Timor-Leste
No. 40940. International Development Association and Timor-Leste
Main Title:
Treaty Series 2298
Aug 2011
Chapter
Development Grant Agreement (Third Transition Support Program Grant) between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the International Development Association (with schedules and General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements dated 1 January 1985, as amended through 1 May 2004). Dili, 25 November 2004
Victimization, empowerment and the impact of UN peacekeeping missions on women and children: Lessons from Cambodia and Timor-Leste
Main Title:
Defying Victimhood
Dec 2012
Chapter
The paradox of post-conflict reconstruction – the concurrent empowerment and victimization of women – is not unique to Cambodia and Timor-Leste. The post-conflict peacebuilding process involves both institutional reform and social readjustment to the legacies of civil war, which also defines post-war gender relations. While this chapter focuses on the role of the United Nations in Cambodia and Timor-Leste, with a particular focus on peacekeeping missions, its implications are relevant to other transition contexts. The author travelled to Cambodia and Timor-Leste in July 2001 to assess the impact of armed conflict on women and their correlative role in peacebuilding as part of a global assessment supported by the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). In extensive consultations on gender issues with civil society, legislators, government officials and representatives of multilateral and bilateral donors, it was agreed that violence against women and children had emerged as one of the most pressing issues in both Cambodia and Timor-Leste.
Children and the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in Timor-Leste
Jun 2010
Working Paper
This paper discusses children‟s participation and protection in the work of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) in Timor-Leste. It presents an overview of CAVR‟s efforts to ensure children‟s safe participation in CAVR activities, documenting violations against children and communicating CAVR‟s message to children. The paper assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the CAVR and analyzes underlying causes for the results. Through elaboration of lessons learned from the CAVR experience, the paper provides recommendations for truth commissions‟ engagement with children in the future. The paper concludes that despite the absence of a legal requirement in the mandate, the CAVR made a commendable effort to research and document children‟s experiences of the conflict. However, a lack of policy on child participation and child protection contributed to the failure to engage with children both during and after the CAVR. It is suggested that a holistic approach to the CAVR‟s activities could have help avoid this missed opportunity for Timor-Leste‟s young generation to engage in the country‟s nation building and carry forward the CAVR‟s recommendations.
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