PhD Scholar Information

Adérito holds a bachelor of law degree from Satya Wacana University in Indonesia and a Master of Law from New York University.

Prior to the Timor-Leste referendum in 1999, Adérito worked for human rights NGOs in Indonesia. He returned to Timor in 1999, actively campaigning for independence and worked for several NGOs in Timor-Leste. In 2001 he was elected to East Timor’s Constituent Assembly and was instrumental in drafting East Timor’s first constitution. He left the Assembly in 2002 to pursue his studies in the US.

From 2003 to 2007 he worked for various national and international NGOs in Timor; as a consultant to the UN; and a law lecturer at Timor’s university. He has been published in the International Journal on Minority and Group Rights; and has written extensively on Timor-Leste and Indonesia for international newspapers including the International Herald Tribune, South China Morning Post, The Jakarta Post and Christian Science Monitor. He is regularly interviewed as a commentator on Timor-Leste by international media such as the ABC, The Age, AFP, Reuters, Al-Jazeera, Democracy Now, Times Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle.