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Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia August, 2019 Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
BRIEFING PAPER Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia August, 2019 Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Case 002/2: Death of Nuon Chea Nuon Chea, popularly known as “Brother No. 2” to indicate his position as second only to Pol Pot in command of the Khmer Rouge, died at the age of 93 on August 4, 2019 at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. He had been convicted as a senior leader of the Khmer Rouge of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The Supreme Court Chamber affirmed a 2014 Trial Chamber Judgment in 2016. A second Trial Chamber Judgment, issued with full reasoning in March 2019, was on appeal to the Supreme Court when Nuon Chea died. He was sentenced to life in prison under both judgments. Only the second judgment included charges of genocide. The second trial against Nuon Chea, with Khieu Samphan as his co-accused, was the most far-reaching of the court, covering crimes committed at a number of cooperatives, worksites, security centers, and execution sites across the country. The trial lasted 24 months and included the testimony of 185 people and over 5,000 evidentiary documents. Unlike the first trial, the second included genocide charges. Nuon Chea and Khieu Sampan were judged guilty of genocide with respect to Vietnamese populations and Nuon Chea was additionally found guilty of genocide with respect to Cham Muslims. The Trial Chamber Judgment, the most extensive in the court’s history, covered over 2,300 pages in English. Two days after -
General Assembly Distr.: General 18 September 2020
United Nations A/75/242 General Assembly Distr.: General 18 September 2020 Original: English Seventy-fifth session Agenda item 141 Proposed programme budget for 2021 Request for a subvention to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Report of the Secretary-General Summary In his previous request for a subvention to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (A/74/359), the Secretary-General identified progress made in the judicial work across all sets of proceedings before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. The Secretary-General also highlighted the continuing financial challenges facing both the international and national components of the Extraordinary Chambers and requested the approval of a subvention of up to $8.5 million for the year 2020. By its resolution 74/263 A, the General Assembly authorized the Secretary- General, as an exceptional measure, to enter into commitments in an amount not exceeding $7 million to supplement the voluntary financial resources of the international component of the Extraordinary Chambers for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2020, and requested the Secretary-General to report on the use of the commitment authority in the context of his next report. In the present report, the Secretary-General outlines the judicial progress of the Extraordinary Chambers since the issuance of the previous report, provides a projection regarding the anticipated use of the commitment authority for 2020, presents information on the proposed budget of the Chambers for 2021 and seeks the approval by the Assembly of an appropriation for a subvention for the international component of the Chambers in the amount of $8.5 million for 2021. -
Penn Nouth (1906-1985)
ABDOUL-CARIME Nasir PENN NOUTH (1906-1985) Une lignée familiale au service du Palais • Il est né le 1er avril 1906 à Phnom-Penh. • Issu d'une vieille famille mandarinale (gouverneurs de provinces) proche du Palais remontant jusqu’au 18ème siècle. Son grand-père a lutté à côté du prince SISOWATH contre le rebelle POUCOMBO. Son père est mandarin au Palais (HING PENN ?) • 1er mariage (nom/date??) / 4 fils (sa femme meurt dans les années cinquante ) : Æ PENN TAL; Æ PENN THOL, Secrétaire d’Etat à l’Economie dans le gouvernement de SON SANN (1967- 1968), Secrétaire général du Cabinet du Chef de l’Etat (1968-1969) ; Æ PENN NHACH ; Æ ? • 2ème mariage avec une femme chinoise ( cantonaise ) Æ aucun enfant. • VAN MOLYVANN est son neveu. Cursus scolaire et premiers pas dans le mandarinat cambodgien • A 12 ans, il entre à l'école franco-khmère et obtient le diplôme de l'enseignement primaire supérieur. • Il a fait ses études au collège Sisowath où il obtient le diplôme de fin d'études complémentaires. Plus tard, il fut d’ailleurs un des fondateurs de « l’Amical des Anciens élèves du lycée Sisowath » avec PANN YUNG, HUY KANTHOUL et THONN OUK. • Il entre à l'Ecole d'Administration cambodgienne d'où il sort major en 1935. • En grade d'Anouc-Montrey / anu mantrí / (grade mandarinal), il est nommé à divers postes : - en mars 1935, Phouchhouykhet / bhú jhuoy khetr / (adjoint au gouverneur ) de Siemreap ; http://aefek.free.fr 1 ABDOUL-CARIME Nasir - en avril 1937, Chauvaysrok / cau hváy sruk / (chef de district ) de Kandal-Stung (province de Kandal) ; - en janvier 1938, Phouchhouykhet de Kandal. -
ECCC, Case 002/01, Issue 72
