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| | Organization of courts in E. Timor adopted Asian Political News - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | "The District Court in Dili will have exclusive jurisdiction over serious criminal offenses such as genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, murder, sexual offenses and torture committed in the period between Jan. 1 and Oct. 25, 1999," Manoel de Almeida told reporters when announcing the adoption of the regulation. |
 | | While in office, judges and prosecutors will be barred from accepting political or any other public office or employment, including teaching law, participating in the drafting of the law or carrying out legal research on a part-time basis, unless for honorary unpaid purposes, it said. |
 | | According to the regulation, the judiciary will eventually be composed of district courts and one court of appeal. |
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