By Ka-set
On December 10th 2008, a high-level delegation led by Ban Ki-moon's United Nations Assistant secretary-general for Legal Affairs, Peter Taksoe-Jensen, and deputy prime Minister and chairman of the Cambodian government's Task Force on the Khmer Rouge Trials, Sok An, agreed on “setting up joint sessions between the national and international related structures to ensure that the entire administration operates in a transparent, fair and efficient way”, as explained in a joint communiqué released by the Cambodian representatives. This decision came as allegations of corruption resurfaced on the Cambodian side of the hybrid court.
Both parties, who agreed on the need to act “expeditiously”, predicted that the results of those joint sessions would be reported to the Government Task Force and the Steering Committee by the end of January 2009. It is now done, according to a press release made public by the tribunal on Tuesday February 3rd. The communiqué detailed that the first of these sessions was held on January 14th and was followed by five others in the same month.
The UN party suggested the establishment of a new mechanism to address the reception and examination of complaints issued by staff at the Khmer Rouge court (ECCC), which consists of three elements: “an independent international Ethics officer; an Ethics Committee, and the ECCC pre-Trial Chamber”. Since then, the text has been moving around between both parties and undergoing changes and amendments made by the two parties. To date, no version with the full consent of both parties is ready yet. The joint sessions have until now been “positive”, and were led “constructively” with a view to reach, among other goals, high standards of ethics within the ECCC.
Both parties, who agreed on the need to act “expeditiously”, predicted that the results of those joint sessions would be reported to the Government Task Force and the Steering Committee by the end of January 2009. It is now done, according to a press release made public by the tribunal on Tuesday February 3rd. The communiqué detailed that the first of these sessions was held on January 14th and was followed by five others in the same month.
The UN party suggested the establishment of a new mechanism to address the reception and examination of complaints issued by staff at the Khmer Rouge court (ECCC), which consists of three elements: “an independent international Ethics officer; an Ethics Committee, and the ECCC pre-Trial Chamber”. Since then, the text has been moving around between both parties and undergoing changes and amendments made by the two parties. To date, no version with the full consent of both parties is ready yet. The joint sessions have until now been “positive”, and were led “constructively” with a view to reach, among other goals, high standards of ethics within the ECCC.
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