KRT TRIAL MONITOR Case 002 ■ Issue No. 72 ■ Hearing on Closing Statements Week 3 ■ 28-31 October 2013 Case of Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan * Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI), a project of East-West Center and UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center They had the temerity to say that the policy program was not unusual or unreasonable, and certainly not unlawful. It was unlawful.1 - Keith Raynor, prosecutor I. OVERVIEW Over the course of three days this week, the Trial Chamber concluded the final hearings of Case 002/01. After 64 weeks of evidentiary hearings and 2 weeks of closing statements, this week brought the case to a close, with the conclusion of closing statements from the Khieu Samphan defense, responses to both defense teams’ rebuttals from the Civil Parties and the Co-Prosecutors, and rare final statements from the Co-Accused themselves. The Khieu Samphan defense started the week with their continued depiction of their client as a popular but powerless figure in the DK regime. Lawyers for the Civil Parties followed the next day with an aggressive reaction to the defense teams’ dismissal of victims’ painful experiences. Prosecutors then sought to establish the legal basis for convictions of the co- Accused for their alleged involvement in a joint criminal enterprise, which directed two forced population movements, as well as the execution of former Khmer Republic officials at Tuol Po Chrey. The Co-Accused and their lawyers spent the final day of hearings responding to these assertions one last time before the Trial Chamber adjourned to determine a verdict. -
Son Sann (1911 - 2000)
ABDOUL-CARIME Nasir SON SANN (1911 - 2000) Espace socio-familial : une famille mandarinale du Kampuchea krom proche du Palais • Né le 5 octobre 1911 à Phnom-Penh. • Sa famille est une vieille famille mandarinale khmère de Preah Traveang (Travinh) au Kampuchea Krom (Vietnam actuel). Dans les chroniques khmères, est relaté l’action de l’Okhna SON KUY qui a combattu les Vietnamiens à la fin du XVIII° siècle pour défendre le Bouddhisme theravada. Autre ascendant, SON KER , gouverneur de Travinh (~ 1820). Un oncle, SON DIEP, est ministre de la Marine sous le roi SISOWATH. Sa fille Sunari Son Diep (donc sa cousine) est mariée avec le prince MONIPONG. • Son père, SON SACH, reçoit la visite du prince SISOWATH SOUPHANOUVONG au Kampuchea Krom (début XX° siècle). Celui-ci l’appelle pour venir travailler à Phnom-Penh. SON SACH travaillera sous les ordres de NORODOM SURAMARIT au ministère de l’Agriculture. • Il se marie avec une fille d’un gros commerçant indien musulman, MACHWA TAYEBHAI (métis Gujarati). Ils ont trois ( ?) enfants : Æ un fils tué en voiture. Æ SONN SOUBERT (archéologue et politicien khmer dans le Cambodge post-90). Æ une fille, Evelyne, mariée avec un pharmacien cambodgien. Cursus universitaire en France et deux choix de carrière se présente à son retour au pays • Scolarisé à l’école Miche de Phnom-Penh en classes primaires. • Puis, il est envoyé en France pour achever ses études : au collège Saint-Aspais à Melun, au lycée Louis le Grand à Paris et à l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) dont il sort diplômé en 1933. -
Samlaut Uprising
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samlaut_Uprising ζរបះបោរនងិ ζរបង្ក្រា បបៅសំឡូត ᯒនំ១៩៦៧ Samlaut Uprising The Samlaut Uprising, or Samlaut Rebellion, was an incident that took place in 1967 in Battambang Province in Cambodia, in which the rural peasantry revolted against the Sangkum regime of the then-Head of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk. The incident is seen by some academics as the starting point of the Cambodian Civil War, which ultimately led to the victory of the Communist forces of the Khmer Rouge and the establishment of Democratic Kampuchea. Causes It is thought that the revolt was, at least in part, caused by the heavy-handed conduct of government officials during the building of a sugar refinery at Kompong Kol, Banan District, in 1966. Land was expropriated without adequate compensation, aggravating a situation in which government troops had been deployed to assist in collecting taxes and rice from local farmers. Resentment against the government had been building for some years in the province. After independence in 1953, King Sihanouk had selected Battambang as a suitable area to resettle farmers from the south-west of the country. The newcomers received a subsidy, and existing residents found themselves displaced from land or economically disadvantaged. The employment, in early 1967, of a new system of rice collection (known as ramassage du paddy), which essentially forced farmers to sell their rice to the government at gunpoint, caused further tensions. Demonstrations in Battambang in February of that year were blamed by Sihanouk on the three Communist members of the Sangkum, Hu Nim, Hou Yuon and Khieu Samphan: although the latter had used the issue to call for the end of the ramassage, it is thought that the protests were in fact spontaneous. -
Conflicts in Cambodian Society and Challenges Ahead
Cambodia: From War To Peace Presentation by Sopheak OK SEREI, COPCEL Facilitator, at Tokyo Peacebuilders Symposium “Peacebuilding Experience and Knowledge From Asia to the World” and Challenges Ahead March 24, 2008 OSS/Tokyo Symposiumo/240308 Outline 1. Country & history background 2. The first initiatives of the Peace Movement and the role of Buddhism 3. CDRI inititaives 4. COPCEL Phase One (1999-2003) and Phase Two (2005-2008) 5. Application of the Culture of Dialogue to resolve political crisis 6. Conclusion OSS/Tokyo Symposiumo/240308 513 115 sq km 65 M GDP:$177 billion; pc: $2,749 - 181 035 sq km - 14 M - 28 years of war -Around 1.7 M died during KR regime -1991: Paris Peace Agreement 331 690 sq km -1993: Successful Election by UNTAC 85 M -Constitutional Monarchy Regime GDP: $50 billion; pc: $630 -GDP: $6.2 billion; per capita: $439 OSS/Tokyo Symposiumo/240308 WhatWhat diddid UNUN leaveleave behindbehind afterafter 1993?1993? - A successful election - The birth of a new Democratic State - A strong commitment to initiate a Human Rights Culture b Blossoming of HR & Advocacy NGOs ...but - An unfinished business on the Khmer Rouge b Armed Conflicts on July 5-6 1997 - The Ieng Sary faction surrendered to RGC in August 1996 - The KR Tamok faction surrendered to RGC in December 1998 OSS/Tokyo Symposiumo/240308 Peace Initiatives in Cambodia He died in March 13, 2007 In fact started before HR movements, with Samdech Maha Ghosananda and Dhammayietra (Peace March) DY1 April 1992 to DY11 March 2001 NIWANO Peace Price, Tokyo May 9, 1998 The movement continues till now...................... -
