Timor-Leste’s Bill of Rights A Preliminary History Timor-Leste’s Bill of Rights A Preliminary History ANNEMARIE DEVEREUX Foreword by Adérito de Jesus Soares Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Acton ACT 2601, Australia Email:
[email protected] This title is also available online at http://press.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Creator: Devereux, Annemarie, author. Title: Timor Leste’s bill of rights : a preliminary history / Annemarie Devereux. ISBN: 9781925022384 (paperback) 9781925022391 (ebook) Subjects: Human rights--Timor-Leste. Civil rights--Timor-Leste. Political participation--Timor-Leste. Nation-building--Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste--Constitutional history. Timor-Leste--Politics and government--2002– . Dewey Number: 959.87 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design and layout by ANU Press Cover photo: Members of the Constituent Assembly applauding during the signing ceremony on 22 March 2002 in which the final text of the Constitution was adopted (AP via AAP/Firdia Lisnawati). Printed by Griffin Press This edition © 2015 ANU Press Contents Foreword . ix Acknowledgments . xi Abbreviations . xiii Part 1 Introduction . 3 Exploring the history of the Constitution . 3 Sources, methodology and caveats . 7 Overview of the Constitution-Making Process in Timor-Leste . 17 Deciding on the shape of the constitutional process . 17 Community views expressed prior to the Assembly . 23 The operation of the Constituent Assembly . 30 Conclusion . 59 Part 2 – Section-by-Section Analysis of the Bill of Rights Explanatory notes for Part 2 .