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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 [...]
In an Op-Ed contribution published in the New York times, Aryeh Neier comments on the Syrian crisis. In particular he explores the possibility of a war crimes tribunal run by the Arab League to hold accountable the Syrian government and its henchmen. Such a court should also, however, have jurisdiction over crimes committed by rebels. [...]
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 [...]
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 Her Excellency, Justice Shireen Avis Fisher The international community, press and humanitarian aid organizations are anxious to register their disgust at each new example of the commission of crimes against humanity and violations of the laws of war. The call goes up for new war crimes prosecutions and self-righteous pronouncements are made about the [...]
Date: April 19, 2012 – April 21, 2012 Venue: University of Pittsburgh School of Law 3900 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA, 15260 Keynote Speaker: Stephen J. Rapp, United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues. ILawyer Wayne Jordash will be delivering a paper titled ‘Fair Trial Rights at the SCSL: How the Demands of Accountability Outweighed the [...]
The Special Court for Sierra Leone announced that it will render its long awaited judgement on the Charles Taylor case on 26 April, starting at 11:00am. The former President of Liberia is accused of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed between 1996 and 2002. For more details, click here. Share this:
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 [...]