Khmer Rouge Trials September 2, 2020September 14, 2020 by James A Goldston Justice Initiative Ends Monitoring of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia …website. The ECCC continues to operate but is nearing completion of its caseload. After three extensive trials, two judgments have been affirmed in final appeals (Cases 001 and 002/1), and…
Khmer Rouge Trials May 1, 2019September 14, 2020 by Heather Ryan Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: Developments and Completion Timeline …lead responsibility, along with Cambodian Co-Prosecutor Chea Leang, for both of the Case 002/02 trial and the Case 002/01 appeal. While the court has made no formal announcement of his…
Khmer Rouge Trials June 16, 2017September 14, 2020 by Jonathan Birchall Concerns over Bid to Wrap Up Outstanding Investigations at Cambodia's ECCC …damage possible to: the achievements of the court in Cases 001 and 002; the value of information gathered during the nine years they were under investigation; the civil parties, the…
Khmer Rouge Trials September 28, 2016September 14, 2020 by Heather Ryan The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts in Cambodia: Lessons in Human Rights Ignored by Cambodian Government …addresses progress on Case 002 and delays in completion of the investigations in Cases 003 and 004. Current Human Rights Violations The ECCC was designed to deliver justice for crimes…
Khmer Rouge Trials June 3, 2015September 14, 2020 by Heather Ryan Potential Hazard: ECCC Trial Chamber Considers Expanded Use of Evidence Tainted by Torture …of torture.” The Trial Chamber applied the same rule in the first trial of Case 002 (002/01) stating that tortured-tainted confessions “cannot be used as evidence or for the basis…
Khmer Rouge Trials March 27, 2015September 14, 2020 by Jonathan Birchall Time to Acknowledge Obstruction of Khmer Rouge Prosecutions …the court’s Case 002 (of the two others, Ieng Sary died in 2013; his wife Ieng Thirith was declared unfit for trial in 2011). It expresses concern that reduced international…
Khmer Rouge Trials January 16, 2015September 14, 2020 by Heather Ryan Preserving History: The Importance of Archives at the Extraordinary Chambers The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) currently faces pressing challenges, including the health of Khieu Samphan, an accused along with Nuon Chea in the current Case 002/02;…
Khmer Rouge Trials January 9, 2015September 14, 2020 by Heather Ryan New Year, Same Problems at ECCC …phase of the Case 002 trial (known as 002/02) until they completed their appeal brief for the first phase (known as 002/01). The lawyers claimed they could not simultaneously participate…
Khmer Rouge Trials October 17, 2014September 14, 2020 by Heather Ryan Why Try Khmer Rouge Leaders Twice? …Because of the advanced age and health problems of the two defendants, the charges against them were divided into two cases. The first case (known as Case 002/01) was relatively…
Khmer Rouge Trials March 10, 2014September 14, 2020 by Jonathan Birchall Khmer Rouge Tribunal Urged to Step Up Outreach …Nuon Chea. The first stage of the trial in what is known as Case 002 ended in October last year, with a judgment expected in coming months. Laura McGrew, the…