377- وتؤكد المادة 17 من الدستور على المساواة في الحقوق والالتزامات بين النساء والرجال في جميع مجالات الحياة الأسرية، والسياسية، والاقتصادية، والاجتماعية، والثقافية.
The legal regime grants original citizenship to children whose parents are unknown or stateless, or of unknown nationality, providing those children were born in Timor-Leste. Children who at age of majority (17 years) declare their will to become citizens of Timor-Leste are also deemed citizens of the State.