[TimorLesteStudies] New article: Joint Command for PNTL and F-FDTL Undermines Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform in Timor-Leste

[Bu Wilson]

Wilson, B.V.E. 2008.Joint Command for PNTL and F-FDTL Undermines Rule of Law
and Security Sector Reform in Timor-Leste. 2008 ETLJ 2

Extract: "The events of last Monday are a terrible setback for peace and
stability in Timor Leste. However, the events also highlight serious
existing problems of ambiguity regarding responsibilities for public
security, police reform and wider security sector reform processes currently
underway in Timor-Leste. More alarmingly, the hasty decision of the
Timor-Leste Government, last Sunday 17 February to place the police under
military command is a time bomb that has the capacity to seriously affect
not only the security sector reform process in Timor-Leste, but also further
undermine the extremely fragile  rule of law.

This paper will question the legal basis of the decision as well as discuss
the background to, and dangers inherent in, the ongoing conflation of the
roles of the PNTL and F-FDTL."

http://www.eastimorlawjournal.org/ARTICLES/2008etlj2joint_command_ffdtl_pntl
_wilson.html

Bu Wilson
Regulatory  Institutions Network (RegNet) 
College of Asia and the Pacific, RSPAS
Australian National University 
Canberra   ACT   0200 
AUSTRALIA 

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