The Rules Committee of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday released its draft Internal Rules on its website in the three official languages of the ECCC (Khmer, English and French) for comment from the general public.
"The purpose of the Internal Rules is to consolidate applicable Cambodian procedure for proceedings before the ECCC and to adopt additional rules where the existing procedure does not deal with a particular matter, or if there is uncertainty regarding its interpretation or application or if there is a question regarding its consistency with international standards," said an ECCC press release.
Earlier on Oct. 23, the rules were issued to the members of the Plenary of Judges, as well as to the Co-Prosecutors, the Principal Defender and the Office of Administration, it added.
"We welcome constructive comments and suggestions on the draft rules for a period of two weeks, after which we will compile the comments and forward them to the Plenary of Judges to be held in Phnom Penh from 20 to 25 November 2006. The Plenary of Judges will discuss the draft and comments together with the Co-Prosecutors, the Principal Defender and the Office of the Administration with a view to approving the Internal Rules to be applied before the ECCC, " said the press release.
Since July the members of the committee have been meeting regularly, in person and via email, to discuss the rules.
The Rules Committee was established during the Judicial Strategic Planning and Development Workshop held in early July. It is composed of three national judges and two international judges, namely You Bunleng, Mong Monichariya, Prak Kim San, Agnieszka Klonowiecka-Milart and Marcel Lemonde, and is supported by a Secretariat in the Office of Administration and by expert Dr Gregory Stanton.
The ECCC is responsible for the upcoming trials of the former Democratic Kampuchea (DK) leaders.
The UN and Cambodia agreed in 2003 to jointly hold trials for the former DK leaders, after six years of talks. Formal trials are expected to begin in mid-2007 and the entire process will take three years and cost 56.3 million U.S. dollars.
The DK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979 and was charged with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Source: Xinhua
"The purpose of the Internal Rules is to consolidate applicable Cambodian procedure for proceedings before the ECCC and to adopt additional rules where the existing procedure does not deal with a particular matter, or if there is uncertainty regarding its interpretation or application or if there is a question regarding its consistency with international standards," said an ECCC press release.
Earlier on Oct. 23, the rules were issued to the members of the Plenary of Judges, as well as to the Co-Prosecutors, the Principal Defender and the Office of Administration, it added.
"We welcome constructive comments and suggestions on the draft rules for a period of two weeks, after which we will compile the comments and forward them to the Plenary of Judges to be held in Phnom Penh from 20 to 25 November 2006. The Plenary of Judges will discuss the draft and comments together with the Co-Prosecutors, the Principal Defender and the Office of the Administration with a view to approving the Internal Rules to be applied before the ECCC, " said the press release.
Since July the members of the committee have been meeting regularly, in person and via email, to discuss the rules.
The Rules Committee was established during the Judicial Strategic Planning and Development Workshop held in early July. It is composed of three national judges and two international judges, namely You Bunleng, Mong Monichariya, Prak Kim San, Agnieszka Klonowiecka-Milart and Marcel Lemonde, and is supported by a Secretariat in the Office of Administration and by expert Dr Gregory Stanton.
The ECCC is responsible for the upcoming trials of the former Democratic Kampuchea (DK) leaders.
The UN and Cambodia agreed in 2003 to jointly hold trials for the former DK leaders, after six years of talks. Formal trials are expected to begin in mid-2007 and the entire process will take three years and cost 56.3 million U.S. dollars.
The DK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979 and was charged with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Source: Xinhua
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