Timor-Leste
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- Republic
- CONSTITUTION
- March 22, 2002
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- the legal system drafted by the UN and based on Indonesian law is still in place, but will be replaced by civil and criminal codes based on the Portuguese system.
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral National Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice (according to the constitution, one judge is appointed by the National Parliament and others by the Superior Council of the Judiciary)
RELIGIONS
98% Catholics; 1% Muslims; 1% Protestants
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2008Timor-LesteDEATH PENALTY
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on the night between May 19 and 20, 2002.
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on the night between May 19 and 20, 2002.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007Timor-LesteDEATH PENALTY
East Timor voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
East Timor voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007Timor-LesteDEATH PENALTY
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on the night between May 19 and 20, 2002.
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on the night between May 19 and 20, 2002.
- JANUARY 1, 2006Timor-LesteDEATH PENALTY
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on the night between May 19 and 20, 2002.
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on the night between May 19 and 20, 2002.
- APRIL 20, 2005Timor-LesteDEATH PENALTY
East Timor was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
East Timor was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JANUARY 1, 2005Timor-LesteDEATH PENALTY
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on the night between May 19 and 20, 2002.
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on the night between May 19 and 20, 2002.
- APRIL 21, 2004Timor-LesteDEATH PENALTY
East Timor was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
East Timor was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 24, 2003Timor-LesteDEATH PENALTY
For the first time Est Timor was a cosponsor of the...
For the first time Est Timor was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003Timor-LesteDEATH PENALTY
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of...
East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on the night between May 19 and 20, 2002