Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A plenary session of judicial officers of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has begun talks to adopt internal rules for the hybrid court to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice.
The ECCC's spokesman, Reach Sambath, says the main objective of the session is to adopt the internal rules for the ECCC.
'The final draft has been prepared over previous months by the Rules Review Committee,'' Reach Sambath said.
The 113-article rules are needed for the planned three-year trial.
The officers have two weeks to decide on the rules.
The plenary was originally planned for April but was boycotted by the foreign judges after a row over fees imposed by the Cambodian Bar Association.
The fee question was finally resolved by the Cambodian Bar reducing it.
The ECCC is a hybrid court being put together by the United Nations and the Cambodian government to try surviving Khmer Rouge leaders over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge reign.
Discussions on the special court have dragged on since 1997.
The ECCC's spokesman, Reach Sambath, says the main objective of the session is to adopt the internal rules for the ECCC.
'The final draft has been prepared over previous months by the Rules Review Committee,'' Reach Sambath said.
The 113-article rules are needed for the planned three-year trial.
The officers have two weeks to decide on the rules.
The plenary was originally planned for April but was boycotted by the foreign judges after a row over fees imposed by the Cambodian Bar Association.
The fee question was finally resolved by the Cambodian Bar reducing it.
The ECCC is a hybrid court being put together by the United Nations and the Cambodian government to try surviving Khmer Rouge leaders over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge reign.
Discussions on the special court have dragged on since 1997.
2 comments:
June is here, better get moving!!!!!!!
Yeah, and Christmas is on the horizon, now!
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