Horacio de Almeida (born 16 April 1975 in Uato-Lari, Viqueque, Timor-Leste) is Deputy Provedor of Human Rights in the Office of the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice, or Provedoria dos Direitos Humanos e Justiça (PDHJ), in Timor-Leste. He has held this position since January 2015.

Professional life

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De Almeida worked with various UN Missions to Timor-Leste (UNMISET, UNOTIL and UNMIT) while also teaching in the University of Dili for over 5 years. He worked as a Human Rights Adviser to the Ministry of Health of Timor-Leste on legal and procurement issues.[1][2] In January 2015 he was appointed as Deputy Provedor for Human Rights at the Office of the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice.[3][4]

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2015-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Timor Leste". asiapacificforum.net. Archived from the original on 2015-02-20.
  3. ^ "PDHJ Homepage - Meet the Ombudsman and Deputies". Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2015-02-20.
  4. ^ "Timor Leste: New PDHJ members take office". asiapacificforum.net.