From our member Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP), Timor-Leste – September 2018 Report on the need to amend the Timor-Leste Penal Code
1 September 2018 1:47 pm

FORUM-ASIA member from Timore-Leste, Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP), published its Incest Report on the need to Amend the Timor-Leste Penal Code. Published in September 2018, the report focuses on the following:

• Incest in Timor-Leste
  • JSMP’s Court Monitoring Statistics
• Areas of Concern in Pre-trial and Trial Proceedings
  • Use of protective or coercive measures
  • Delays with trials
  • Sentencing in cases of incest
  • Failure to award civil compensation
• Proposals for Change
  • Amendments to the Penal Code
  • Creation of a crime of incest
  • Compliance with international human rights law
  • Victim-centred approach to cases of incest

For a PDF version of this report, click here.