu … atu antisipa buat ruma?
  Advance planning … just in case (7/17)

• Radio Igualidade: Lian Husi Eleitores sira ba Eleisaun Parlamentar 2017-2022 (8MB Tetum MP3) (7/17)

• Radio Igualidade: Asuntu importante iha Kampanha Parlamentar (8MB Tetum MP3) (6/17)

• 2017 Presidential Election including documents, pamphlet and TV interviews with each candidate (4/17)
  Relatóriu husi LH nia Observasaun ba Eleisaun Prezidensiál (Also English) (4/17)

• Radio Igualidade: Eleisaun Prezidensial (8MB Tetum MP3) (3/17)

• List of members of Parliament, with committees and telephone numbers (9/12)

• List of members of Government, with emails and telephone numbers (8/12)

• LH Karta aberta ba deputadu/a sira hotu (7/12)

• LH Relatóriu observasaun eleisaun Parlamentár tinan 2012 (7/12)

• LH statement “National Unity” may be Dangerous in Government  (also Tetum) (7/12)

• Parliamentary election results and spreadsheet to calculate seat allocation (7/12)

• Index page on 2012 elections (also Tetum) (6/12)

• Perguntas husi La’o Hamutuk ba partidu polítiku tomak (also Word format) (6/12)
  No resposta husi partidu sira

• Pamfletu Perguntas Eleitores ba Kampaña Partidu Polítiku sira (also English Questions for Voters to Ask Political Party Campaigns) (6/12)

• CNE calendar of campaign events (6/12)

• CNE lists of all party Parliamentary Slates for 2012 election (6/12)

• LH Observers' report on Second Round of the Presidential Election (also Tetum) (4/12)

• Resposta husi Kandidatu Prezidente Na'in Rua ba LH nia pergunta (also PDF, English, and English PDF, and Portuguese PDF) (4/12)

• LH blog: Where do the Candidates Stand on the Issues? (also Tetum) (3/12)

• Eleisaun no distorsaun atensaun públiku ba Seguransa (3/12)

Popular Education and Intercambios (see also Education above)

• LH Blog: Learning from our past to craft educational policy (4/18)

• LHB Exchange with Philippines on agrarian reform (4/05)

• Report from Exchange with Nigeria on petroleum consequences (9/04)

• LHB World Social Forum “Another World is Possible”  (3/04)

• LHB Exchange participants return from Cuba on health and agriculture (1/04), Participants launch book on Cuba's experience (12/05)

• LHB An Exchange with Activists from Nicaragua on Power and Gender (5/02)

• LHB Reviving and Reinventing Popular Education (4/02)

• LHB Report from the World Social Forum II (4/02)

• Timor-Leste Network of Popular Educators created (8/01)

• Brazil exchange teaches popular education (7/01)

Solidarity and activism

• Blog: LH Reminds Authors that their Writing has Consequences
  LH fó Hanoin ba Autór sira katak sira nia Hakerek iha Konsekuénsia (7/18)

• Statement of Solidarity for Rohingya Community from Timor-Leste
  Deklarasaun Solidariedade husi Timor-Leste ba Komunidade Rohingya (9/17)

• TL sends solidarity to Palestinian political prisoners (also Tetum) (6/17)

• A luta kontinua! 40 years and more (also PowerPoint, supplementary slides and text) of La'o Hamutuk's Independence Day address to the Australia-East Timor Association, Melbourne (11/15)

• CPLP should not Admit Equatorial Guinea (7/14)

• TL people tell U.S. to close Guantanamo prison (4/13)

• Petroleum Transparency in Burma with report and presentations from Rangoon workshops (8/12)

• Reflections on the 20th anniversary of the Santa Cruz demonstration (also Tetum) (12/11/11)

• Exhibition: Solidarity through the years, 1974-1999 (7/09)

• Celebrate Solidarity Ten Years after the Referendum (6/09)

• LH letter to Xanana Gusmão about humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka (also Tetum) (2/09)

• Statement from Timor-Leste Solidarity for the Palestinian People in Gaza (English and Tetum) (1/09)

• Information about volunteering or working at La'o Hamutuk (7/08)

• IFET Testimony to Alternative Public Hearing against Truth and Friendship Commission (9/07)

• LHB Women's Movement: Looking back and ahead (9/07)

• Self-determination requires more than political independence: Recent developments in Timor-Leste paper for conference on International Law and the Question of Western Sahara, Netherlands (10/06)

• LHB Cuba solidarity news from India (4/06)

• LHB Victims' Families Visit Indonesia (11/05)

• Timor-Leste participates in International Day of Action against the Shwe Gas Project in Burma (10/05)
  LHB article (11/05)

• LHB Tsunami poetry and solidarity (4/05)

• LHB 'Cak' Munir: 1956-2004 (10/04)

• LHB Editorial: The U.S. Must Respect Iraqi Sovereignty and Global Peace  (3/04)

• LHB Dr. Andrew McNaughtan, 1954-2003 (1/04)

• LHB Editorial: Military Operation in Aceh (8/03)

• LHB Editorial: No War Against Iraq! (3/03). See also report and photos of 15 Feb. 2003 Dili demonstration against the war.

• LHB What do Timor-Leste Activists Want from International Solidarity? (7/02)

• LHB Solidarity and International Justice (10/01)

Other

• LHB Relatóriu Nasionál Balu ne’ebé Publika iha 2018 (11/18)

• LHB Planeamentu no Polítika Inkluzivu ba Fornesimentu Bee Moos (11/18)

• LH Annual Report for 2017 (3/18)
  Past annual reports for 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 (gender supplement), 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001

• LH Mid-Year Report for 2018 (10/18)
  Past Mid-Year Reports for 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002

• Academic article La’o Hamutuk and Timor-Leste’s development challenges: a case study in human rights and collaborative journalism in Media Asia (3/16)

• Planning for the 2015 Census (6/14)

• La'o Hamutuk celebrates our Tenth Anniversary (5/10)

• LHB Cuban support for health in Timor-Leste (8/08)

• LHB: Re-orienting La'o Hamutuk's Approach (9/07)

• LHB Editorial: Parliament, Don't pass greedy pension laws (3/07)

• Positions available at La'o Hamutuk (7/06)

• LHB The ADB Microfinance Development Project (3/03)

• Surat Popular: Microfinance

• LHB Special Report on Electricity (8/02)
  LHB UNDP letter on Japan's aid to the Power Sector, and LH Response (12/02)

• LHB Housing crisis (12/00)

• LHB Building a National Health System for Timor-Leste (several articles from different perspectives) (11/00)
  LHB World Health Organization Report on Timor-Leste Health Situation (11/00)

• LHB Oe-cusse’s Continuing Hardships (11/00)

• LHB The Isolation of Oecusse: Local NGOs Pressure UNTAET (7/00)

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