Reflecting Human Rights and Peace in Timor-Leste as an ‘Outsider’ Opinion I made my first trip to Timor-Leste in 2013. At that time, I must confess I had limited knowledge about the country. In contrast with most scholars, I did not learn the country from books; instead, I started to learn about Timorese politics from the lens of human rights and peace by learning its culture and through the stories of the people I met informally. By Khoo Ying Hooi