YEAR: 5 NO:38 SPECIAL BULLETIN: FEBRUARY, 2012 PAGE 1 CONTENT :

x Cambodian Premier Cambodian Premier Receives Receives Two For- eign Ambassadors. Two Foreign Ambassadors Page 1 x Tourists increase in , Ang- kor Page 2

x Duch Sentenced to Life Imprisonment by the Supreme Court Chamber. Page 3

x Cambodian Foreign Minister Meets U.S. &DPERGLD¶V3ULPH0LQLVWHU6DPGHFK$NND0RKD6HQD3DGHL7HFKR+XQ6HQUHFHLYHVWRGD\DW3KQRP Assistant Secretary 3HQK¶V3HDFH3DODFH0U-HDQ-François Cautain, first resident Eropean Union Ambassador to . of State. Page 5 AKP , cess in ensuring stabil- Cautain as the first '35.¶V6XSUHPH February 4, 2012 ± ity, economic growth, resident European Un- Leader to the Cambo- alleviating poverty and ion Ambassador to- dian premier. Cambodian Prime combating corruption, Cambodia. Minister Samdech Ieng Sophalet, assis- Gen. Kim Jong-un Akka Moha Sena tant to the Cambodian On the same day, Sam- affirmed that the Padei Techo Hun Sen premier told reporters dech Techo Hun Sen DPRK will continue to received here on Fri- after the meeting. He also met with Ambas- further strengthen and day H.E. Jean-François also invited Samdech sador of the Democ- expand the traditional Cautain, first resident Techo Hun Sen to at- UDWLF3HRSOH¶V5HSXEOLF relationship and coop- European Union Am- tend the ASEAN-EU of Korea (DPRK) to- eration between the bassador to Cambodia. Business Summit. CambodiaH.E. Hong two countries, H.E. Ki Chol. Hong Ki Chol told In the meeting, H.E. For his part, the Cam- Samdech Techo Hun Jean-François Cautain bodian prime minister On the occasion, H.E. Sen. congratulated the accepted the invitation Hong Ki Chol con- Royal Government of and warmly welcomed veyed greetings from ******** Cambodia on its suc- H.E. Jean-François Gen. Kim Jong-un, PAGE 2

Tourists increase in Sihanoukville,

Tourists visit Angkor Wat in June last year.

ARCADIA Tourism Ship Docks at Preah Sihanouk Ville Seaport

The ARCADIA Cruise Ship with some 2,000 multi- national tourists on board docks at Preah Sihanouk Ville International Seaport of Cambodia on February 9.

Local and foreign tourism in on the beaches of Sihanouk- that there were many reasons About 206,000 people vis- Sihanoukville province and ville, together with Chinese it, and the new air routes ited in January this year, Angkor Wat rose signifi- 1HZ

