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Announcement
Press Release 7th Plenary Session of The ECCC Commences Tuesday 2 February 2010
Lastest News
- Day of reckoning (26-07-2010 The Phnom Penh Post)
- KRT on track for Case 002 indictments (16-07-2010 The Phnom Penh Post)
- Tuol Sleng torture survivor starts group for Khmer Rouge victims (4-02-2010 The Phnom Penh Post)
- Civil party reforms at KRT (29-01-2010 The Phnom Penh Post)
- KR Tribunal: Civil party increase for Case No 2 (8-01-2010 The Phnom Penh Post)
Victim's word
Where Most Chinese were Killed
China was the alleged supported of Pol Pot’s government between 1975 and 1979. However, its close ally, the Khmer Rouge, killed a lot of Chinese in Cambodia, especially at Tuol Ang in Takeo province during its Democratiic Kampuchea. This is according to Taing Muoy Kear, 61, Prey Khla villager and...
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Legal Documents
Calmness broken through
- There has been a long calmness in this country concerning Khmer Rouge regime, being left behind for decades. It is stuck in mind with fears, grief and political issue.
An Assessment of the ECCC Order on Translation Rights and Obligations
Overall, the Order on Translation Rights is very protective of defendants' rights to translation of documents. There are, however, some translation matters that it has left unanswered. The most important one that the ECCC must address the vagueness in the Order regarding which evidentiary materials beyond those supporting the indictment must be translated. The Order's suggestion that evidence produced at trial, but nothing more, must be translated ...
An Assessment of the ECCC Order on Translation Rights and Obligations
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) is engaged in an ongoing battle over what documents to prioritize for translation for defendants and their attorneys. The saga of the ECCC's translation difficulties got interesting in April, when Jacques Vergès, the French defense attorney for Khieu Samphan, announced during a hearing that he would not participate because every evidentiary document in his client's 1,600-page ...
Joint Criminal Enterprise and the Khmer Rouge Prosecutions
On December 5, pre-trial judges at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) will rule on an appeal by the Canadian and Cambodian Co-Prosecutors in the case against Duch, who once headed the infamous Tuol Sleng Prison in Phnom Penh. The appeal deals with a number of issues, but one of the most important is the prosecution's request to apply a controversial legal doctrine known as joint criminal enterprise. ...
Joint Criminal Enterprise and the Khmer Rouge Prosecutions
Few international lawyers would deny the challenges of applying JCE fairly, but many nonetheless support the doctrine. Advocates of JCE argue that this principle appropriately holds leaders accountable for the plans they set in motion and incentivizes them to behave responsibly. Proponents of the principle also acknowledge another reason for the doctrine-without it, convicting top dogs can be difficult. JCE developed largely as a way to satisfy ...
Analysis of the ECCC Closing Order Indicting Kaing Guek Eav (Duch) (16 February, 2009)
Analysis of the ECCC Closing Order Indicting Kaing Guek Eav (Duch) (13 February, 2009)
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) (26 December, 2008)
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (26 December, 2008)
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (26 December, 2008)
Internal Rules For Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (06 August, 2007)
Justice Initiative : A "Fair and Public Trial" A Political History of the Extraordinary Chambers (03 June, 2006)
Child Recruitment And War Crimes: The Special Court For Sierra Leone's Decision On A Preliminary Motion Bunsou Sour (30 March, 2006)
Remarks By His Excellency Sok An (02 August, 2005)
Crimes Covered By The Draft Khmer Rouge Law (28 July, 2005)
Publications
The survey report of Khmer Rough Trial Web Portal
Source: Open Forum of Cambodia
A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA 1975-1979(part2)
Source: Documentation Center of Cambodia
By: KHAMBOLY DY
A HISTORY OF DEMOCRATIC KAMPUCHEA 1975-1979(part1)
Source: Documentation Center of Cambodia
By: KHAMBOLY DY
the ECCC khmer Poster
Source: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
(02-6-2007)
Justice Initiatives
Source: Cambodia Justice Initiative of Open Society Justice Initiative
(05-1-2006)
Searching for the truth
Source: Documentation Center of Cambodia
By: DCCam
