Category : KRT & ICC’s Activities

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Project

Since the end of 2006 ADHOC has been running the Khmer Rouge Trials and International Criminal Court Program in order 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 similar mass [...]

Workshop – 10th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

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On 2 July 2012, Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) convened speakers from various organizations and backgrounds to discuss and present on the fight against impunity and the prevention of mass crimes in Cambodia. The conference took place on the tenth anniversary of the Rome Statute’s entry into force. Speakers were drawn from the ECCC, universities, and the regional office of the Coalition for the ICC.

ADHOC assistance to Civil Parties Lawyers in June 2011

ADHOC – KRT Justice project plays the important role to ensure the civil parties meaningful participation in the ECCC. ADHOC is not only supporting transportation for Civil Parties to attend the hearings before the ECCC but we are regularly keeping in close touch to inform those civil parties through our radio program every Wednesday and ADHOCs nationwide and District Meeting for Civil Parties