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

2Eo Ri'hdrd Bur.hil
thrt thc applicablc lrN Írs to bc undcrstood $ Iidonesian 1aw
Ïiis strins ofcascs also niscd anoth.i problemitic isue with the h),brid tstcm
conccrningthc prosccurion of crimcs againsr hunani11r In th€ /,I t,,r,j decisior thc
Court olAppcal hcld rhat rhcrc could b€ no prosecution on tl're b$is ol Rcgulatiixi
,ooo/r Nhich cltcrcd hto forcc in June, zooo, becrLrse the acts upon $-lich the
índictmcnt xas bascd ocolÍcd prior ro dis dare.'nre Court elpl,rined thrt udcr
scction tr ofthc constltution o{Timor Leite, no indiljdual c,rr be t.ied ànd con-
\lcted bascd on a crlmiial lN! \r'hich Nas not ln torce àt ihe time the rtions vcrc
ceried out. l}e Coun of^lteàl the. went on to b.rse its dccision on applicable
Poft€uese la! with no discussion ofintennionàl customarylarvand its epplicabil
jq.Tliis decision Í1$ troublesomc for Rcgulrtion :ooo/r5 itseliprolided in section
r,.r that no pcrson $ould bc criminallv rcsponsible for a.rions trken, unless dt the
timc ofits commission ir $ns a crimc under internationil hMr The rele!ànce otintcr
D.rioml larv lvas complctcly ovdlookcd bv rhe Court of Áppol wlnch is ertremeli
prcblcmatic for thc cfcctivcncs ofa h[brid s\'stem.
À tundamcntrl aspoct oíthc 1r'brid model is that inrerrarional law is brought
inio fic domcsric spher€ ard applied to rhe dorn esdc ciÍcumstmces. Bur if thc bodics
cÍeated in a hvbrid model ignore nrte.nàtbnd larv thcr it is clcd ihat thc h!.bÍid
ao.( r l..i.ca:r. ,pu iblr ...H.v-,Fr..s| | an- ,r
Appcrls position on thc applicablc law, thc iierv thxt Regulxtlon 2ooo/r5 i'$ not
vdid $ns cvcnftrallr.or-erturncd. In the /r/ir! decision the Courr ofAtfed Íeveíscd
itscl'on rlis matter end hcid that Regulation zooo/r5 could be àpplied on thc bxsis
that the ciimeslisted in Regulxtion ,ooo/r5 !Íe sidelv recogDised as bcinthdicatirc
ofcustonar] lnternàtion la| which means thcrc is no issuc ofrctroactirc applica
tion oi t|e c|iminaL lav invohrd.lhc Spccial Pancis nadc the rclcvance ofcustonr
ary internationrl lav clcar iD thc dccision of D4,í\t Pturtrtótfói S.ríaL' Oine! t
l'runiy| Pnlro' $-hcrc thc acoscdvas prosccuted for crimes against hun.llliryrnd
othd inhumanc acts Às sct out in Rcguietion 2ooo/r5.
]àc Prncl madc wdcsprcad, and lt is submitted àpproprine, use of v,fious
int.rnationel instruments and decisions.'the decision states thr evcn though thc
x.rs oíthe rccusedwere comnitted F.ior tothc coming into forcc ofthc Regllation,
this w.ls irrelcvrnt bccausc thc crimc agahst humanitv of nuder had a cleer basis
in customu intcrnatioral lav which in turn is prt ofthe leg;1 systern for'fimor
Lcstc through Scctioo 9(r) ofthc Constirution.
It vould bc dificuit to criticisc rhe juispruden.e ofth€ SpeciJ Pinels due to
thc fact $at thc slstcm frccd a numbcr ofobstacles thalrre belond its control. At
thc samc timc dic $ralncsscs ofthe Specl;l Pane1s crn be àttÍjbuted to thc lailings
of the LN ln the lmplenenratio. oithe hlbrid model.ï1e point ofa h)brid slstcm
is to provide jnternàtioml support lor domesric pr(xccutiui of s.óus \dolaiions ot
lr"rtÍo. I nt,ii"' d. It:ts,.xse !o.6./,002, CoLut of Àtl)caL Dc.isio' 4 Nóyonbd
1ooa. Thcrc is no Enslisl LanguJge trmsÍi of rlLe jLLdsnetr. n,Í xn àr.l1 n rcc JS}IP,
'lhc Pilnjr. dc JdÉ DccisionilsMP Repd &riltrool, p. 16, sdxble.t hrr:,/^Nan
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