UN moves ahead with Cambodian trials court for Khmer Rouge leaders
- From: "Chim" <ChimS1@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 23 Nov 2005 17:08:43 -0800
UN moves ahead with Cambodian trials court for Khmer Rouge leaders
23 November 2005 - United Nations efforts helping Cambodia to set up
special mixed courts to try ageing former leaders of the Khmer Rouge
accused of killing hundreds of thousands of civilians during the 1970s
are gaining momentum as Secretary-General Kofi Annan considers nominees
for the tribunals' international components.
A short list of candidates will be interviewed in early December for
the posts of International Judges, International Co-Prosecutor,
International Co-Investigating Judge and International Judges of the
Pre-Trial Chamber, spokesman Stephane Dujarric told the daily noon
briefing in New York.
The UN and Cambodia signed the landmark agreement to set up a trial
court and a Supreme Court within the Cambodian legal system to
"prosecute those most responsible for crimes and serious violations of
Cambodian and international law between 17 April 1975 and 6 January
1979."
The courts will comprise a mix of international and Cambodian judges.
According to the agreement - which stresses the impartiality and
independence of the prospective jurists - decisions in the two
chambers would be taken by majorities of four judges and five judges,
respectively.
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