A team from Cambodia's Center for Social Development visited East Timor to learn about justice-sector oversight. Team members included CSD Legal Unit Director Loa Mong Hay (center) and Chou Vineath (right). The Asia Foundation's Louis Gentile (left) accompanied them.
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Cambodian Court Monitors Come to Learn from East Timor (July 2, 2004) A team of justice-sector specialists visited Dili recently to learn about justice sector oversight from East Timor's own Justice System Monitoring Programme (JSMP). The visitors are members of Cambodia's Center for Social Development (CSD) a 10-year old organization that established a new Court Watch program last year. CSD Legal Unit Director Lao Mong Hay brought his team to learn about the East Timor experience in monitoring of the courts and justice sector. “The Cambodian visit shows that East Timor has something to contribute to the world," said Member of Parliament Clementino Amaral. "The Cambodians have set the example that they want to learn from us…we also should learn from them if we want to be successful in the future.” The Asia Foundation offices in Cambodia and East Timor arranged the visit. With support from USAID, The Asia Foundation in East Timor implements its Access to Justice program to enhance East Timor's emerging justice system, raise public awareness and understanding of how the justice system works, and facilitate informed public participation in legal development.
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