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The trial hearing on Wednesday 26 June 2013 was the 200th trial day in Case 002/01 since the commencement of opening statements on 21 November 2011. Here are some facts about the first 200 trial days:87 persons have testified before the Trial Chamber regarding the facts. This number includes…
About 800 young men and women in combat fatigues filled the gymnasium at the Infantry Institute in Kampong Speu gymnasium to capacity in the morning of Friday 21 June. They had come to listen to a presentation by staffers from the ECCCs Public Affairs Section.Students at the Institute are…
As the Trial Chamber hearings this week will be dedicated to the presentation of documentary evidence, parties will frequently quote ERN or page numbers to identify the documents being discussed. RN is an acronym for Evidence Reference Number. Each page of every document in the case files has…
Their work has appeared on CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera and numerous other TV-stations around the world. Hidden behind a giant black glass screen inside the courtroom, the staff of the ECCC's Audio and Video Unit ensure that every word spoken in court is captured and transmitted - enabling all judges…
The Victims Support Section of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) conducted a Regional Civil Party Forum on 14 June to inform more than 200 out of the 3,866 civil parties from 6 provinces of the progress of the proceedings of Case 002. Having been monitoring the proceedings…
Over the last two weeks of trial hearings, 15 victims who are participating in Case 002 as Civil Parties provided emotional testimonies about the harm they suffered personally during and in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime. Referred to as ‘victims impact hearings’, they concluded yesterday…
This morning, 4 June, the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) heard the impact statement of civil party Mrs. Bay Sophany. The sixty-seven-year-old Bay, who now lives in San Jose, California, was raising a family in Phnom Penh when the Khmer Rouge came…
Below is a video of the response from Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan to the questions posed to them by Civil Party Mr. YIN Roum Doul during the third day of the victim impact hearings on Thursday 30 May 2013. English Khmer:
From 27-30 May, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia hosted ten delegates from the Kenyan Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Honorable Reverend Dr Samuel Kobia, who led the delegation, explained the JSC’s raison d'être on Monday in a meeting attended by members of the local…
Khieu Samphan responded directly to questions posed by Civil Party Mr. Chau Ny in the trial hearing on 23 May 2013. The Civil Party asked Khieu Samphan several questions related to the fate of his late uncle Mr. Chau Say. You can watch the exchange in the video clip below. English: Khmer: