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LAWS
LAW NO 1/2003 ON THE JURIDICAL REGIME ON IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES - PART I

LAW NO 12/2005 THE JURIDICAL REGIME ON REAL ESTATE PART - II  LEASING BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS

GOVERNMENT DECREE LAW NO 19/2004 JURIDICAL REGIME OF PROPERTY: OFFICIAL ALLOCATION &  LEASING OF OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OF THE STATE



GOVERNMENT REGULATION NO 18 OF 1991 ON PROVISIONS ON THE CONVERSION OF LAND RIGHTS IN THE PROVINCE OF EAST TIMOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIC AGRARIAN LAW

DRAFT UNTAET REGULATION ON THE ESTABLISMENT OF PANELS OF THE DISTRICT COURT WITH EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER LAND DISPUTES

RESEARCH


LAND EXPROPRIATION POLICY SUITABLE FOR TIMOR-LESTE ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
http://www.mj.gov.tl/dntp/rel/DATA/LLP%20II/ARD%20Reports%20and%20studies/Three%20land%20law%20program%20reports%20Rod/
Proposal%20for%20Land%20Expropriation%20-%20engl.pdf

Operational Plan for Assistance to IDPs wishing to leave current IDP Camp Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Ministry of Labour & Community Reinsertion 23 November 2006
http://www.mtrc.gov.tl/info/article.php?id=258

RE-ESTABLISHING LAND TITLES AND ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR
http://peb.anu.edu.au/pdf/15-2fitzpatrick.pdf

STATUS OF PROPERTIES MUST BE RESOLVED QUICKLY  Office of the Prime Minister of Timor Leste Media Release Dili 13 November 2006
http://www.eastimorlawjournal.org/LEGALRESEARCH/pmtimormediareleaserestatusofcertainpropertiesindili.html

LAND RIGHTS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN EAST TIMOR Pedro de Sousa Xavier Manager Land Registration ETTA Land and Property Unit
http://members.tripod.com/sd_east_timor/PROC%20Papers/Social%20Issues/Pedro%20da%20Sousa/Pedro%20da%20
Sousa%20PROC.htm

HAK-HAK ATAS TANAH DAN KONFLIT PERTANAHAN MASA LALU, MASA KINI SERTA MASA MENDATANG DALAM PEMBANGUNAN BERKELANJUTAN DI TIMOR LOROSAE Oleh: Pedro de Sousa Xavier
http://members.tripod.com/sd_east_timor/PROC%20Papers/Social%20Issues/Pedro%20da%20
Sousa/pedro%20da%20sousa%20full%20paper%20BHA.htm

EAST TIMOR MEDIA REPORTS ON LAND ISSUES
http://www.eastimorlawjournal.org/LEGALRESEARCH/mediareportsland/mediareportsland.html

PROPERTY RIGHTS: EAST TIMOR; ADVERSE POSSESSION ABC Australia Radio National The Law Report 13 April 2004 Program Transcript
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s1083899.htmwww.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s1083899.htm

LAND ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: LESSONS LEARNED FROM ALBANIA, MOZAMBIQUE, RWANDA, AND THAILAND Prepared by the East Timor Land Law Program with funding provided by USAID OCTOBER 2005
http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADE797.pdf

USAID LAND LAW PROGRAM II  FINAL REPORT

LAND VALUATION AND TAXATION POLICY FOR TIMOR-LESTE  July 2005 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by ARD, Inc.

NON-CUSTOMARY PRIMARY INDUSTRY LAND SURVEY LANDHOLDINGS AND MANAGEMENT June 2005 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by ARD, Inc.

