Constitution

• Constitution (external link) (East Timor Action Network) in Tetum, Portuguese, English, and Bahasa as PDF; in force as of May 20, 2002
• Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)

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Executive

• Timor Leste Government (external link) - in Tetum, Portuguese, English, and Bahasa
• United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (external link) - includes regulations (external link) by year (1999 to present (external link)), UN resolutions (external link), UN documents (external link), and news (external link)
• East Timor Regulations (external link) (AustLII) promulgated by UNTAET
• Country Information: Timor-Leste (U.S. Dept of State)

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Judicial

• COURTS: Supreme Court of Justice; High Administrative, Tax and Audit Court; see description in Constitution (East Timor Action Network)

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Legislative

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE:
• PARLIAMENT: National Parliament; see description in Constitution (external link) (East Timor Action Network)

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: East Timor (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• AsianLII: East Timor (external link) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Information Institute: East Timor (external link) (WorldLII)

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General Sources

• Country Study: Indonesia (Library of Congress) November 1992; includes East Timor
• Background Note: Timor Leste (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Timor Leste (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Timor Leste (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Timor-Leste (U.S. Dept of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Timor-Leste (U.S. Dept. of State)
• East Timor: Country Profile (external link) (BBC News)
• East Timor Independence (external link) (Online NewsHour)
• Human Rights: Timor-Leste (external link) (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)
• Human Rights: Timor-Leste (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Timor-Leste (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NEWS: BBC World Asia-Pacific (external link); East Timor Action Network (external link)
• United Nations Development Programme: Timor-Leste (external link) (United Nations)
• World Factbook: Timor Leste (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: East Timor (external link) (World Food Programme)
• Yahoo: East Timor (external link)

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Last Updated: 07/27/2012