Government of Timor-Leste

Date: February 2nd and 3rd
Place: Noble Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Dili

Organised by the Commission for Constitutional Affairs, Justice, Public Administration, Local Government and Anti-Corruption of the National Parliament, the theme of the conference is “Parliament's commitment in the fight against corruption - rights, freedoms and guarantees versus fighting corruption”.
The opening session will be attended by the President of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC), Francisco Branco, the President of Commission A, Carmelita Moniz, and the President of the National Parliament, Adérito Hugo da Costa.
The event has the participation of the Minister of State, Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice and Minister of State Administration, Dionísio Babo, who will attend the closing session.

February 2nd
9h00 – Opening
10h00 – The criminalisation obligations arising from the United Nations Convention against corruption and the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Moderator: Ex-Deputy General Public Prosecutor, Amândio de Sá Benevides
Panel: General Public Prosecutor of the Republic, José da Costa Ximenes
Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Adérito Pinto Tilman
Chairman of the Legislative Reform and Justice Sector Commission, Jorge Manuel Ferreira da Graça
Professor at the Faculty of Law of the New University of Lisbon (Portugal), Jorge Cláudio Bacelar Gouveia
14h00 – Public policies to prevent and combat corruption
Moderator: José Teixeira, Lawyer
Panel: Executive director of the NGO Transparency International, New Zealand, Janine McGruddy
Judge of the Supreme Court of Indonesia, Artidjo Alkostar
Professor at the Faculty of Law of the New University of Lisbon (Portugal), Jorge Cláudio Bacelar Gouveia
Minister of State, Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice and Minister of State Administration, Dionísio Babo
17h00 – Closing

February 3rd
9h00 – The definition of the criminal liability of holders of political office and the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Moderator: Chairman of the Legislative Reform and Justice Sector Commission, Jorge Manuel Ferreira da Graça
Panel: Counsellor Judge of the Court of Appeal, Maria Natércia Gusmão
General Public Defender, Sérgio Hornai
Professor at the Faculty of Law of the New University of Lisbon (Portugal), Jorge Cláudio Bacelar Gouveia

14h00 – Criminalisation of illicit enrichment and the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Moderator: Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Adérito Pinto Tilman
Panel: Ex-General Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Timor-Leste, Ana Pessoa
Dean of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Timor Lorosa'e, Master Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão
Ex-General Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Cape Verde and legal advisor to Commission A from the National Parliament of Timor-Leste, Júlio César Martins Tavares
Professor at the Faculty of Law of the New University of Lisbon (Portugal), Jorge Cláudio Bacelar Gouveia
16h45 – Minister of State, Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice and Minister of State Administration, Dionísio Babo, will conduct the Closing.