JUDICIAL SYSTEM MONITORING PROGRAMME LAND LAW REPORT Dili, Timor Leste 27 September 2005
http://www.jsmp.minihub.org/Reports/jsmpreports/Land%20law%20report%20290905/land%20law%20report%20(e).pdf

EAST TIMOR LAND MANAGEMENT - A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT WE HAVE STARTED De SOUSA, Pedro Xavier December 2005
http://www.fig.net/commission7/bangkok_2005/papers/6_3_sousa.pdf

THE CUSTOMARY USE AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN TIMOR-LESTE A discussion paper prepared for a regional workshop on “Land Policy Administration for pro-Poor Rural Growth,” Dili, December 2003 Prepared by Claudia D’Andrea, PhD With research assistance from Oscar da Silva of Yayasan Hak And two case studies by Laura S. Meitzner Yoder Editing and project management by Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org.au/world/asia/east_timor/nrm.pdf

CAN EAST TIMOR SURVIVE INDEPENDENCE? "Land Ownership" in  Joseph Oenarto North Australia Research Unit DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 17/2000 RSPAS.ANU.EDU.AU/NARU First published in Australia in 2000 by the North Australia Research Unit, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. at pages 10 - 11
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/papers/naru/DP17-2000.pdf

FROM AGRARIAN REFORM IN COLONY TO GLOBAL PRIZE TIMOR LOROSA'E Under a New Wave of Economic Transformation by George Aditjondro in Arena, The Website of Left Political, Social and Cultural Commentary
http://www.arena.org.au/Archives/Mag%20Archive/Issue%2047/features47.htm

PLANTERS AND SMALLHOLDERS IN PORTUGUESE TIMOR IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES
W G CLARENCE-SMITH East Timor Agriculture Network and Virtual Library Document: TA051 March 1992 Published in: Indonesia Circle Nº 57 March 92 London
http://purl.pt/915/1/cd1/ta000/TA051.pdf

LAND POLICY IN POST-CONFLICT CIRCUMSTANCE: SOME LESSONS FROM EAST TIMOR The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance 24 November 2001 Daniel Fitzpatrick
http://www.jha.ac/articles/a074.htm

LAND POLICY & ADMINISTRATION: ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS IN EAST TIMOR FINAL REPORT Mark Marquardt Jon Unruh Consultants, Associates in Rural Development Lena Heron USAID Washington DC Submitted to USAID East Timor 9 October 2002

LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE PEACE PROCESS Unruh, Jon D. Beyond Intractability. Eds. Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess. Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado, Boulder. Posted: January 2004
http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/Land_tenure/

CUSTOM, CODIFICATION, COLLABORATION : INTEGRATING THE LEGACIES OF LAND AND FOREST AUTHORITIES IN OECUSSE ENCLAVE, EAST TIMOR A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Laura Suzanne Meitzner Yoder Dissertation Director: Michael Roger Dove May 2005
http://oecusse.com/adat/docs/Custom_Codification.pdf

LAND TENURE CONFLICTS AND EAST TIMOR Peter Woodrow Partner and Program Manager, CDR Associates  Interviewed by Julian Portilla 2003
http://www.beyondintractability.org/audio/11068/

LAND POLICY IN POST-CONFLICT CIRCUMSTANCES: SOME LESSONS FROM EAST TIMOR Daniel Fitzpatrick Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law Australian National University Australia E-mail: Daniel.Fitzpatrick@chello.at February 2002 FAO NEW ISSUES IN REFUGEE RESEARCH Working Paper No. 58
http://www.unhcr.org/publ/RESEARCH/3c8399e14.pdf

TALKING TITLER  Department of Geomatics Engineering University of Calgary (Research note on land administration in post-conflict societies)
http://www.geomatics.ucalgary.ca/~barry/Research/ResearchHome%20Page/TalkingTitlerPage/IndexTalkingTitler.htm

DILI DISTRICT COURT LAND CASES REPORTS JSMP
http://www.jsmp.minihub.org/Reports/Districweeksumm/DiliSummary09_13_6_03.pdf

UNITED NATIONS TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR Norwegian Environmental Assistance 2001
http://environment.norad.no/projects.cfm?projectid=1054
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