A Blog on International Justice
Splitting the hairs between corporate responsibility in Myanmar and Cambodia A comment by Mahdev Mohan and Vani Sathisan To many, Cambodia and Myanmar are at different points on the arc towards democracy and development. Hun Sen’s Cambodia is often viewed as an authoritarian state mired in endemic corruption. Myanmar is regarded as an emerging success [...]
The Cambodian staff of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has lodged a protest with the tribunal’s Office of Administration over unpaid wages. In the protest letter, members of the Supreme Court Chamber as well as the translation and management offices stated that if there was no progress on their demands they [...]
On June 5th, Richard J. Rogers, Lawyer at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), wrote a letter to the UN-Under-Secretary-General, concerning interference in the judicial process of his appointment as Defence Counsel to the suspect in Case 004. Richard Rogers alleges that Knut Rosandhaug, the Deputy Director of the Office of Administration [...]
Prior to his leaving the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday 4 May, Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet issued his own Decisions on the two suspects of Case 003. In doing so he alleged that former Navy Chief Meas Muth and former Air Force Chief Sou Met, both high ranking commanders in the Revolutionary Army [...]
On Friday, Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, Reserve International Co-Investigating Judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), distributed a press release on what was his last official day at the Court. Judge Kasper-Ansermet resigned from his post in March 2012 effective from 4 May, due to alleged interference by the Cambodian government with regards to [...]
Isaac Endeley has been appointed as the new Chief of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) Defence Support Section, taking up the post on 17 April 2012. The post has been vacant since the resignation of British born international lawyer, Richard Rogers in November 2010. On his resignation, Mr. Rogers said that [...]
Saloth Ban, the nephew of deceased Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot and former Secretary General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Democratic Kampuchea has given evidence at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in relation to Case 002 of Ieng Sary, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan. The witness told the court [...]
Following the resignation of International Co-Investigating Judge Siegfried Blunk in October 2011 and the Reserve Co-Investigating Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet in March of this year at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), the spokesperson for Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations has emphasised that the Secretary General believes it to be essential [...]
Case 002 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh resumed on Wednesday, with 85 year old Nuon Chea former deputy leader of the Khmer Rouge and second in command to leader Pol Pot reading from a prepared written statement, in which he denied ordering the torture and execution of prisoners at S-21 (Tuol [...]
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), Supreme Court Chamber’s Appeal Judgment in Case 001 of Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch was published on Monday. Duch, who oversaw the S-21 (Tuol Sleng) Khmer Rouge prison in Phnom Penh was sentenced to life imprisonment. Duch was the sole individual indicted as part of case 001, the first [...]
After announcing his resignation yesterday, ECCC International Reserve Co-Investigating Judge Kasper-Ansermet issued today an official note concerning ‘egregious dysfunctions within the ECCC’. The note denounces several cases of irregularities and failure by the Cambodian staff to co-operate with their international counterparts, particularly in the context of the internal investigation launched by Judge Kasper-Ansermet. According to [...]
On 19 March 2012, the ECCC Trial Chamber resumed proceedings in Case 002 against Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and Khieu Samphan. Accused Nuon Chea was allowed to deliver a short oral submission, during which he blamed other actors (particularly the US and Vietnam) for the events in Cambodia and asked the Chamber to broaden the [...]
According to an ECCC press release, Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet resigned from his position International Reserve Co-Investigating Judge, with effect from 4 May 2012. Judge Kasper-Ansermet was mandated to investigate cases 003 and 004, but his authority to act has been constantly contested by the National Co-Investigating Judge, You Bunleng, despite a ruling by the Trial [...]
by Alex Bates The Supreme Court Chamber has recently announced the final appeal judgment in the case against Duch at the ECCC in Cambodia. This particular model of ‘hybrid’ international criminal tribunal has been under intense and increasing criticism for most of its nearly six-year existence. The most serious complaints have been allegations of undue [...]
by Wayne Jordash The new IBA report: the ECCC – A failure of Credibility by Dr. Mark Ellis, alongside the Opening Speech filed by the Nun Chea team, makes uncomfortable reading about the state of international criminal justice and the ECCC in particular. As recently commenced Case Number 2 before the ECCC moves forward into [...]
by Michiel Pestman, Nuon Chea Defence (23 November 2011) On 21 November 2011, the Extraordinary Chambers within the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) commenced their second and probably last trial of alleged leaders of the of the Khmer Rouge. As defence counsel for the first Accused, Nuon Chea, popularly known as Brother Number 2, I was entitled [...]
By Alexandre Prezanti On 3 February 2012, the Supreme Court Chamber (“SCC”) at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (“ECCC”) issued its judgement on appeal in the case of Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch (“Duch Case”). This was the first Final Judgement issued by the hybrid court in Phnom Penh. Much academic ink [...]