The personal jurisdiction of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia regulates who can be prosecutes before the ECCC.
Article 2 of the ECCC law reads:
"Extraordinary Chambers shall be established in the existing court structure, namely the trial court and the supreme court to bring to trial senior leaders of Democratic Kampuchea and those who were most responsible for the crimes and serious violations of Cambodian laws related to crimes, international humanitarian law and custom, and international conventions recognized by Cambodia, that were committed during the period from 17 April 1975 to 6 January 1979."
Based on this article, the ECCC has personal jurisdiction over:
Senior Leaders of Democratic Kampuchea; and
Those who were most responsible for the crimes and serious violations of Cambodian laws related to crimes, international humanitarian law and custom, and international conventions recognized by Cambodia, that were committed during the period from 17 April 1975 to 6 January 1979
18 November 2010
Document No:
F14
Filed by:
Defence
Snapshot
A group of 60 students organized by the Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) visited the ECCC and attended the Case 002 trial hearing on 16 August 2012.
