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IFP Security Cluster Country case study: Timor-Leste
Security Sector Reform inTimor-Leste
 June 2009
This initiative is fundedby the European Union
 
 About IfP
The Initiative or Peacebuilding (IP) is a consortium led by International Alert and unded by the EuropeanCommission. IP draws together the complementary geographic and thematic expertise o 10 civil societyorganisations (and their networks) with oces across the EU and in confict-aected countries. Its aim is todevelop and harness international knowledge and expertise in the eld o confict prevention and peacebuildingto ensure that all stakeholders, including EU institutions, can access strong independent analysis in order toacilitate better inormed and more evidence-based policy decisions.This document has been produced with the nancial assistance o the European Union. The contents o this documentare the sole responsibility o IP/Adelphi Research/ International Alert and can under no circumstances be regardedas refecting the position o the European Union. To learn more, visit
http://www.initiativeorpeacebuilding.eu
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 About ICTJ
The International Center or Transitional Justice (ICTJ) assists countries pursuing accountability or past massatrocity or human rights abuse. The Center works in societies emerging rom repressive rule or armed confict, aswell as in established democracies where historical injustices or systemic abuse remain unresolved.In order to promote justice, peace, and reconciliation, government ocials and nongovernmental advocates arelikely to consider a variety o transitional justice approaches including both judicial and non-judicial responses tohuman rights crimes. The ICTJ assists in the development o integrated, comprehensive, and localized approachesto transitional justice comprising ve key elements: prosecuting perpetrators, documenting and acknowledgingviolations through non-judicial means such as truth commissions, reorming abusive institutions, providingreparations to victims, and acilitating reconciliation processes.The Center is committed to building local capacity and generally strengthening the emerging eld o transitional justice, and works closely with organizations and experts around the world to do so. By working in the eld throughlocal languages, the ICTJ provides comparative inormation, legal and policy analysis, documentation, and strategicresearch to justice and truth-seeking institutions, nongovernmental organizations, governments and others. To learnmore, visit
www.ictj.org
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Cover image: © UN Photo by Martine Perret© Initiative or Peacebuilding 2009All rights reserved. No part o this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any orm or by any means,electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without ull attribution.
 
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