Joint criminal enterprise order [ECCC]

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Joint criminal enterprise order [ECCC]

December 9, 2009 12:50:00 am

Order on the Application at the ECCC of the Form of Liability known as Joint Criminal Enterprise, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, December 9, 2009 [allowing the use of the controversial legal concept of joint criminal enterprise to prosecute surviving Khmer Rouge leaders for government actions].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the ECCC.

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