Timor-Leste
Casualties and Victim Assistance
Casualties
In 2013, no new casualties were reported in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. In 2011, three casualties were identified: two civilian men were killed and one critically injured while handling unexploded ordnance they had uncovered.[1] Prior to this, explosive remnants of war (ERW) incidents were recorded in 2000 and 2003. Between 1999 and 2013, the Monitor identified 12 ERW casualties (five killed and seven injured) in Timor-Leste.[2]
[1] “Timor-Leste and UN step up efforts to dispose of unexploded ordnance,” UN News Centre, 18 October 2011..
[2] See ICBL, Landmine Monitor Report 2003: Toward a Mine-Free World (New York: Human Rights Watch, August 2003), accessed 1 May 2013; and ICBL, Landmine Monitor Report 2000: Toward a Mine-Free World (New York: Human Rights Watch, August 2000), accessed 1 May 2013.