Duch Sentenced to Life Imprisonment by the Supreme Court Chamber

AKP Phnom Penh, February insufficient weight to the rights should be redressed by ber also granted the appeals 3, 2012 -- gravity of crimes and aggra- it even in the absence of vio- from 10 Civil Party Appli- vating circumstances. As to lations attributable to the cants whose applications had The Supreme Court Cham- aggravating factors, the Su- ECCC and in the absence of been rejected by the Trial ber of the Extraordinary preme Court Chamber noted abuse of process. In the ab- Chamber in the Trial Judge- Chambers in the Courts of that KAING Guek Eav held sence of both of these cir- ment. These Civil Party Ap- Cambodia (ECCC) today a central leadership role at cumstances, the Trial Cham- pellants have substantiated sentenced KAING Guek Eav the Security Center S-21, ber should have rejected their applications on appeal, alias Duch to life imprison- which he abused by training, .$,1**XHN(DY¶VUHTXHVW and are therefore admitted as ment, the maximum sentence ordering, and supervising for remedy. Civil Parties in Case 001. available under the law, for staff in the systematic torture crimes against humanity and and execution of prisoners Judges Klonowiecka-Milart The Supreme Court Cham- grave breaches of the 1949 deemed to be enemies of the and Jayasinghe consider that ber also decided on appeals Geneva Conventions, ac- Democratic Kampuchea re- granting a remedy is from Civil Parties related to cording to the ECCC's web- gime, and he showed (&&&¶VUHVSRQVLELOLW\DQG WKH 7ULDO &KDPEHU¶V UXOLQJ site. ³GHGLFDWLRQWRUHILQLQJWKH that granting KAING Guek on their requests for collec- operations of S-´ZKLFK Eav a remedy by commuting tive and moral reparations. Granting an appeal from the ZDV³WKHIDFWRU\RIGHDWK´ the life sentence to a fixed The Supreme Court Cham- Co-Prosecutors, the Supreme WHUPRI\HDUV¶LPSULVRQ ber affirmed the Trial Cham- Court Chamber quashed the The Chamber noted that the ment would be appropriate. EHU¶V GHFLVLRQ WR FRPSLOH 35 years sentence imposed high number of deaths for DQGSRVWRQWKH(&&&¶VRIIL by the Trial Chamber on 26 which KAING Guek Eav is The Supreme Court Cham- cial website all statements of July 2010, and by superma- responsible (minimum ber also granted in part the apology and acknowledge- jority also quashed the Trial 12,272 lives), along with the appeal by the Co-Prosecutors ments of responsibility made &KDPEHU¶VGHFLVLRQWRJUDQW extended period of time over requesting cumulative con- by KAING Guek Eav during a remedy for the violation of which the crimes were com- victions of crimes against the course of the trial, in- .$,1**XHN(DYV¶VULJKWV mitted (more than three humanity. In its findings, the cluding the appeal stage. All occasioned by his illegal years), undoubtedly place Supreme Court Chamber other Civil Party claims for detention by the Cambodian this case among the gravest held that the Trial Chamber reparation were rejected by Military Court between 10 before international criminal erred in law by subsuming the Supreme Court Chamber May 1999 and 30 July tribunals. The Chamber also specific crimes against hu- either because they would be 2007. The Supreme Court held that the fact that the manity under the crime of unenforceable, or in order to Chamber dismissed an ap- Accused was not on the top persecution instead of con- be implemented they would peal from KAING Guek Eav of the command chain in the victing KAING Guek Eav necessitate financial means in which he alleged that he regime does not by itself for all the crimes against of KAING Guek Eav, who is did not fall within the per- justify a lighter sentence, and humanity for which he was indigent, or an order against sonal jurisdiction of the that there is no rule that dic- found responsible. As a re- the Cambodian State. Court, holding that, whether tates reserving the highest sult, the Supreme Court an accused is a senior leader penalty for perpetrators at Chamber affirmed the con- The summary of the Appeal or one of those most respon- the top of the chain of com- viction for the crime against Judgement read out in to- sible are exclusively policy mand. humanity of persecution, and GD\¶VSXEOLFKHDULQJLVDYDLO decisions for which the Co- entered additional convic- able on the official website Investigating Judges and Co- A supermajority (Judge tions for the crimes against of the Court Prosecutors are accountable. Klonowiecka-Milart and humanity of extermination (www.eccc.gov.kh). The full Judge Jayasinghe dissenting) (encompassing murder), Appeal Judgement will be The Supreme Court Cham- further held that the Trial enslavement, imprisonment, published in due course. ber held that in determining Chamber misinterpreted the torture, and other inhumane sentence the Trial Chamber relevant international juris- acts. attached undue weight to prudence to mean that viola- mitigating circumstances and WLRQVRI.$,1**XHN(DY¶V The Supreme Court Cham- PAGE 4 PAGE 5

Cambodian Foreign Minister Meets U.S. Assistant Secretary of State

AKP Phnom Penh, February and International Coopera- tablishment of the relations 6, 2012 ± tion said during the meeting, between ASEAN and the H.E. Hor Namhong high- U.S. Cambodian Deputy Prime lighted the good ties of Minister and Minister of friendship and cooperation The meeting further touched Foreign Affairs and Interna- between Cambodia and the on Myanmar and the South tional Cooperation H.E Hor U.S. in the past few years, China Sea issue as well as Nambong on Friday last and thanked the U.S. for its the debt Cambodia owed to week received Mr. Kurt M. assistance to the develop- the U.S. and the Khmer Campbell, U.S. Assistant ment of Cambodia, espe- Rouge Tribunal. Secretary of State for East cially in the fields of health, mine clearance and the Asian and Pacific Affairs. Mr. Kurt M. Campbell Tribunal. traveled to the Republic of After the meeting, Mr. Kurt Korea and from M. Campbell told reporters Both sides also discussed that the U.S. will take note DERXW&DPERGLD¶VUROHDVWKH Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 before RI&DPERGLD¶VUHTXHVWIRULWV ASEAN Chair this year. visiting Cambodia on Feb. role at the U.N and will con- 3-4. VLGHU &DPERGLD¶V FDQGLGDF\ Mr. Kurt M. Campbell ex- as a non-permanent member pressed his support to Cam- &DPERGLD¶V'HSXW\3ULPH0LQLVWHU ********** H.E. Hor Namhong, Minister of of the United Nations Secu- bodia as the 2012 ASEAN Foreign Affairs and International rity Council. Chair and pledged to cooper- Cooperation, meets with visiting ate with Cambodia in all H.E. Kurt M. Campbell, Assistant fields for the success of the Secretary of State for East Asian H.E. Ouch Borith, Secretary and Pacific Affairs in Phnom Penh of State of Foreign Affairs ASEAN Summit, and the on February 3. 35th Anniversary of the es-

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