Resources
Compulsory Conciliation
Timor-Leste and Australia reach agreement on treaty text reflecting 30 August Comprehensive Package Agreement, 15 October 2017
PCA Announces Breakthrough in Maritime Boundary Conciliation Proceedings, 1 September 2017
Update on Conciliation Proceedings between Timor-Leste and Australia, 9 August 2017
Update on Conciliation Proceedings between Timor-Leste and Australia, 12 June 2017
Update from UN Conciliation Commission following Washington Meetings, 3 April 2017
Trilateral Statement, 24 January 2017
Trilateral Statement, 9 January 2017
Decision on Competence, 19 September 2016
Presentation of the Opening Statement at The Hague, 29 August 2016
Conciliation between The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and The Commonwealth of Australia, PCA Case Repository, 11 April 2016
Treaties
Maritime Boundary Agreement between Australia and Indonesia (1972) Download
Timor Gap Treaty between Australia and Indonesia (1989) (not in force) Download
EEZ Agreement between Australia and Indonesia (1997) (signed but not ratified) Download
Timor Sea Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste (2002) (now amended by CMATS) Download
International Unitisation Agreement between Australia and Timor-Leste (2003) Download
Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (CMATS) Agreement between Australia and Timor-Leste (2006) Download
Timor-Leste signing the maritime boundary treaty with Australia (2018) Download
Timor-Leste Maritime Boundary Map (2018) Download
Further resources
Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
Maritime Space Database, containing numerous examples concerning deposits of baselines, national legislation, boundary delimitation agreements etc.
The Prime Minister of East Timor meets with Pope Francis, Rome Reports, 3 March 2016
Presentation by H.E. Ambassador Abel Guterres on behalf of the Government of Timor-Leste, Melbourne, 15 February 2016
Background information on 2004 Australia-New Zealand treaty, Former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2004
Articles
Australian spy case dropped by East Timor, The Australian, 25 January 2017, Amanda Hodge
East Timor, Australia set date for new sea border pact, The Strait Times, 25 January 2017,
East Timor dumps spying case against Australia for ‘good faith’ oil, gas boundary talks, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 January 2017, Daniel Flitton
Australia and East Timor have committed to finding a solution to the dispute over oil and gas fields in the Timor Sea by September this year, news.com.au, 24 January 2017, Paul Osborne
Timor-Leste withdraws spying case against Australia amid new sea border deal, SBS, 24 January 2017, AFP
Australia, Timor Leste set date for new sea border deal, New StraitsTimes, 24 January 2017, AFP
Timor-Leste drops espionage claims against Australia in maritime border dispute, theguardian, 24 January 2017, Ben Doherty
East Timor drops bugging claims against Australia to help resolve maritime border dispute, South China Morning Post, 24 January 2017
East Timor drops its spying case against Australia, ABC, 24 January 2017, Sara Everingham, 24 January
Australia, East Timor aim to agree maritime border by Sept, Reuters, 23 January 2017, Colin Packham and Sonali Paul
Timor-Leste: Boundary treaty renegotiation is in Australia’s interests Lowy Interpreter, 13 January 2017, Steve Bracks
A line in the water, Inside Story, 12 January 2017, Michael Leach
Timor-Leste Seeks a Better Maritime Border with Australia, The Diplomat, 11 January 2017, Grant Wyeth
Australia yields on East Timor ‘oil treaty’, The Australian, 10 January 2017, Victoria Laurie and Amanda Hodge
East Timor tears up oil and gas treaty with Australia after Hague dispute, ABC, 9 January 2017, Henry Belot and Emily Stewart
Australia and Timor-Leste to negotiate permanent maritime boundary, theguardian, 9 January 2017, Ben Doherty
Timor Sea 2006 treaty to be terminated, The Australian Business Review, 9 January 2017, AAP
Australia makes Historic Shift on Timor Sea Boundary, Agrees to Negotiate, Mark Skulley Blog, 9 January 2017, Mark Skulley
Spying fallout: East Timor to tear up oil and gas treaty with Australia, The Age, 9 January 2017, Daniel Flitton
Global Court agrees to take up Timor, Australia sea border row , ABC, 27 September 2016, AFP
Australia fails in attempt to block Timor-Leste maritime boundary case, theguardian, 26 September 2016, Ben Doherty, Reuters and AFP
The Conciliation Commission Concludes First Procedural Meeting, Permanent Court of Arbitration, 29 Jully 2016
Timor-Leste pushes Australia to conciliation, The Saturday Paper, 4 June 2016, Mark Skulley
Jose Ramos Horta: Australia needs to negotiate not litigate with neighbours, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 April 2016, Jose Ramos-Horta
Interview: Ambassador Abel Guterres, The Diplomat, 20 April 2016, Ben Weir
Contrasting party policies emerge over maritime boundary with East Timor, SBS, 14 April 2016, Hannah Sinclair
Labor vows to end Timor-Leste dispute over Greater Sunrise territory, Australian Financial Review, 11 February 2016, Fleur Anderson
Malcolm Turnbull’s foreign policy hypocrisy on East Timor, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 January 2016, Tom Allard
Oil and Water: Australia blurs the lines with Timor-Leste, The Monthly, December 2015, Mark Aarons
East Timor appealing for Australian public’s support in border dispute, minister says, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 17 November 2015
Timor-Leste’s battle to settle its maritime borders resumes, The Saturday Paper, 12 September 2015, Mark Skulley
Timor Sea policy a challenge for Labor, The Saturday Paper, 11 July 2015, Steve Bracks
Oil, gas and spy games in the Timor Sea, The Monthly, April 2014, Kim McGrath
