March 9, 2010Tejinder Singh, AHN Correspondent
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) - The Cambodian killing fields took her parents but Theary Seng is a survivor and sees the trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders as a great opportunity, calling it a "court of public opinion."
Seng, a Cambodian-born U.S.-trained lawyer, addressed a Newsmaker event at the National Press Club on Friday.
She expressed hope that the Khmer Rouge tribunal, formally the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), could be "a powerful catalyst for social accountability--the constructive engagement of Killing Fields survivors and other Cambodians and their transformation into informed, empowered citizens."?
Seng accepted the fact that the ECCC or KRT does not have much to offer as a court of law for legal accountability. However, she said the trial is breaking legal ground by having victims of the Khmer Rouge participate as civil parties in a criminal proceeding.
She was the first such legal identity to be recognized by the ECCC, and in 2008 testified against the most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, known as "Brother No. 2."??
The eventual legacy of the tribunal "is still being written," she said. "Let's have another conversation five years from now, when the ECCC has closed shop."
Seng, a Cambodian-born U.S.-trained lawyer, addressed a Newsmaker event at the National Press Club on Friday.
She expressed hope that the Khmer Rouge tribunal, formally the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), could be "a powerful catalyst for social accountability--the constructive engagement of Killing Fields survivors and other Cambodians and their transformation into informed, empowered citizens."?
Seng accepted the fact that the ECCC or KRT does not have much to offer as a court of law for legal accountability. However, she said the trial is breaking legal ground by having victims of the Khmer Rouge participate as civil parties in a criminal proceeding.
She was the first such legal identity to be recognized by the ECCC, and in 2008 testified against the most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, known as "Brother No. 2."??
The eventual legacy of the tribunal "is still being written," she said. "Let's have another conversation five years from now, when the ECCC has closed shop."
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Only the God who created each one of us knows our hurts - he is the one who wants to heal us if we only petition him and not the UN. His arms are not short that he cannot help, it is our sin that kept him from helping us. Sin has separated us from our true source of life. The aftermath of KR is the result of sins in the hearts of men.
SIN, WHEN IT IS CONCEIVE BRING FORTH DEATH, ETERNALLY AND PHYSICALLY. Jesus is the only answer that we need! He hath broken the curse of sin who believe in him.
Your face is so urgly in this picture. Please do not post any more of your pic in to this site.
agree!
also justice for the millions of khmer victims and more.
the outcome of this trial will serves as a historical lesson the studies of humanity as well.
i think it's all of the above i.e. the justice, the accountability, the healing, the reconciliation, the lesson in humanity, etc, etc...
"Your face is so urgly in this picture. Please do not post any more of your pic in to this site." 9:47am
Cambodia can't change when we have scum like him. I don't know why you even bother to comment if you can't even spell the word "ugly" right. It just proves that your scum just like your dad, Hun Sen.
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