Chapter 12 - Secretaria de Estado da Cultura - Timor-Leste

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wxs pu"cued. Withi! the East Timor crimínxl justice system there would be s])€
citc bstitutions made up otinteÍnàlionÀl and EasrTinorese personnel thàt would
hÍLve jorisdictio. ove. what s,ould be c l€d seÍjous crjÍreJ. UNTAIT Regulation
,ooo/u olMarch ,ooo set out $e composition ofthe courts for the tefitory consisr
g,:,teiglt district couÍts,rrd one couÍt oí àpp€,11. The Reguhtion provided
for 'Erclusjye JL,risdictjon Íor SeÍious Crnrej in Sectior ro ànd t|js entrustcd thc
District Courl oi:Dili with the creàtior oíSpe.iài Panels with exciusive ju.isdiction
ovcr the serious crimiml ofierces ofgenocide, uxÍ crimes,crines rg)inst h!nanitv,
mxrdcr scnil oFcnccs, ànd torturc.
Thc provisions concc.ning rvtr crimcs,var crimes and cÍines againsr humÀ!
it! \vere taken verbatim from dle Statute ofthe Internrdon.l Criminal Court.\ rith
respe.t to nurder, seeÀl ollences ud tonue, the jurisdi.tio. ofthe Speci.rl Panels
rïàs Linited ro cÍines .onDitred between r Janurrr 1999 and z5 October r9e9.
For the rnainder ofthe onnes oveÍ \rhich the PÀnels hàd er.lusne iurisdictio. it
sàs possible (o deal \rith e\ents prjoÍ to r99ir, but tlere wrs some co.fLlsion orer
rhis point rvith the f inroÍese aulhoÍjries suggestnrg the juÍisdictior ofthe Specid
PerclsNàs limited to the events ofrggg. Regulrtion ,oooÁr dso esrabfthecl sim;
1arpancls within thc CourtofÀppcrl to dcal rnth m! eppcals ffom thc dccisiors of
Regdàrior .óóo/r5 set out Àrther derxils on the jurisdiction xnd workings
.,i the Steciil Pxnels.The Pànels were given uilersal jurisdiction orer the serious
crimes to the e\tent thrt the victim oÍ p$peÍator lvas an ti,rst 'f in1orcs. citizcn
or thc crimc s?s cdricd out on Last'Iimor tcrritof]:' ln the rcEalation nidilidual
crndnal rcsponsibilin lor scrious crimcs not onll applicd to thosc who dnecdy
comnlticd the crimc but.lso applicd to anl irdividual who
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oÍdcÁ, solicits or inducN rhc commi$ior ofnrch a (imc $hi.i ir fà.t o.{trs
for thc p!Ípor offa.ilitating dr. .orllission ofsuch r crime,.ids, rb*s or
odrNir a$ists in its .onnission or ns xftempted comni$ion, irclL,Jnrg
pÍ\'iding the neans for its conxncsionr
in à!r othd sÀ .ontriluts nr $c .onmnsion ór xtt.mtlcd commissi.n of
. .ra h.. r..or ..vn.".r.oi..h. o .o-t oo.
'Íïis would provide tle Specid Panel witl iurisdicti.,n o\€r political ard nilifuFr
9r On hr.bid or internrtioiiii?cd ynniial .ourts generaLh; se€ C."ire Romano, Ardré
Nollk,emrJer andJ.nn í\lerln et, eàs. In tetndtn,alized Ctirdndl C'ut: Sirta Ltur., L.:!
Tinrr, Kr:oln antt Crnó\ttid (Orford, OUB looa)r L.ur Diclinson,'T}f ptmne of
1\.\ltt:rl .ó!tr: e7 Ánri n Joumat aj Int..nrtiaMt Lk- l!óót) p. 4'
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