KRT TRIAL MONITOR Case 002 ! Issue No
KRT TRIAL MONITOR Case 002 ! Issue No. 32 ! Hearing on Evidence Week 27 ! 13-16 August 2012 Case of Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI), a project of East-West Center and UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center …Let me apologize to the Cambodians who lost their children or parents. What I am saying here is the truth. And I personally lost some of my relatives, aunts and uncles. And for those brothers in their capacity as leaders, they also lost relatives and family members. - Witness Suong Sikoeun I. OVERVIEW* After the suspension of Monday’s hearing caused by Ieng Sary’s poor health, trial resumed on Tuesday with the conclusion of the testimony of Mr. Ong Thong Hoeung, an intellectual who returned to Cambodia during DK and found himself performing manual labor in re- education camps to “refashion” himself. Next, the Chamber called Mr. Suong Sikoeun, the director of information and propaganda of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA), to resume his testimony. Suong Sikoeun expounded on the MFA, FUNK and GRUNK, and Pol Pot’s role in DK. Giving due consideration to his frail health, the Trial Chamber limited his examination to half-day sessions. To manage the time efficiently, reserve witness Ms. Sa Siek (TCW-609), a cadre who worked at the Ministry of Propaganda during the regime, commenced her testimony. Sa Siek focused on the evacuation of Phnom Penh, the structure of the Ministry of Propaganda, and DK radio broadcasts. Procedural issues arose during the hearing on Wednesday, when the Trial Chamber issued unclear rulings on the introduction of documents to witnesses. -
Reconciliation in Cambodia: Victims and Perpetrators Living Together, Apart
Coventry University Reconciliation in Cambodia: Victims and Perpetrators Living Together, Apart McGrew, L. Submitted version deposited in CURVE January 2014 Original citation: McGrew, L. (2011) Reconciliation in Cambodia: Victims and Perpetrators Living Together, Apart. Unpublished PhD Thesis. Coventry: Coventry University. Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. CURVE is the Institutional Repository for Coventry University http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open Reconciliation in Cambodia: Victims and Perpetrators Living Together, Apart by Laura McGrew A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the University’s requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Coventry University Centre for the Study of Peace and Reconciliation Coventry, United Kingdom April 2011 © Laura McGrew All Rights Reserved 2011 ABSTRACT Under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1979 in Cambodia, 1.7 million people died from starvation, overwork, torture, and murder. While five senior leaders are on trial for these crimes at the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia, hundreds of lower level perpetrators live amongst their victims today. This thesis examines how rural Cambodians (including victims, perpetrators, and bystanders) are coexisting after the trauma of the Khmer Rouge years, and the decades of civil war before and after. -
Court Hears Another Day of Split Testimony by Erica Embree, JD/LLM (International Human Rights) Candidate, Class of 2015, Northwestern University School of Law
Court Hears Another Day of Split Testimony By Erica Embree, JD/LLM (International Human Rights) candidate, Class of 2015, Northwestern University School of Law On Wednesday, August 8, 2012, the Trial Chamber continued hearing the testimony of two intellectuals who returned to Cambodia during the Democratic Kampuchea period in Case 002 against accused Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, and Ieng Sary at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Witness Suong Sikoeun was examined by counsel for the civil parties, a member of the bench, and Khieu Samphan’s defense team in the morning, while witness Ong Thong Hoeung was examined by the prosecution in the afternoon. All parties were present in the courtroom, except Ieng Sary, who was in his holding cell. Trial Chamber Nil Nonn granted Ieng Sary’s request to follow the day’s proceedings from his holding cell due to his health issues. After court was called to order, President Nonn began the day by addressing a request by Nuon Chea’s defense team to submit new documents to be used during the examination of a witness. President Nonn stressed that applications under Rule 87.4 have to be timely, explaining that a document related to a particular witness has to be filed two weeks before the witness starts testifying. President Nonn noted that the defense’s request was filed less than a week in advance of the witness’s scheduled testimony. After stating that Nuon Chea’s team did not provide enough information for the Chamber to judge whether the request could have been discovered earlier, President Nonn denied their request. -
Chea Chinkoc ( 1904 – ?)
