Int'l judges recusing themselves from request of disqualification of PTC president

Statement by Judges Downing and Chung, International Judges of the Pre-Trial Chamber

Source: ECCC

Noting that Rule 21 of the Internal Rules of the ECCC requires that there shall be transparency of process, and that previous similar matters have been handled publicly by the PTC, Judges Chung and Downing advise, pursuant to their right and duty expressed in Rule 34 of the Internal Rules of the ECCC, that on 2 March 2012 they recused themselves from consideration of the Application by the Reserve International Co-Investigating Judge for the Disqualification of the President of the Pre-Trial Chamber dated 8 February 2012, which matter was returned without deliberation or consultation with the judges of the Pre-Trial Chamber to the Reserve International Co-Investigating Judge by the President of the Pre-Trial Chamber on 10 February 2012. A letter notifying of such recusal was sent to the Judges Ney Thol and Huot Vuthy of the Pre-Trial Chamber and a letter was forwarded to the Judicial Administration Committee requesting it to appoint two judges in the place of Judges Chung and Downing on 2 March 2012.