People’s Committee for 20 Years Anniversary of Popular Consultation National Secretariat:
La’o Hamutuk - Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis, Rua Dom Alberto Ricardo, Bebora, Dili, Timor-Leste
Tel: +670-3321040 or +670-77234330 (mobile) email: laohamutuk(at)gmail.com, Website: www.laohamutuk.org
Dili, 26 July 2019
Terms of Reference
Twenty years ago, with your help, the people of Timor-Leste voted overwhelmingly to achieve our independence. We are now a proud, democratic, sovereign nation, wrestling with the political, economic, social and environmental problems that confront people the world over. But we have power to find and implement our own solutions.
In 2009, La’o Hamutuk and other civil society organizations organized an international conference, exhibition and other events to celebrate the tenth anniversary of our independence referendum. This year, on August 30, will mark 20 years since our liberation.
Therefore, we would like to invite you, as a participant in the international solidarity network, to join us in Timor-Leste for a three-day conference on 28-30 of August this year.
The main theme for the 20th anniversary is “Strengthen solidarity for self-determination and social justice.” We are looking to re-energizing the spirit of solidarity, exchanging strategies with fellow activists on challenging governments who repress their people, strengthening networks to fight against impunity, and reinforcing global advocacy to ensure that governments respect and meet the basic human rights of all people, especially the most vulnerable. In addition, we will highlight self- determination for the people of West Papua and Western Sahara, Palestine, Police Brutality. We also want to discuss and share experiences on mining and the oil industry, so that Timor-Leste can avoid repeating the mistakes of other countries as our leaders carelessly rush to deepen our extractive dependency while neglecting sustainable development.
We are attaching a tentative program. As the time gets closer, we will provide a more specific agenda – please share your thoughts with us about activities and issues you would like us to include.
Although we don’t have funding for international travel, the organizing committee in Timor-Leste is happy to help arrange places to stay with local Timorese and international activists who are living in Dili. Please start to plan your travel soon, and let us know when you are coming and whether you would like to organize housing.
Objective
- To learn from each participating organization regarding good practices and experiences regarding change in policies to achieve a human rights for the vulnerable ones.
- To organize and enforced solidarity network national and international
- to strengthen the service link in order to create human rights network without border.
- To plant the seed of solidarity and voluntarism to the young ones to continue to promote Human Rights
Organizing Committee
- NGO-La’o Hamutuk- Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis
FONGTIL- NGO Forum Timor-Leste.
NGO-JSMP – Judicial System Monitoring Program.
NGO-HAK Association.
FOKUPERS - Forum Komunikasi Perempuan Timor-Leste (Forum Communicating for Women of Timor-Leste).
NGO-KSI - Kdadalak Sulimutuk Institute.
OXFAM.
NGO-ACbit - Asosiasaun Chega Ba Ita. (Women survivors NGO).
Grupu Feminista – Feminist Movement Timor-Leste
Movimentu Letras – Local library movement.
Movimentu Universitariu
Programs and Activities
The preliminary agenda for the programs and activities including national and international solidarity guest speaker which will invite to participate in the three days human rights festival (please see agenda and maps for your information)
| Agenda | Description of Activities
| Time | Venue |
| Day 1 Wednesday, 27 August
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| 09:00 -12:30
| Meet in HAK at |
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| 12:30 – 13: 15 | Han iha dalan |
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| 2. Liquica: Visit to Veteran Kasian’s school and Local Clinic which runs by mana Lu. | 13: 20 – 17:30 | Liquica |
| Day 2, 28. August 2019
| Main event 1 Opening ceremony
Panelists: Main Event 2 Economic, Social and Cultural Justice Consequences of mining and extractive industries development Moderator: Edio Guterres LUNCH Site Events ( after lunch) Impunity and Forced disappearances Moderator: Ana Paula, JSMP
Site event Migrant workers and domestic workers
Site Event Economic, Social and Cultural Justice (Juvinal) Consequences of mining and extractive industries development
Site event Solidarity and Self-determination focusing on vulnerable groups (West Papua, Palestine, Timor-Leste, LGBTQ, Feminist Movement, Western Sahara, Rohingya and Bangsa Moro) Moderator: Celestino Gusmão
| 9:00 – 9.15
9.15 – 10.15
10: 30 – 11.30
2pm -5pm
Yayasan HAK
| Jardim Borja, Fokupers, Luta Hamutuk, and HAK |
| Day 3 March and Festival of art, music and food + music
Concert |
| 8:30-11:30
6pm till end | Borja da Paz |
Note: During the Conference we also organized popular expo in the conference site, so
everyone can enjoy and buy local food which they prepared.
A Luta Continua,
Berta Antonieta
Representing Organizing Committee