ABDOUL-CARIME Nasir CHEA CHINKOC ( 1904 – ?) Espace familial • Né le 29 juin 1904 à Kas Chorum. • Fils de CHEA EL et de Neang Nhiep. • Il est marié en 1929 avec Neang Yim Saron. • 3 enfants : Æ CHEA SAN, diplômé de l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris , diplômé de l’Ecole royale d’Administration. Il est nommé Secrétaire d’Etat à l’Information sous le gouvernement du Sangkum de décembre 1964 à octobre 1966. Æ CHEA THAY SENG Æ CHEA THAY SEAN Un haut-cadre de l’Administration royale cambodgienne • Fait ses études au collège Sisowath d’où il sort en 1924 avec le Brevet élémentaire. • Nommé secrétaire des Résidences, il sert dans ce cadre jusqu’en 1945, époque où il est intégré dans l’administration cambodgienne. • Chauvaykhet / cau hváy khetr / (gouverneur ) de Svayrieng en 1947, puis de Takéo en 1948. Un homme d’appareil au service du Parti Démocrate puis du Sangkum • Membre du Parti Démocrate. http://aefek.free.fr 1 ABDOUL-CARIME Nasir • Ministre du Commerce et de l’Industrie dans les deux cabinets MONIPONG (1 juin 1950 au 2 mars 1951). • Il conserve son portefeuille dans le gouvernement OUM CHHEANG SUN (26 mars 1951 au 14 mai 1951). • Sous-secrétaire d’Etat à l’Intérieur dans le cabinet LENG NGETH (25 janvier 1955 au 17 mai 1955). Il devient sous-secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires étrangères dans le gouvernement remanié (17 mai au 3 octobre 1955). Sous le Sangkum : l’homme des cabinets gouvernementaux. • Nommé Secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires étrangères et de l’Intérieur dans le 3° gouvernement du Sangkum présidé par NORODOM SIHANOUK (2 mars au 3 avril 1956). -
02-15-12 CTM Blog Entry Trial
International Civil Party Lead Lawyer Elisabeth Simmoneau Fort leads off the civil parties’ document submissions. Victim Statements Highlighted and Defense Documents Deferred: Document Presentation Continues in Case 002 Present the documents “now or never.” - Judge Claudia Fenz By: Randle DeFalco J.D. Rutgers School of Law – Newark Legal Advisor, Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) On Wednesday, February 15, 2012, the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) continued to hear evidence in Case 002 against accused Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and Khieu Samphan. The day’s proceedings were dedicated to the ongoing process of highlighting certain documents by placing them before the Chamber in open court. The Use of Civil Party Application Documents Still Undetermined The Chamber gave the floor to the civil parties to place documents before the Chamber to start the day’s proceedings. Prior to placing documents before the Chamber, civil party co-lead lawyer Elisabeth Simonneau-Fort made submissions to the Chamber regarding the use of civil party application documents during this process. She informed the Chamber that the civil parties chose 14 civil party applications to highlight before the Chamber and that these documents were selected because they are specifically relevant to the topic of the historical background of the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) period currently at issue. Ms. Simonneau-Fort also submitted that translation had been completed as far as possible for the documents, but asked that for certain, short excerpts, the Court’s live translation service be permitted to simultaneously translate the Page 1 of 8 The Cambodia Tribunal http://cambodiatribunal.org document as it is read out.