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See below for a summary of events in Case 002 against Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea
The ECCC trial process can seem a complex web of actors and legal systems. Read below for a summary of how the process works, an overview of who does what and when.Investigative phase• A judicial investigation will be initiated upon a formal request from the Co-Prosecutors. After collecting…
On 22 May 2014, the Public Affairs Section went on an outreach mission to Kampong Speu province. The outreach team visited local communities and four high schools where they were able to talk to the students about their knowledge of the Khmer Rouge trials and ask them questions about their…
When the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its judgment on the Preah Vihear temple in the Hague on Monday, November 12 2013, four interpreters from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ensured that the details of the decision could be heard by Cambodians.Three out…
Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan give their final statements to the Trial Chamber during the last day of the closing statements in Case 002/01 on 31 October 2013.Audio left: EnglishAudio right: FrenchPlease adjust the balance on your volum settings in order to isolate thhe language you would like to…
At the end of the Co-Prosecutors closing statements on 21 October 2013, national Co-Prosecutor Chea Leang requested the Trial Chamber to convict Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea for alleged crimes against humanity and impose the maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Watch a video clip of her submission…
A new 25 minutes long video produced by the Public Affairs Section contains excerpts from the trial in Case 002/01 against Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea. Disclaimer: The video has been produced for the purpose of public information. The selection of clips and excerpts does not any anyway imply…
In the trial hearing on 18 July 2013, the Co-Prosecutors asked the Trial Chamber to sanction Khieu Samphan's defence lawyers for representations they had made in a letter to the editor of Phnom Penh Post the same day. This video contains the oral submission from the Co-Prosecutors and the Civil…
During the hearing on 17 July 2013, Nuon Chea told the Trial Chamber that he will decline to answer any question from the parties to the proceedings in Case 002/01.
Both Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan made statements during the final day of document hearings in Case 002/01. Speaking from the holding cell in the basement of the courtroom, Nuon Chea requested the Trial Chamber to reject in its entirety the documents put forward by the Co-Prosecutors during the…