Australian Broadcasting Corporation
An international judge says the UN-backed tribunal trying former Khmer Rouge leaders in Cambodia is at risk if no agreement is reached over the participation of foreign counsel.
Austrian judge Claudia Fenz told AFP the Cambodia's Bar Association must reconsider its decision by the end of March to impose prohibitive participation fees" on foreign lawyers,
She says the decision is essential for the trials to proceed of top Khmer Rouge leaders charged with crimes committed during the ultra-Maoist regime's 1975-79 rule.
Cambodia's Bar, which must approve all foreign defence counsel, is demanding that international lawyers wishing to participate in the trials pay fees amounting to some 4,900 US dollars a year.
Austrian judge Claudia Fenz told AFP the Cambodia's Bar Association must reconsider its decision by the end of March to impose prohibitive participation fees" on foreign lawyers,
She says the decision is essential for the trials to proceed of top Khmer Rouge leaders charged with crimes committed during the ultra-Maoist regime's 1975-79 rule.
Cambodia's Bar, which must approve all foreign defence counsel, is demanding that international lawyers wishing to participate in the trials pay fees amounting to some 4,900 US dollars a year.
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