Welcome
to the website of Asosiasaun Advogadu Timor Lorosa'e (AATL)
Background
The
AATL's membership consists of approximately 85 private lawyers.
Of this number, 40-50 are actively engaged in the private practice
of law or work with national NGOs in the justice sector.
The remaining lawyers are employed within government, the Ministry
of Justice, National Parliament, and INGOs. A number of
private lawyers are currently employed in legal aid law firms,
called LBHs, which receive funding from The Asia Foundation to
provide legal aid services to individuals. A
Legal Aid Survey recently conducted by the UN Human Rights Unit
and Avocats Sans Frontieres showed that 80% of all legal services
in East Timor are currently being provided by private lawyers
working in legal aid clinics.
Executive Committee
With
the completion of the AATL's third annual Constituent General
Assembly in August 2005, a new Executive Committee was elected.
The serving members are as follows:
President:
Benevides Correia Barros
Vice-President: Alvaro Freitas
Secretary:
Napoleao Soares da Silva
The
AATL is also served by its Executive Officer Celito Cardoso, and
its Finance and Administrative Assistant – Guido Sarmento.
Contact
Details
The AATL
office is located at No. 7A, Estrada de Marconi, 7 de Dezembro
(Campo Alor), Comoro, Dili, Timor-Leste. Telephone
number: (670) 3310 086
For
queries or assistance, please contact Celito Cardoso (celito.cardoso@aatl.minihub.org)
or Mona Balram (mona.balram@aatl.minihub.org)
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