The Khmer Rouge tribunal

Between 1975 and 1979 the Khmer Rouge under their leader Saloth Sar (Pol Pot) governed the country they called "Democratic Kampuchea". Within less then four years probably about 1.7 Mio people died of system related reasons, hundreds of thousands were killed on so called 'killing fiel...

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Published in:Verfassung und Recht in Übersee 2006-01, Vol.39 (4), p.425-456
Main Author: Menzel, Jörg
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Cambodia
Courts
Criminal courts
Criminal Law
Human rights
International criminal law
International jurisdiction
Justice
Khmer
Legal systems
Political parties
Political Violence
Trials
Tribunals
Truth
United Nations
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Summary:Between 1975 and 1979 the Khmer Rouge under their leader Saloth Sar (Pol Pot) governed the country they called "Democratic Kampuchea". Within less then four years probably about 1.7 Mio people died of system related reasons, hundreds of thousands were killed on so called 'killing fields' around the country. More than thirty years after their seizure of power, some of the surviving senior leaders and those most responsible for the crimes of the Khmer Rouge will not be prosecuted and face trial in a special court. The 'Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia' (ECCC) are a hybrid court consisting of Cambodian and international judges, based on an agreement between the United Nations and the State of Cambodia and a Cambodian law. Its task will be to bring at least some late justice to the victims of the Khmer Rouge, to document the truth about their barbaric system and - hopefully - to provide some momentum for urgently necessary improvements in the Cambodian judicial system. The work of the ECCC will be of major interest for the development of international criminal law and it will be a landmark event in Cambodia itself. The article outlines background, structure and perspectives of this 'Khmer Rouge Tribunal'. Reprinted by permission of Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
ISSN:0506-7286