Kambol (Phnom Penh, Cambodia). 06/04/2009: Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, explaining his allegiance to the Communist Party of Kampuchea during the trial at the ECCC. (Photo: John Vink/ Magnum)07-04-2009
By Stéphanie Gée
Ka-set
On April 6th, the fourth day of the substantive trial of Duch - the former director of the S-21 detention centre where more than 15,000 prisoners died - debates were about the M-13 security centre of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), which Duch directed before his appointment to the newly-created S-21 centre in 1975. Facts linked to the centre do not come under the jurisdiction of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) since they occurred outside of the court’s mandate, before 1975. This short historical reminder aimed at shedding some light on the context in which S-21 came about, its structure and the way it worked, and also at clarifying the character of the sprightly sixty-six year-old. The hearing was seriously affected by translation issues.
The innovation of international criminal courts, where Common Law usually applies, invited itself at the ECCC: the defendant was subjected to a cross-examination before the ECCC, a process which is usually proper to the Civil Law system. Indeed, Duch was questioned by the court and for the M-13 dossier, it is French Judge Jean-Marc Lavergne who conducted the interrogation with pertinence.
The innovation of international criminal courts, where Common Law usually applies, invited itself at the ECCC: the defendant was subjected to a cross-examination before the ECCC, a process which is usually proper to the Civil Law system. Indeed, Duch was questioned by the court and for the M-13 dossier, it is French Judge Jean-Marc Lavergne who conducted the interrogation with pertinence.
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2 comments:
Mothetfucker look like a vampire suck our lives for his living!
9:25 PM
You need to learn more about the era's politics. Yes, they killed people but their intention was for the good of the country. I'm not supporting Khmer Rouge but stating the fact.
All those people that joined Khmer Rouge after the call from Sihanouk did it because they believed they would do good for the country.
How many people have committed crimes because they were lead to believe it was for the good of their countries? Just look at some of the German high command like Rommel the desert fox.
That's why I'm very wary of the people that claim to be Khmer hero today like Sam Rainsy. In trying to do good for the country, he might actually doing it a disfavor.
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