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

For thc most p&t the earh.clhrts ofihc SCU Md Special Pancls furlr nknRd
indictmcoti rór iesser rrimcs iov.lvnrg low rmkinq limorcsc figures rhar rtre
Frr5cnt in rhe tenlrrlll lr has hcer ronnt0trd rlrar rlre piisccutor'r oiiLr ard $e
Sernus Cór,es Urit lud no coherer:t sEatca íor pursuing prose.uti(,r,s rerdÈ'g
in ,r ru Je,nr ar d disorganizcd svsteri r{hdr Íl e question over wheih('r or nóÍ proF
ecutior N r s tursued Ías tlic resulr {]1 r) accidenr ot geograph ()rc. rime dre
;ndictmcnÍs incrersed and bcgm to ddr.ss noie seÍious crimes involÍng higher
Lc1(l indniduals. ' lhc Scrblis CÍiincs Unit li1ed ninctï 61-e indictncnts wirh the
Spccial Prnds invohingsgr individunls, 'l rq ofwhom rcnained oursidc rhejurisdic-
The cx.lr' .liÍiculties fàccd in the tÍosè.!rior ofseÍious crimcs lvere cvid.nt in
the lirst dcrLsdi olthe Spccial PJneh tu d(rl \ith inierDri() olL .rtr Lu L llv n1
the clsc ol A,1r l',,jr,r/cr a]diatt J.,i tl,yqr^ Ml ,iin..th.Á kh. L.! P.l/.t ttiJl)
1}l: crsc {as Jso signilicant iirr drc 1à.t rbar jÍ }às rhe 6rst timc prolision' dn i'rÍcr
nàtiL,nNl .!ime! írom thc Starutc of rhe lnÍÍrlrional Criminal Courr. ,rs scr our in
R€grulirn!) ,ooo/15, $,ere put before i iudr.j!l authoÍihr
Tlc jLrdgment rves dclivered on n Dccrmber:oor and is an ertrcmcll long doculneni
co\ering scvcral hundred plL8cs. Hó\rever, this lengrh rÍis Dor due to àn) indefth
trenrmcnt oi intein xtion.l 1egil issucs xs the ludgment rcplicares the cvidcncc
xnd àgum.nis gnrr duiing the tri.l. lhc .onstmt r€fercncc to vdious lspccis of
i.ternitirrLrl.rimind hu juisprudeicc do.s not inroli-c ar1 substantial urdcpcnd
ent commenr.v! nr ànalysis b]' dre PrLncL. ' {s che personncl rnd resou(r jirurrjon
improrrd so d rhr Àrnctionnrg oi thc SFcciJ P.urcls butperlraps too Latc ro €lsurc
r]]c owrrll tredibilw r,f the lr I'rm nn'd.j.
,\ mrjor.onro\€rsl iÍose in r|e.orducr ofrh. seÍioos crimes rriil! !.hcn tn
,oo3 Íhr (lDDr of Appeal produced 3 d.cis!)n concerning thc issle ot :rpplicable
sLrbsidirn làN in the territo.r: LiNTAET RcgulÀiion r999li deals $'ith tlo lssue of
applicxblc hwwith Secti.ln J Íating thxt uDtil à Êl]lv tunctioning domcsric legisla
ture is in place the Lxivs applied in Ersr'I imor prioÍ to,5 Ocrober 1999 rhall apply
in East Ti m.rr insofar as thel' do not contu.'vitli thc standdds refe.rcd to ni section
2'. Section 1 ixvs that in rhe exercisc ofpubLlc Àurctions th€ rutho.irics are ki lbscnt
intern!ti.)n.l hunan Íiglts standdds.
Scction t.l d\e. lists sir prrticulrr In.loncsirn laÍs thar ar€ decnlcd n.r r,)
c!'rnth \ilrh Sertlnn ! àDd irc $e'(iorc J.chÉd ro and Se.rion rl prolrdÉ!
lirr rhf iboliri.. óí rhc death pcDrltr, \rhjJr àn)lied to thc tcrirLríl br vtrnre ol
lndoDesiaD law Se.tion I.r is not err;íeh sp.cific Às ro what the aftlif.rb]t law in
Erst TiDor rvrs iJÍior ro 2i Ocrober roqa. Hoveler, thc listlng ofthc lndonesi )
H"h1dr Rithtt .l'ntntt Aóai pp. '52-2t3.
SyLria d. Bertodxno, ElsrTnnor:'tri.ls rnJGibuLfions in Ronmo, Nnllkrrmper and
n.flt\ct, e.l:. IntthundltriNet Crn"idt (.:at,r. p.83.
dc P,c.ro.[no, ljiÍTir]or .iuricc dcni.l. f. an.
vcFi"n, dt rlÈ i',nicnn.its d dccnnÍL! oi rft SFcid PanrL .u b. f {,nrl Í rtr
l,Ci.irl Si {èii, \ I Dr i Driiid Pí'É'rnr ) |
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, IS\ Í t'). lnrr, ub. org.
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sce tir. d,\.tr+ioi lN SlLlia d€ ]tcÍ.dri!, {:\rfnr DeveLotmenrs Ír I rirjDiili?.d
a,\)í\:1la,.hrtaft ttnrtia"rt a i,tit! ti I ,nCóó1)r-23r.
See J. BÈro(taro,'Edt Timor:Tdrls ,rnJ li,bularioii, p.89.