Life Sentences Upheld Against Khmer Rouge Leaders (Tribunal Updates)

Tootsfriend · Post by **Tootsfriend** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 6:06 am

Quote, Ruling marks the final decision by the court and ends 16 years of work by the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia.

When is the end, not the end ?

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Mon Sep 26, 2022 3:42 pm

May be of interest to CEO readers:

A UN-backed tribunal on Khmer Rouge crimes just confirmed the conviction of key leader Khieu Samphan. What now?
23 septembre 2022, 03:45 CEST

A United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia has just concluded its largest trial, concerning crimes committed during the Khmer Rouge regime. The tribunal’s appeal judges yesterday confirmed the conviction against 91-year-old Khieu Samphan, the former head of state, for his role in these crimes.

Yesterday’s decision was a turning point. After this, there will be no further trials in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. But what will the lasting impacts of these trials be?
Article: https://theconversation.com/a-un-backed ... now-191060

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:50 pm

Symposium on the ECCC: “It’s Time for the Record To be Set Straight”? History, Memory, and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
04.11.22
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) was created by the Cambodian government in partnership with the United Nations. Its purpose was to prosecute crimes under international and Cambodian law committed between 1975 and 1979, when Cambodia was ruled by the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), better known as the ‘Khmer Rouge’. On 22 September 2022, the ECCC’s appeal chamber delivered its final judgment, upholding former CPK leader Khieu Samphan’s conviction for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

Responding to that final judgment, this Opinio Juris symposium reflects on the ECCC’s trials, tribulations, and legacy. Bringing the symposium to a close, in this post Pete Manning reflects on the ECCC’s contribution to memory and history about the Khmer Rouge period.
[Pete Manning is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, whose authored works include ‘Transitional Justice and Memory in Cambodia’ (Routledge, 2017).]

The final judgement of the ECCC offers an important opportunity to reflect on the social and cultural politics of memory and history that have been implicated and generated within the work of the tribunal. I do so to take stock of the relationship between the ECCC, its partners, and the public audiences and constituencies that it has addressed its work to, and to consider some of the wider lessons of the ECCC for practitioners and scholars in transitional justice and international criminal law (ICL).
Full article: https://opiniojuris.org/2022/11/04/symp ... -cambodia/

Jerry Atrick · Post by **Jerry Atrick** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 1:01 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 12:50 pm Symposium on the ECCC: “It’s Time for the Record To be Set Straight”? History, Memory, and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
04.11.22
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) was created by the Cambodian government in partnership with the United Nations. Its purpose was to prosecute crimes under international and Cambodian law committed between 1975 and 1979, when Cambodia was ruled by the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), better known as the ‘Khmer Rouge’. On 22 September 2022, the ECCC’s appeal chamber delivered its final judgment, upholding former CPK leader Khieu Samphan’s conviction for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

Responding to that final judgment, this Opinio Juris symposium reflects on the ECCC’s trials, tribulations, and legacy. Bringing the symposium to a close, in this post Pete Manning reflects on the ECCC’s contribution to memory and history about the Khmer Rouge period.
[Pete Manning is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, whose authored works include ‘Transitional Justice and Memory in Cambodia’ (Routledge, 2017).]

The final judgement of the ECCC offers an important opportunity to reflect on the social and cultural politics of memory and history that have been implicated and generated within the work of the tribunal. I do so to take stock of the relationship between the ECCC, its partners, and the public audiences and constituencies that it has addressed its work to, and to consider some of the wider lessons of the ECCC for practitioners and scholars in transitional justice and international criminal law (ICL).
Full article: https://opiniojuris.org/2022/11/04/symp ... -cambodia/

It's been an extraordinary waste of money

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:07 pm

What did you think was such a waste of money? I think the money was well spent. The trial proved the crimes of Democratic Kampuchea in an internationally supervised court, took thousands of witness statements and documented the period extremely well. Obviously if you were expecting every DK cadre to be up in the dock you were going to be disappointed. There were good reasons why it took so long for this trial to come about and it achieved its aims.

Tootsfriend · Post by **Tootsfriend** » Sun Nov 06, 2022 9:17 am

John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:07 pm What did you think was such a waste of money? I think the money was well spent. The trial proved the crimes of Democratic Kampuchea in an internationally supervised court, took thousands of witness statements and documented the period extremely well. Obviously if you were expecting every DK cadre to be up in the dock you were going to be disappointed. There were good reasons why it took so long for this trial to come about and it achieved its aims.

If it had been your money or the money you personally donated, would you still feel the same way. It's easy to say it was well spent when it was not your money and you dont know how much was spent and what it was spent on.

Post by **Clutch Cargo** » Sun Nov 06, 2022 10:07 am

Whose money was it?

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Sun Nov 06, 2022 11:55 am

Clutch Cargo wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 10:07 am Whose money was it?

. From the inception of the court, the Royal Government of Cambodia contributed in cash and in-kind contribution a total of $41.5 million making it the second largest contributor to the ECCC after Japan. It is followed by the United States, Australia, European Union, and Germany. Japan and the European Union are the major donors to the Cambodian side of the budget.

Jerry Atrick · Post by **Jerry Atrick** » Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:22 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:07 pm What did you think was such a waste of money? I think the money was well spent. The trial proved the crimes of Democratic Kampuchea in an internationally supervised court, took thousands of witness statements and documented the period extremely well. Obviously if you were expecting every DK cadre to be up in the dock you were going to be disappointed. There were good reasons why it took so long for this trial to come about and it achieved its aims.

350M - three convictions in a little over fifteen or sixteen years.

One conviction was technically outside the remit of the court - Duch; but they needed something to show progress.

There was also a very public palaver with one of the judges (iirc) making allegations of corruption and political interference in the process

It's better that the victims have been given some resolution/closure than if they haven't, of course - that's not debatable - just it's difficult not to perceive the process as being bloated, expensive and imperfect.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Sun Nov 06, 2022 2:21 pm

Unfortunately one defendant died and another was found to be mentally unfit and then died but it was never just about the number of convictions. There are millions of surviving victims, would you suggest handing out a few bucks each to them instead?

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