Cambodia Khmer Rouge co-founder dies while on trial for war crimes
Khmer Rouge Deputy Foreign Minister and co-founder Ieng Sary , who was on trial for war crimes in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) for his involvement...
Cambodia Khmer Rouge co-founder dies while on trial for war crimes
Khmer Rouge Deputy Foreign Minister and co-founder Ieng Sary , who was on trial for war crimes in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) for his involvement...
UN senior official addresses sexual violence issues in Cambodia and Kenya
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura on Friday welcomed the recent ruling by Cambodia’s genocide tribunal to annul a previous ruling that would have prevented it from...
Cambodia's judicial system criticized by rights organizations
Cambodia is misusing its judicial system in order to suppress dissent and thereby undermine justice, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday amid two court rulings against three individuals. In the first case, the...
Cambodia court sentences rights activist to 20 years in prison
A prominent Cambodian radio broadcaster and rights activist was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on Monday after being convicted of insurrection and inciting rebellion against the state. Mam Sonando, 71, runs the independent Beehive radio station and has been...
Cambodia genocide tribunal releases former Khmer Rouge leader
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Sunday released the former "First Lady" of the Khmer Rouge regime, Ieng Thirith. The court ruled that due her degenerative illness, said to likely...
Prosecutors urge ECCC to seize passport of former Khmer Rouge leader
Prosecutors in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday urged the tribunal to seize the passport of former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith whose release was ordered after...
Cambodia genocide tribunal rules Khmer Rouge leader unfit to stand trial
The trial chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ruled Thursday that the sister-in-law of former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot is not mentally competent to stand trial, ordering...
Cambodia genocide tribunal announces declassification of war crimes trial documents
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , Cambodia's UN-supported war crimes tribunal, announced Thursday that it would declassify more than 1,700 documents including "victims' 'confessions' and biographies, witness statements, transcripts of in...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , Cambodia's UN-supported war crimes tribunal, announced Monday that it has appointed a US judge to investigate two new Khmer Rouge cases, strongly opposed by...
Cambodia genocide tribunal finds defense lawyers responsible for misconduct
The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday found the defense team of Nuon Chea , the Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist, guilty of misconduct . The decision came...