This study aims to find, analyse and evaluate the legal norms that affect the policy the
Government of Timor-Leste and Indonesia, as well as rare-steps that should be taken by the
two Governments to find the right legal solution in the settlement of land boundary, lies in
guaranteeing the territorial sovereignty of both countries.
This study uses the theory of public policy, social justice theory and the theory of the rule of
law, as the basis for the theory is used to analyse the government policiesdemocratic
Republic of East Timor and the Republic of Indonesia in the region for the Settlement
Boundary Treaty. Type of research is a normative study, using the method of approach to the
history of law and legal politics.
The process of setting and affirmation land boundaries is, pursued through the establishment
of cooperative relations between countries with technical border commission in 2001, agreed
to use the 1904 peace treaty (Treaty) between the Portuguese and the Netherlands colonies, as
well as other documents relating to the border between the two colonies as a legal basis in the
determination of land boundaries and affirmation of Timor-Leste and Indonesia, as well as up
to 2005 has reached 79% limit can be defined between the two countries and the remaining
21% live not reach an agreement, Therefore, in this study the authors wanted to know and
evaluate what the legal norms and the steps that should be taken by both governments to
achieve legal solutions in resolving land boundary between the two countries.