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4th Annual Summer Institute in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

The Summer Institute in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Human Rights is a regionally based workshop held in partnership with organizations in Southeast Asia to consider key IHL and human rights issues, past and present, facing the region. Established in 2008, the Summer Institute is designed for participants working across a broad range of fields [...]

Duch on Trial: Week 25

Episode #25 shows the reactions of villagers in Pailin province (about 370 kms to the North West of capital Phnom Penh) to the verdicts and sentence recently announced in the trial of Kaing Guek Eav, alias “Duch”. In his testimony, Duch admitted that, as head of the Khmer Rouge’s notorious S-21 interrogation center, he was [...]

Duch on Trial: Week 24

This is episode #24 in a series of weekly video updates about the first Khmer Rouge trial proceedings recently concluded in Cambodia. This episode shows the reactions of villagers in Kandal province (about 50 kms from capital Phnom Penh) to the verdicts and sentence recently announced in the case of Kaing Guek Eav, alias “Duch”. [...]

Duch on Trial: Week 23

This is episode #23 in a series of video updates about the first Khmer Rouge trial proceedings recently concluded in Cambodia. This episode reports and comments on the verdicts and sentence in the case against Kaing Guek Eav, alias “Duch,” who admitted that he ran the Khmer Rouge’s notorious S-21 interrogation center. The program was [...]

Duch on Trial – Week 1, Part 1 (March 30 – April 1, 2009)

This is Part 1 of the first episode in a series of weekly video updates about the Khmer Rouge trial proceedings currently underway in Cambodia. This episode covers the first week of substantive proceedings in the case against Kaing Guek Eav, alias “Duch,” who has admitted that he ran the Khmer Rouge’s notorious S-21 interrogation [...]