Trial Chamber Announces Agenda For Case 002 Initial Hearing

Source: http://www.eccc.gov.kh/en/articles/trial-chamber-announces-agenda-case-002-initial-hearing

TRIAL CHAMBER ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR CASE 002 INITIAL HEARING

The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has announced that the Initial Hearing in the court’s second case scheduled for 27th - 30th June will begin at 9 am and close 4 pm every day and will hear oral argument on preliminary objections among others.

Mo. 27 June 9:00 – 16:00

• 1. Provision of tentative list of witnesses for the first phases of the trial
• 2. Preliminary objections on non bis in idem – a maximum of 2.5 hours (Ieng Sary Defence, Office of the Co-Prosecutors and Civil Party Lead Co-lawyers)
• 3. Preliminary objections on amnesty/pardon – 2.5 hours (Ieng Sary Defence, Office of the Co‐Prosecutors, Civil Party Lead Co‐Lawyers)

Tu. 28 June 9:00 – 16:00

• 4. Preliminary objections on statute of limitations in relation to Grave Breaches of the Geneva Conventions – 2.5 hours (Ieng Sary Defence, Office of the Co‐Prosecutors, Civil Party Lead Co-Lawyers)
• 5. Preliminary objections on statutory limitations in relation to offence contained in the Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia 1956 – 4.5 hours (all Defence teams, Office of the Co-Prosecutors, Civil Party Lead Co-Lawyers)

W. 29 June 9:00 – 16:00

• 6. Preliminary objections on statutory limitations in relation to offences contained in the Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia 1956 – continued from Tuesday 28 June
• 7. Initial specification of the substance of the reparations for Civil Parties – a maximum of 1 hour (Civil Party Lead Co‐Lawyers)

Th. 30 June 9:00 – 16:00

• 8. Oral arguments in relation to objections, if any, to the proposed witness list

For more details of the agenda, please see the Agenda for Initial Hearing:

http://www.eccc.gov.kh/en/document/court/agenda-initial-hearing-27th-30th-june-2011

Following the Initial Hearing, the Trial Chamber will determine the final list of witnesses and experts for the early phases of the trial, and will schedule the commencement of the hearing of the substance at a later date.

In addition, the Trial Chamber may schedule further hearings in August 2011 prior to the commencement of the hearing of the substance. Further details regarding these hearings will follow in due course.

Guidance for Visitors

The Initial Hearing in June is open to the public. In order to ensure order in the court during the hearing, the court has made tentative seating arrangements for the 482-seat public gallery. Forty seats are reserved for individual members of the public while 100 seats are booked for Civil Parties and another 220 seats for groups of ordinary Cambodians as arranged and escorted by the ECCC. A number of seats are also reserved for NGO partners, diplomats, government officials and distinguished scholars. Advance registration is required for all except individual members of the public. Please contact: pas@eccc.gov.com. The deadline for registration is Monday 20 June.

The ECCC recommends visitors arrive at the security gate between 7:30 and 8:00 am in order to leave enough time for security checking and issuance of tickets. Doors to the courtroom will close by 8:45 am or when all seats in the public gallery are fully occupied. Please kindly be advised that all visitors are required to present an ID (including a photo) at the gate. No persons under 16 years of age will be admitted to the court and persons 16 – 18 years will be admitted only with the guardian ship of an adult. Visitors shall maintain dignity and proper behaviour at all times and shall wear appropriate clothing. No mobile phones, large bags, food or drink are permitted in the public gallery.

The ECCC is located in Chaom Chau, Phnom Penh, 16 km away from the downtown on National Road 4 toward Sihanoukville. Public and media, please enter from the Visitors Gate at the eastern end of the compound. Parking will be provided for visitors with their own vehicles.

Media Advisory

Advance registration and accreditation is required for all media representatives who wish to be granted access to the ECCC on 27-30 June 2011. The following procedure will apply for media representatives seeking access to the ECCC for the initial hearing:

• a) Valid ECCC press accreditation card holders must register their request for access to the initial hearing with the Public Affairs Section by sending an email to pas@eccc.gov.kh
• b) Expired ECCC press accreditation card holders must re-submit a completed and signed Media Accreditation Form together with their request for registration to pas@eccc.gov.kh. Please indicate the card number on your expired ECCC accreditation card.
• c) Non-ECCC press accreditation card holders must submit a completed and signed

Media Accreditation Form, a jpg portrait photo and a copy of passport together with their request for registration to pas@eccc.gov.kh

The media accreditation form can be downloaded from the ECCC website:

www.eccc.gov.kh/sites/default/files/ECCC_Accreditation_Media_Application_Form.doc.

Up to 30 seats in the public gallery of the courtroom have been reserved for representatives of the media. Priority will be given to print media. The remaining media representatives will be accommodated in the media room on the ground floor. Media representatives who wish to be allocated a seat in the public gallery should submit a request for seat reservation by 20 June. Deadline for media registration and accreditation requests: Wednesday 22 June 2011

For information on services and facility for the media, please go to:

www.eccc.gov.kh/en/articles/media-advisory-initial-hearing

The ECCC will open the facility for the media who wish to set up equipment on the weekend of 25-26 June and hold a pre-hearing briefing at 2 pm on Sunday 26 June.