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The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts Of Cambodia (ECCC) has scheduled two hearings on initial specification of Civil Party Claims for reparations and Ieng Thirith’s fitness to stand trial on 19 and 20 Oct 2011.  The public hearing in relation to the Civil Party Lead Co-Lawyers' presentation of their reparations submissions shall be public and will commence on 19 October 2011 at 9.00 a.m.  The Civil Party Lead Co-lawyers will be allocated 3 hours for this purpose. 

The ECCC Trial Chamber today ordered the division of Case 002 into a series of smaller trials which will be tried and adjudicated separately. It also announced that the subject of the first trial will concern principally the forced movement of population (phases one and two) and the related charges of crimes against humanity. The advantage of separation of proceedings into segments is that each trial will take an abbreviated time for the Chamber to complete.

Following requests from the President of the Trial Chamber and the Supreme Court Chamber in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and approval by the Supreme Council of Magistracy, His Majesty the King Norodom Sihamoni has re-assigned Cambodian judges in the Trial Chamber and Supreme Court Chamber as follows.

Nuon Chea told the Trial Chamber on 29 August 2011 that he has some health problems which makes him unable to sit more than 1.5 hrs per day in the courtroom during a preliminary hearing on his fitness to stand trial. The hearing was convened in order to allow adversarial questioning of professor John Campbell, who was appointed by the Trial Chamber as a medical expert to asses the physical and mental fitness to stand trial for Ieng sary, Ieng Thirith and Nuon Chea.  

Below you fill find answers to some frequently asked questions in relation to the Case 002 preliminary hearing on fitness to stand trial which have been scheduled by the Trial Chamber 29-31 August 2011.

The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts Of Cambodia has scheduled a preliminary hearing on fitness to stand trial relating to the accused persons Ieng Thirith and Nuon Chea on 29 – 31 August 2011.  The hearing will commence at 9 am on Monday 29 Aug 2011.

The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia will hold a public hearing pursuant to Internal Rule 68(3) in relation to IENG Sary. The hearing will be held in public on Wednesday 4 May 2011 in the main courtroom of the ECCC, commencing at 09:00. 

The Trial Chamber in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has decided to conduct one consolidated hearing on Monday 31 January 20111 to hear oral submissions related to:

The verdict in Case File No. 001/18-07-2007-ECCC/TC concerning the Accused, KAING Guek Eav alias Duch, will be pronounced on Monday 26 July 2010 in the main courtroom of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The time of commencement of the hearing will be communicated in due course.

In a majority decision rendered orally on 27 August 2009, with Judge Jean-Marc Lavergne partly dissenting, the Trial Chamber barred Civil Parties from making submissions regarding the sentencing of the Accused.

The Trial Chamber has scheduled the closing statements in Case 001 against Kaing Guek Eav to start on Monday 23 November. The closing statements will at the latest conclude on 27 November and have been scheduled as follows: 

The Co-Prosecutors, Civil Parties and the Defence made final submissions on the evidence they want included in Case 001 against Kaing Guek Eav (alias Duch) today.

In a decision dated 29 July 2009 the Trial Chamber rejects a motion from the Co-Prosecutors to submit two segments of film footage as evidence in the trial against Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch.

Monday 27 July marked the 50th day of the trial against Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch since its commencement on 30 March 2009. Mr. Kaing is accused of crimes against humanity, war crimes and violation of certain provision in the Cambodian Criminal Code of 1956.