Foreign judges who will preside over the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders arrived in Cambodia on Sunday in preparation for the genocide tribunal that is slated to begin proceedings [JURIST...
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Hospitalized ex-Khmer Rouge military chief demands quick trial
Ta Mok , the former military chief of the Khmer Rouge communist movement in Cambodia who was indicted on crimes against humanity charges in 1999 and has been in detention ...
Hospitalization of elderly Khmer Rouge war crimes defendant puts trial in doubt
Ta Mok , the former military chief of the Khmer Rouge communist movement in Cambodia who was indicted for genocide in 1999, entered a hospital Thursday as his health continues to deteriorate since becoming...
Asian rights group doubts credibility of some Cambodia judges on Khmer Rouge tribunal
Legal experts with the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) have questioned the credibility of some of the Cambodian judges who have been approved to serve on a war crimes tribunal that will hear cases against...
UN rights chief urges Cambodia towards more independent judiciary
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Friday wrapped up her first visit to Cambodia by saying that the country must develop an independent judiciary and allow NGOs to operate effectively...
Cambodia's Supreme Council of Magistracy on Thursday appointed 30 judges to preside over the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia , the joint Cambodia-UN tribunal that will try Khmer Rouge leaders for...
UN officials from the Office of Administration of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal are urging the timely start of the genocide trial of aging Khmer Rouge leaders, noting the weekend death of Slobodan Milosevic in the fifth...
Both the UN and Cambodia have submitted "short lists" of possible judges for the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal that will be probing crimes against humanity by the Cambodian communist regime...
UN says genocide trial of Khmer Rouge leaders should begin soon
The UN chief administrator of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal said Saturday that the trials of former Khmer Rouge members must begin as soon as possible if they are to happen while the former members...
Khmer Rouge genocide trials to begin in 2007, officials predict
Officials from the joint UN-Cambodia Khmer Rouge Genocide Tribunal being set up to try former Khmer Rouge leaders said Thursday that the first trials should begin in 2007. Though no...