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Khmer Rouge deputy deemed fit to stand trial
March 29, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday ruled that Pol Pot's former deputy Nuon Chea is fit to continue standing trial after the recent death of co-defendant Ieng Sary. The March 14 death of the Khmer Rouge co-founder renewed fears that the aging.... [more]
Cambodia Khmer Rouge co-founder dies while on trial for war crimes
March 14, 2013 by Sarah Paulsworth
Khmer Rouge Deputy Foreign Minister and co-founder Ieng Sary, who was on trial for war crimes in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) for his involvement in the killing of 1.7 million people, died Thursday at the age of 87. Sary was originally detained in November 2007 and.... [more]
UN senior official addresses sexual violence issues in Cambodia and Kenya
March 2, 2013 by Julie Deisher
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura on Friday welcomed the recent ruling by Cambodia?s genocide tribunal to annul a previous ruling that would have prevented it from trying crimes of sexual violence committed during the Khmer Ro....... [more]
Cambodia genocide tribunal releases former Khmer Rouge leader
September 16, 2012 by Matthew Pomy
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Sunday released the former "First Lady" of the Khmer Rouge regime, Ieng Thirith. The court ruled that due her degenerative illness, said to likely be Alzheimers, she should be released from detention. Thirith, the sister-in-law of.... [more]
Prosecutors urge ECCC to seize passport of former Khmer Rouge leader
September 15, 2012 by Max Slater
Prosecutors in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday urged the tribunal to seize the passport of former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith whose release was ordered after she was declared mentally unfit to stand trial. The ECCC ruled on Thursday that Ieng Thirith is.... [more]
Cambodia genocide tribunal rules Khmer Rouge leader unfit to stand trial
September 13, 2012 by Max Slater
The trial chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ruled Thursday that the sister-in-law of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot is not mentally competent to stand trial, ordering her release. The tribunal held that Ieng Thirith, the so-called "First Lady" of the Khmer.... [more]
Cambodia genocide tribunal announces declassification of war crimes trial documents
September 6, 2012 by Keith Herting
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), Cambodia's UN-supported war crimes tribunal, announced Thursday that it would declassify more than 1,700 documents including "victims' 'confessions' and biographies, witness statements, transcripts of in camera hearings, and rogatory.... [more]
ECCC appoints US judge to investigate new war crimes cases
July 31, 2012 by Brandon Gatto
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), Cambodia's UN-supported war crimes tribunal, announced Monday that it has appointed a US judge to investigate two new Khmer Rouge cases, strongly opposed by the government, after two other judges resigned in protest. Mark Harmon, a.... [more]
Cambodia genocide tribunal finds defense lawyers responsible for misconduct
June 29, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday found the defense team of Nuon Chea, the Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist, guilty of misconduct. The decision came a week after a verbal warning that was given to the defense counsel for misconduct such as ".... [more]
Cambodia genocide tribunal began trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders [this day at law]
June 27, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On June 27, 2011, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) began hearings for four former leaders of Khmer Rouge from the 1970s. These men were the first regime officials to face trial for charges of war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity, homicide and torture. The Khmer.... [more]
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