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COMMENTARY: CHRAC / KAS / Cambodian Bar Association Workshop on the ECCC’s Legacies

On March 12, the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), German political foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia invited to a high-calibre Workshop on the ‘Implementation of the ECCC Legacies for Domestic Legal and Judicial Reform’. While the foreign panelists gave compelling and comprehensive reports regarding the status quo of the ECCC’s legacy, as well as regarding future possibilities within the legacy-phase, the Cambodian panelists provided valuable first-hand knowledge on the demand-side of the Judicial Reform.

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REPORT: Victims Participation before the ECCC – Baseline Study (ADHOC & Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, 2013)

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Victims’ participation is one of the unique features of the trials held by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), also known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT). In November 2011, the ECCC Trial Chamber began its second trial, hearing evidence against three former top ranking Khmer Rouge leaders.

Nearly 4,000 victims participate as Civil Parties in this second case (Case 002), over ten times more than in the first trial. This unprecedented large number of Civil Parties in an already complex trial poses challenges for the Court, lawyers and NGOs alike to achieve a balance between the rights of victims to an effective participation and the rights of the accused to a timely trial.

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New WCRO Report Examines Investigative Management, Strategies, and Techniques of the International Criminal Court’s Office of the Prosecutor

The War Crimes Research Office (WCRO) recently launched a new report on the International Criminal Court (ICC), entitled Investigative Management, Strategies, and Techniques of the International Criminal Court’s Office of the Prosecutor.

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Update: Ieng Thirith’s Fitness to Stand Trial

Last week experts testified regarding the fitness to stand trial of Ieng Thirith, former Minister of Social Affairs under the Khmer Rouge regime. The expert testimony comes after a previous ruling by the Trial Chamber that she was unfit to stand trial and should be released on 17 November 2011.  However, this decision was later [...]

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ECCC Legacy Planning and Progress

While it may seem early to focus on the matter of the ECCC legacy, especially as the Case 002 Trial Hearing is still ongoing, planning is already well underway to ensure the court has the maximum positive legacy.  Several meetings have already been convened by NGOs with the aim to map, plan, and coordinate projects [...]

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KRT Program Objectives

Since the end of 2006 ADHOC has been running the Khmer Rouge Trials and International Criminal Court Program. Its main objective is to ensure that the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) succeeds in delivering justice to the victims of the Khmer Rouge, and to seek safeguards that will prevent the perpetration of [...]

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ADHOC Engagement with Civil Party Representatives from Prey Veng

ADHOC has been engaging with Civil Party Representatives (CPR) from Prey Veng Province to facilitate their participation and understanding of the trial proceedings so as to empower them to keep their province and districts informed of important developments in the trial as well as to meaningfully participate in the trials themselves. ADHOC’s engagement with the [...]

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