East Timor Court Reports

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2017
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2016
Summary of the trial process at the Suai District Court in July 2016
Case Summary Oecusse District Court May 2016
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2015
Case Summary Baucau District Court November 2015
Summary of the trial process at the Oecusse District Court May 2015 
Murder, Attempted Murder, Rape, Sexual Abuse of Minor, Assaults & Domestic Violence: Summary of the trial process at the Suai District Court June 2015
Gender-Based Violence Cases in Dili and Baucau District Courts July 2015
Suai District Court sentences defendant to 13 years in prison and orders him to pay compensation of US$3,000 in case of sexual abuse against a minor
Dili District Court sentences Defendant in case of rape to 10 years and 6 months in prison and orders him to pay compensation pursuant to the Penal Code and CEDAW

Due to insufficient evidence, the Dili District Court acquits defendant in case of sexual abuse of a minor 
Issue of immunity hampers trial of the East Timor Secretary of State for Arts and Culture on charges of mismanagement, embezzlement and abuse of power
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2014

Baucau District Court
Parliamentary and Government Resolution continues to affect productivity and normal functioning at the Baucau District Court 
11 Cases of domestic violence from 13 cases heard by the mobile Baucau court in Manatuto District in August 2014
Baucau District Court hears cases of aggravated murder, assault, sexual abuse of minor,property damage, manslaughters, misuse of authority and embezzlement in May 2014
Baucau District Court sentences defendant to 16 years and 6 months in prison for aggravated murder of his wife
Baucau District Court sentences defendant to 5 years in prison in case of attempted murder categorised as domestic violence (30 July 2014)
Baucau District Court hears assault, domestic violence, property damage and arson cases in April 2014
Baucau District Court hears cases of land dispute, assault, manslaughter and domestic violence in January 2014 
Baucau District Court applies a suspended sentence that does not reflect Article 68 of the Penal Code

Dili District Court

Dili Court sentences defendant to 5 years in prison for committing sexual acts with an adolescent 
Dili District Court adjourns trial involving infanticide because the judge was dismissed by Parliamentary and Government Resolutions 
Dili Court hands down effective prison sentence in case of incest (22 September 2014)

Former Minister of Education tried at the Dili District Court for allegedly committing the crime of economic involvement in business (06/10/2014) 
Summary of Cases Involving Gender Based Violence in Dili District Court during July 2014 

Dili District Court hears infanticide, assault, theft, property damage and illegal importing cases in May 2014
Dili District Court sentences defendant to 12 years in prison for case involving rape characterised as incest  
Baucau District Court sentences defendant to 16 years and 6 months in prison for aggravated murder of his wife 
Summary of Gender Based Violence Cases in Dili and Oecusse District Courts in May 2014
Dili District Court sentences defendant to 1 year in prison, suspended for 2 years, in case of passive corruption and falsification of documents 05 August 2014
Dili District Court sentences former commander of criminal investigations to 9 years prison for assisting 4 Indonesians and another flee Timor-Leste to avoid drug charges(14 August 2014)
JSMP criticises indictment in domestic violence case in Dili District Court (18 July 2014)
Dili District Court conducts mobile court in Ermera and tries six cases of domestic violence from a total of eight cases (10/11 July 2014)
Gender based violence cases in Dili District Court and Suai District Court March 2014 
Fraud, abuse of power, civil disobedience, arson, assaults and theft cases heard by Dili District Court in February 2014
Dili District Court sentences defendant to 8 years in prison and orders him to pay compensation in case of sexual abuse against a minor 
Gender-Based Violence in Dili and Baucau District Courts January 2014
 

Oecusse District Court
Oecusse District Court sentences two defendants to 18 years in prison for two different cases of aggravated murder (10 October 2014) 
Oecusse District Court conducts trials on national holiday (20 August 2014) 
Summary of the trial process at the Oecusse District Court June 2014
Summary of the trial process at the Oecusse District Court May 2014
Oecusse District Court hearings in April 2014 dominated by domestic violence cases
Six cases of domestic violence offences heard in Oecusse District Court Hearings in March 2014
Oecusse District Court sentences defendant in case of domestic violence to one year in prison: A step forward in the application of the Law Against Domestic Violence
Oe-cusse District Court conducts judicial inspection of the crime scene in a case involving crimes against flora and fauna24 July 2014  

Suai District Court
Summary of the trial process at the Suai District Court - April 2014
One half of 42 cases before Suai District Court involved domestic violence (28 May - 30 May 2014)
Suai District Court sentences defendant in case of sexual abuse of a person incapable of resistance to 6 years in prison
Summary of the trial process at the Suai District Court February 2014

2013 

Dili District Court 

Suspended sentence in infanticide case in East Timor no deterrent 05 November 2013
Dili District Court convicts three defendants for committing crimes in their capacity as civil servants 30 October 2013
Dili District Court admonishes perpetrator of domestic violence 28 October 2013
Dili District Court hands down a sentence of 20 years imprisonment in a case of incest 8 October 2013

Dili District Court tries case of corruption and forgery against former government officials 30 September 2013
Court jails husband for 21 years for murdering wife by strangulation and stabbing 05 July 2013
Summary of the trial process at the Dili District Court July 2013
Summary of the trial process at the Dili District Court Period: June 2013
Corruption trial of State Secretary for Institutional Strengthening continues in Dili District Court 29 May 2013
Summary of the trial process at the Dili District Court January 2013

Oecusse District Court
Oecusse District Court sentences defendant in case of aggravated murder to 18 years imprisonment 09 December 2013
Summary of the trial process at the Oecusse District Court during the third week of June 2013

Suai District Court
Suai District Court sentences perpetrator to 12 years imprisonment for attempted murder characterised as domestic violence and arson 05 December 2013 
Summary of the trial process at the Suai District Court First and Second Weeks of July 2013
Summary of the trial process at the Suai District Court July 2013
Summary of the trial process at the Suai District Court 26 and 27 June 2013
Summary of the trial process at the Suai District Court in the first two weeks of June 2013
 

Baucau District Court
Court hands down suspended prison sentences in five cases of domestic violence and sentences defendant to 18 years imprisonment in case of incest (31 July 2013) 
Summary of the trial process at the Baucau District Court June 2013
2012

Dili District Court
Dili District Court Acquits Indonesian Woman of Human Trafficking Charges 27 July 2012
Summary of cases heard at the Dili District Court in January 2012

Suai District Court
Summary of cases tried at the Suai District Court in the Second Week of February 2012

Baucau District Court
Baucau District Court unable to conduct trial in a case of aggravated murder because no interpreter available

2011

Suai District Court
Summary of hearings conducted by the Suai District Court in the latter part of June 2011
2010

 
Dili District Court
Retrial of 25 May 2006 Case involving the defendant AM and others violates the principle of Nebis In Idem as set out in the Constitution 19 April 2010 
 
2009

Dili District Court
Case Relating to Damage to Property Adjourned Again June 2009 in Dili District Court
Court Decision in Defamation of Mr. Longuinhos Monteiro SH (2009) 

Oecusse District Court
Oecusse District Court tries 2001 case of obscene behavior 13 August 2009

2008


Baucau District Court
Trials of criminal cases at the Baucau District Court 20 March 2008

Suai District Court
Criminal Trials at the Suai District Court July 2008
Oecusse District Court - Incest Against Minors Hearing Defendant Is The Father Of The Victims November 2008

2007

Dili District Court
Dili District Court postpones hearings in trials related to Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse (20 March 2007)

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