Seminar "Criminal Investigation Police and the consolidation of the Rule of Law"
Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Date: October 20th, 2016
Time: 9h00 – 16h30
Since 2012, the Justice Component of the Timor-Leste’s Democratic Governance Support Programme, a Cooperation delegated by the European Union in Portugal/ Camões IP, has partnered with the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Appeal of Timor-Leste. There were years of intense training work in Timor-Leste and Portugal, which resulted in the emergence of a modern unit of Scientific Police in Timor-Leste, with technical and human resources that are prepared for the fight against various forms of crimes today.
On October 21st the closing ceremony of this important support programme to the country’s good governance will be held, also in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
Agenda
9h00 to 9h15: Opening Session - Reception of the lecturers
- Opening statement by the Prosecutor General of the Republic, José da Costa Ximenes
- Speech by the EU representative - Head of Cooperation, Simon Le Grand
- Speech by the Ambassador of Portugal in Dili, Manuel Gonçalves de Jesus
- Speech by the SPCI National Director in Timor-Leste (Scientific Police for Criminal Investigation), Prosecutor Vicente Fernandes e Brito
10h30 - Opening of the activities / seminar’s framework:
- Speech by the Programme’s Coordinator, Graça Lima
- Investigator of Scientific Police for Criminal Investigation SPCI - report of ongoing activities (and the effectiveness of Criminal Investigation), by the Chief-Investigator Floriano Serrano
- The Forensic Expert from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) - disclosure of ongoing activities - by the Senior Specialist Rosito Belo
- International cooperation from the Forensic Science Laboratory of the Judicial Police of Portugal (FSL-JPP), by Dr. Carlos Farinha
14h30 - Discussion panels
- Panel I - Transnational Criminality - Moderator: Deputy Director-General of DGPJ, Maria Luisa Pacheco.
- Panel II - Criminal Investigation Structures - Moderator: Prosecutor Pascácio
- Panel III - New challenges of Criminal Investigation - multi-thematic panel - Moderator: Representative of Portugal’s Court of Auditors
16h30 – Seminar Closure
- Speech by the President of the Court of Appeal, Counsellor Judge Guilhermino da Silva
- Speech by the Minister of State, Coordinator of Economic Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Estanislau da Silva, who will be replacing the Minister of State, Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice, and Minister of State Administration.
