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<p class="MsoNormal">Realising Rights in Timor-Leste<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr Laura Grenfell<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Asian Studies Review<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Volume 39(2) June 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10357823.2015.1023770#.VhXPU_7osdU">http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10357823.2015.1023770#.VhXPU_7osdU</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ABSTRACT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">Timor-Leste is a nascent democratic country with a rights-rich<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">Constitution. After more than a decade it is unclear whether vulnerable sections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">of Timorese society can access the courts to ensure the realisation and protection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">of their constitutional rights. This paper examines the design and practice of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">Timor-Leste</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I+20","sans-serif"">’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">s
Constitution and its new legal system in light of the Epp-Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">debate regarding the necessary conditions for access to justiciable constitutional<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">rights. It draws on Timor-Leste</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I+20","sans-serif"">’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">s
experience to argue that while Wilson</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I+20","sans-serif"">’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">s focus on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">institutional design is compelling, it does not dispel the need for a strong civil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">society along the lines argued by Epp. The realisation of constitutional rights<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">requires the mobilisation of civil society and a receptive Timorese judiciary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTT689d5d16.B","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTT689d5d16.B","serif"">Keywords:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">Timor-Leste, human rights, Constitution, access to justice, civil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">society, women</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I+20","sans-serif"">’</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AdvTTc6ee16d2.I","serif"">s
rights, legal system, judicial review</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dr Laura Grenfell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Associate Professor in Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Associate Dean (Diversity and Inclusion)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Faculty of the Professions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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