This is the 6th ‘Facing Justice’ program, a series of weekly TV reports (English subtitles) about ‘Case 002′, the current trial of former Khmer Rouge senior leaders.
Nuon Chea (‘Brother Number Two’), Khieu Samphan (Head of State) and Ieng Sary (Foreign Minister) are accused of atrocious crimes including Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes.
‘Facing Justice’, shown on Cambodia’s top TV channel (CTN), gives a summary of the week’s highlights, with explanations to help its mainly rural audience understand the legal issues arising during the trial.
The broadcast is followed by a radio call-in program on the state channel RNK in which viewers can put questions on what they have seen to experts.
The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
(More details can be found accompanying the first episode.)
Copyright East-West Center 2012
The KRT Trial Monitor, Case 002 is a weekly report on the Case of Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith and Khieu Samphan at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. It is a publication of the Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI), as part of its Khmer Rouge Tribunal Trial Monitoring and Community Outreach Program. AIJI is a collaborative project between the East-West Center, in Honolulu, and the University of California, Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center.
KRT Monitor Case 002 Issue No 5: Opening Statements (21-23 November 2011). This week at the ECCC, hundreds of people – monks, civil parties, survivors, former Khmer Rouge cadres, police officers, students, and guests from various parts of the world – packed the Court’s public gallery between 21 and 23 November 2011 to hear the Opening Statements in Case 002 against Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and Khieu Samphan.
KRT Monitor Case 002 Issue No 4
The KRT Trial Monitor, Case 002 is a weekly report on the Case of Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith and Khieu Samphan at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. It is a publication of the Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI), as part of its Khmer Rouge Tribunal Trial Monitoring and Community Outreach Program. AIJI is a collaborative project between the East-West Center, in Honolulu, and the University of California, Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center.
Issue No. 4: Second Hearing on Fitness to Stand Trial (19-20 October 2011). On 23 August 2011, the Trial Chamber of the ECCC appointed four psychiatrists to assess the state of Accused Ieng Thirith’s mental health. The four Experts agreed on their collective findings and submitted a report on 10 October 2011 to the Chamber. Two of the four, Dr. Hout Lina and Dr. Seena Fazel, subsequently testified before the Chamber during a two-day fitness hearing conducted on 19and 20October 2011. This report provides a summary of these proceedings.
The KRT Trial Monitor, Case 002 is a weekly report on the Case of Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith and Khieu Samphan at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. It is a publication of the Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI), as part of its Khmer Rouge Tribunal Trial Monitoring and Community Outreach Program. AIJI is a collaborative project between the East-West Center, in Honolulu, and the University of California, Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center.
KRT Monitor Case 002 Issue No 3. Hearing on Specifications on Reparations (19 October 2011). On 19 October 2011, the Trial Chamber conducted a special hearing to address the specification of civil party reparations claims, and to provide the CPLCL the opportunity “to supplement, update and, where necessary, remedy the initial specifications they provided at the Initial Hearing” in accordance with the Internal. This report summarizes and provides commentary on the special hearing.
The KRT Trial Monitor, Case 002 is a weekly report on the Case of Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith and Khieu Samphan at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. It is a publication of the Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI), as part of its Khmer Rouge Tribunal Trial Monitoring and Community Outreach Program. AIJI is a collaborative project between the East-West Center, in Honolulu, and the University of California, Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center.
KRT Monitor Case 002 Issue No. 2 On 29 to 31 August 2011, the Trial Chamber conducted a preliminary hearing on the fitness to stand trial of Ieng Thirith and Nuon Chea, following the submission of the reports of Professor John Campbell, the medical expert the Chamber appointed to examine the health of the Accused Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith and Nuon Chea.
