East Timor Law Journal
Towards the rule of law in Timor-Leste
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SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN EAST TIMOR - POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATIONS. METHODOLOGICAL ANALYSES TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION IN EAST TIMOR: RESEARCH REPORTS BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Background: The following reports were produced by 5 East Timorese civil society working groups constituted under the University of San Francisco School of Law Center for Law and Global Justice Legislative Drafting Initiative Program implemented in East Timor in 2003 - 2004 as part of The Asia Foundation's Access to Justice Program. A series of workshops was conducted with representatives from diverse East Timorese civil society organisations who were instructed in the principles and application of the methodolgoy by experts from Universities in the United States and Indonesia.
These civil society representative were organised into 7 working groups corresponding to the 7 Parliamentary Commissions that existed in the First Parliament; namely:
A. Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Guarantees and Liberties;
B. Foreign Affairs, National Defence and Security;
C. Economy and Finance;
D. Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment;
E. Education, Culture, Youth;
F. Sport, Health, Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity; and
G. Infrastructure
These reports are based on a legislative drafting methodology known as "Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Transformation" developed by Seidman et al. Many of these reports were presented to the Commissions of the National Parliament of East Timor in the parliamentary component of the Legislative Drafting Initative. The later reports include draft legislation. Several of these reports were submitted to the relevant Parliamentary Commission in the parliamentary component of the Legislative Drafting Initiative. Some of the Pariamentary Commissions also produced draft legislation under the Legislative Drafting Initiative.
This methodology is sometimes referred to as ROCCIPI which is the acronym derived from the 7 bases upon which the analysis of social problems that are amenable to legislative intervention is made; namely, Rule, Opportunity, Capacity, Communication, Interest, Process and Ideology. The methodolgy is further elucidated in the reports. These reports were written in Indonesian, then translated into English and Portuguese. The reports will progressively be published. (23/09/2008)
LIST OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS ANALYSED
1. Gambling - Circulation of Lottery Tickets
2. Serious Crimes and Amnesty
3. Communal Land Rights on Traditional Land
4. Land Rights
5. Prostitution
6. The Role and Function of F-FDTL in the National Defence of East Timor
7. The Regulation of Livestock Husbandry in Urban Areas in East Timor
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1. Analysis in relation to the issue of the Circulation of Lottery Tickets (SDSB) in the Democratic Republic of East Timor by Working Group F Health, Social Affairs, Labour & Solidarity
2. Analysis in relation to the issue of Serious Crimes and Amnesty in East Timor by Working Group A Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Guarantees and Liberties
3. Analysis in relation to the issue of Community Rights to Traditional Land in East Timor by Working Group A Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Guarantees and Liberties
4. Analysis in relation to the issue of Land Rights in East Timor by Working Group A Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Guarantees and Liberties
5. Analysis in relation to the issue of Prostitution in East Timor by Working Group F Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity
6. Analysis in relation to the issue of The Role and Function of F-FDTL in the National Defence of East Timor in East Timor by Working Group B Foreign Affairs, National Defence and Security
7. Analysis in relation to the issue of The Regulation of Livestock Husbandry in Urban Areas in East Timor by Working Group Working Group D on Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment
8. Analysis in relation to the issue of Diplomacy, Defence and National Security in East Timor by Working Group Working Group B on Foreign Relations, Defence and National Security
