Joao Maupelo da Costa

João is a Public Relations Officer at the Department of Public Relations, which carries out outreach for Timor-Leste’s national laws and international human rights law to communities in rural areas. His main tasks as a public relations officer are organising and coordinating with local authorities regarding all activities related to outreach to rural areas, which have included land, unemployment and housing issues. After programs are implemented he then prepares full reports. He is eager to participate in this program in order to improve his knowledge in the area of human rights and diplomacy, which would in turn benefit his outreach and public information work on laws in rural areas. By gaining greater knowledge of human rights he would thus be able to emphasise the promotion of human rights principles in Timor-Leste laws.