mCÄmNÐlÉkßrkm<úCa DOCUMENTATION CENTER OF CAMBODIA Phnom Penh, Cambodia DC-Cam Annual Report: January 1, 2015-December 31, 2015 Prepared and Compiled by Dr. Kok-Thay ENG and Dara VANTHAN Deputy Directors Edited by Cindy Coleman SRI Board Meeting at Stanford University Second from left Professor Ron Slye, Professor John Ciorciari, Professor Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Professor Beth van Schaack, Youk Chhang, and Dr. Markus Zimmer Documentation Center of Cambodia Searching for the Truth: Memory & Justice EsVgrkKrBitedIm, IK rcg©MnigyutþiFm‘’ 66 Preah Sihanouk Blvd.P.O.Box 1110Phnom PenhCambodia t(855-23) 211-875f (855-23) 210-358 [email protected] www.dccam.org TABLE OF CONTENTS DOCUMENTATION CENTER OF CAMBODIA ............................................................................... 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................ 2 ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................ 3 Summary .................................................................................................................................... 4 AUGMENT AND MAINTAIN A PUBLICALLY ACCESSIBLE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE KR PERIOD ...................... 4 SUPPORT THE KRT .......................................................................................................................... 5 INCREASE CAMBODIA’S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE KR PERIOD .............................................................. 5 THE SRI ........................................................................................................................................ 7 I. AUGMENT AND MAINTAIN A PUBLICALLY ACCESSIBLE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE KR PERIOD .......... 11 A. Gather New Documents ............................................................................................... 11 B. Interview KR Victims and Perpetrators ....................................................................... 112 C. Catalogue Remaining KR Documents and Make Available Publically ........................ 136 D. Encourage Public Access to DC-Cam Archives .............................................................. 16 E. Digitize Remaining Documents ..................................................................................... 24 F. Conduct Research on the KR Genocide ........................................................................ 24 II. SUPPORT KRT ...................................................................................................................... 33 A. Legal Response Team (LRT) ........................................................................................... 33 B. Support Additional Investigation by the ECCC .............................................................. 35 C. Bring Victims to the ECCC ............................................................................................. 36 D. Fair Trial Observation .................................................................................................... 36 E. Conduct Public Village Forums ..................................................................................... 43 F. Update Chronology of the KRT ................................................................................... 445 III. INCREASE CAMBODIA’S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE KR PERIOD ................................................... 48 A. Conduct Teacher Training ............................................................................................. 48 B. KR History Classroom at TSL Genocide Museum .......................................................... 48 C. Inaugurate Anti-Genocide Slogans and Distribute DK Textbooks ................................ 53 D. Develop Mobile Application for Genocide Education .................................................. 54 E. Conduct Quality Control ............................................................................................... 57 F. Conduct Genocide Education Forums .......................................................................... 57 G. Publish Searching for the Truth Magazines .................................................................. 58 IV. THE SRI ............................................................................................................................. 647 A. Physical Building............................................................................................................ 67 B. School of Genocide, Conflict and Human Rights (GCHR)…………………………………………. 69 C. Museum of Memory (http://cambodiasri.org/museum.php) ..................................... 71 D. Research Center ............................................................................................................ 76 Annual Report 2015 2 | P a g e ACRONYMS ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations DC-Cam Documentation Center of Cambodia DK Democratic Kampuchea ECCC Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia KR Khmer Rouge KRT Khmer Rouge Tribunal LRT Legal Response Team MoU Memorandum of Understanding NIE National Institute for Education OCIJ Office of Co-Investigating Judges PA Promoting Accountability PIR Public Information Room RUPP Royal University of Phnom Penh SRI Sleuk Rith Institute TC Trial Chamber TSL Tuol Sleng USA United States of America USD United States Dollar USAID United States Agency for International Development Annual Report 2015 3 | P a g e Summary This is the annual report of 2015 covering the period of January 1 to December 31, 2015. The Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) is still implementing three main projects to achieve the main goals of memory, justice, and healing that are central to a democratic society governed by the rule of law. They are 1) Augment and maintain publicly-accessible historical records of the Khmer Rouge (KR) period; 2) Support the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT); and 3) Increase Cambodia’s public knowledge of the KR period. As always, we thank the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for its generous support, and are very grateful for USAID’s continuous support of DC-Cam’s work since 2004 to achieve memory, justice, and healing in Cambodia. AUGMENT AND MAINTAIN A PUBLICALLY ACCESSIBLE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE KR PERIOD During the year 2015, DC-Cam made significant progress in augmenting and maintaining public access to historical records of the genocidal KR period through its effort to perform key activities, which include gathering new documents, interviewing KR victims and perpetrators, cataloguing remaining KR documents, encouraging public access to DC- Cam’s archives, digitizing documents, and conducting independent research on the KR period. USAID is the sole source of funding contributing to this progress. The greatest progress is the receipt of four big boxes of Sample of PDF file disclosed-for-public documents from Ambassador Julio Jeldres, Counselor to the Cabinet of His Majesty the King of Cambodia with the protocol rank Minister of State. These documents were his own personal archives collected over a period of 25 to 30 years doing research on Cambodia and in countries as different as Australia, France, Switzerland and England. DC-Cam also received a generous donation of 77 photos from an official working at the Provincial Office of Culture and Fine Arts of Svay Rieng Province. The photos depict the activities of survivor victims from 1975 to 1979 who accessed the limited medical treatment available after the genocide took place. We have also made progress conducting interviews of key KR cadres. This year the Promoting Accountability (PA) team made multiple field trips to Tbaung Khmom, Prey Veng, Svay Rieng, Banteay Meanchey, Oddor Meanchey and Pursat and interviewed 40 key former KR cadres and transcribed 1609 pages out of these interviews. Among these were two former drivers and personal aids to So Phim, one former chief of medical staff from the Eastern Zone. We have also made important progress in relation to cataloging documents for online and in-person access. DC-Cam made 98,853 documents available online (out of 130,565 total documents). All of these records are accessible at http://www.d.dccam.org/Database/Lod/index.php. DC-Cam continues to scan all original documents and this year we scanned 419 documents equal to 22,971 pages in PDF format in 400-by-400 resolution, which equals 41 megabytes for each page of the computerized PDF format. Annual Report 2015 4 | P a g e SUPPORTING THE KRT DC-Cam has been a strong supporter of the KRT from the very beginning of its successful creation in February 2006 until today as evidenced through the provision of evidentiary documents and materials provided free of charge, research, and outreach activities. The following projects were launched in support of the KRT: documentation, mapping, Promoting Accountability (PA), Legal Response Team (LRT), victims of torture, Cham Muslim oral history, living documents, microfilm, digitization, and witnessing justice. Without these projects DC-Cam would not have been able to provide the extensive material and labor support to the KRT. In recognition of the importance of such support, while at the same time of refusing to allocate part of their funding to DC-Cam, the KRT formally recognized DC- Cam as an in-kind donor in 2010. Even though no reimbursements have been forthcoming, which would help defray the costs of its support, DC-Cam continues to respond to the KRT’s requests for