Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

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The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is the supreme legal charter that establishes the country’s system of government, fundamental rights, and institutional framework following its independence.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of Timor-Leste	6
Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste canonical	5
Constitution of East Timor	1
Timorese Constitution	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1589447 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Context triple: [National Parliament of Timor-Leste, legalBasis, Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste]

A. Constitution of Tuvalu
The Constitution of Tuvalu is the supreme legal document that defines the country's system of government, the roles of its institutions, and the fundamental rights of its citizens.
B. Constitution of Indonesia
The Constitution of Indonesia is the supreme legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of the Indonesian state and its government institutions.
C. Constitution of Solomon Islands
The Constitution of Solomon Islands is the supreme legal document that establishes the country’s system of government, defines the powers of its institutions, and guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms for its citizens.
D. Constitution of Papua New Guinea
The Constitution of Papua New Guinea is the country's supreme legal document that establishes its system of government, fundamental rights, and national principles following independence.
E. Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is the supreme law that establishes the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of Singapore’s government and guarantees key rights for its citizens.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Target entity description: The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is the supreme legal charter that establishes the country’s system of government, fundamental rights, and institutional framework following its independence.

A. Constitution of Tuvalu
The Constitution of Tuvalu is the supreme legal document that defines the country's system of government, the roles of its institutions, and the fundamental rights of its citizens.
B. Constitution of Indonesia
The Constitution of Indonesia is the supreme legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of the Indonesian state and its government institutions.
C. Constitution of Solomon Islands
The Constitution of Solomon Islands is the supreme legal document that establishes the country’s system of government, defines the powers of its institutions, and guarantees fundamental rights and freedoms for its citizens.
D. Constitution of Papua New Guinea
The Constitution of Papua New Guinea is the country's supreme legal document that establishes its system of government, fundamental rights, and national principles following independence.
E. Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is the supreme law that establishes the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of Singapore’s government and guarantees key rights for its citizens.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal document ⓘ national constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy	Constituent Assembly of East Timor ⓘ surface form: Constituent Assembly of Timor-Leste
adoptionDate	2002-03-22 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Timor-Leste Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ surface form: Timorese Constitution
cameIntoForce	2002-05-20 ⓘ
containsTitle	Economic, Financial and Fiscal Organization ⓘ Fundamental Principles ⓘ Fundamental Rights and Duties ⓘ surface form: Fundamental Rights, Duties, Freedoms and Guarantees Guarantees and Revision of the Constitution ⓘ Political Power ⓘ
context	adopted following Timor-Leste’s independence from Indonesia ⓘ
country	Timor-Leste ⓘ
definesCapital	Dili ⓘ
definesHeadOfGovernment	Prime Minister ⓘ
definesHeadOfState	President of the Republic ⓘ
definesLegislatureType	unicameral parliament ⓘ
definesOfficialLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ Tetum ⓘ
definesStateName	Timor-Leste ⓘ surface form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
establishesBody	Court of Appeal of Timor-Leste ⓘ Court of Appeal of Timor-Leste ⓘ surface form: Courts of Timor-Leste Government of Timor-Leste ⓘ National Parliament of East Timor ⓘ surface form: National Parliament of Timor-Leste Prosecutor-General’s Office ⓘ Superior Council for the Judiciary ⓘ
establishesBranch	executive branch ⓘ judicial branch ⓘ legislative branch ⓘ
establishesFormOfState	unitary state ⓘ
establishesOffice	President of the Republic ⓘ Prime Minister ⓘ
establishesSystemOfGovernment	semi-presidential system ⓘ
guaranteesRight	freedom of assembly ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ right to education ⓘ right to equality before the law ⓘ right to health ⓘ right to vote ⓘ
inspiredBy	Portuguese constitutional tradition ⓘ international human rights instruments ⓘ
jurisdiction	Timor-Leste ⓘ surface form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
language	Portuguese ⓘ Tetum ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of Timor-Leste ⓘ
precedes	accession of Timor-Leste to the United Nations ⓘ
promulgatedOn	2002-05-20 ⓘ
providesFor	constitutional amendment procedures ⓘ constitutional review ⓘ
recognizesWorkingLanguage	English ⓘ Indonesian ⓘ
subjectMatter	distribution of powers among state organs ⓘ fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ organization of the state ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Parliament → legalBasis → Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ

subject surface form: National Parliament of Timor-Leste

Oecusse → governingLaw → Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of East Timor

Government of Timor-Leste → legalBasis → Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ

President of East Timor → establishedBy → Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ

President of East Timor → legalFramework → Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