Office of the Provedor and Corruption

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The Office of the Provedor is a central element of the national anticorruption strategy.It has the mandate to investigate all complaints of corruption as well as maladministration and human rights. Its role embraces investigation, prevention and education in relation to these matters.

Currently, the Office has insufficient resources and expertise to carry out its
responsibilities effectively.We therefore recommend that additional resources be supplied to the Provedor so that it can become fully operational by June 2006; that the implementation plan of the Office be endorsed by the Administration; that qualified expert expatriate staff be recruited as soon as possible to work alongside Timorese staff; and that independent surveys of citizen attitudes and perceptions be conducted to provide benchmarks against which progress can be measured.

11. Establishing respect for human rights and protecting them is part of the mandate of the Office of the Provedor. To help ensure that Government is kept fully informed of human rights issues, a human rights advisory position has been established in the Office of the Prime Minister.We endorse this position and recommend that the organic law of the Office of the Adviser on Human Rights be made. It is clearly important that the Office establish relations with the Provedor’s Office and liaise with CSOs in order to keep abreast of community views.