Judicial System Monitoring Programme

The Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP) is an East Timorese (Timor-Leste) national NGO that works in the justice and human rights fields. It was founded in April 2001 by two international Lawyers, Christian Ranheim and Caitlinn Reiger.^[1]

It is funded by a range of international donors including AusAID, USAID, NZAID, The Asia Foundation, the United Nations and by individual supporters around the world. It has a membership structure.

According to its website, JSMP aims to be the foremost independent organisation in Timor Leste that contributes to the development and improvement of the justice and legislative system through objective monitoring, analysis, advocacy and training.

Its specific goals are to:

• Support and advance the rule of law and human rights
• Advance the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession and the administration of justice in full compliance with standards of international law
• Promote the adoption and implementation of international human rights standards and other legal rules and principles that advance human rights and the rule of law
• Promote the establishment and enforcement of a legal system which protects individuals and groups against violations of their human rights
• Promote understanding of and compliance with the rule of law and human rights and provide assistance to those to whom the rule of law and human rights are denied
• Promote equality and the right of everyone to receive equal and fair access to justice and treatment under the law.

In 2004, the Judicial System Monitoring Programme and Amnesty International published a joint report critical of the Indonesian government's judicial response to the 1999 violence in Timor-Leste. ^[2][3]

JSMP is a member organization of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA).^[4]

External links

• Official website

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