The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia The trials of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders are a little closer to taking place in Cambodia.
Officials say a panel of Cambodian and United Nations judges will be selected next month for the tribunal.
The country's highest judicial body will announce its selection of seven Cambodian judges, five U-N appointed judges and two prosecutors for the tribunal to hear the cases.
A spokesman for the tribunal says the legal process will start in June after the appointments. Trials are not expected to begin until early next year.
Cambodia and the United Nations agreed in 2003 to jointly convene trials of former Khmer Rouge leaders who are accused of responsibility in the deaths of an estimated one-point-seven million people from 1975 to 1979.
Officials say a panel of Cambodian and United Nations judges will be selected next month for the tribunal.
The country's highest judicial body will announce its selection of seven Cambodian judges, five U-N appointed judges and two prosecutors for the tribunal to hear the cases.
A spokesman for the tribunal says the legal process will start in June after the appointments. Trials are not expected to begin until early next year.
Cambodia and the United Nations agreed in 2003 to jointly convene trials of former Khmer Rouge leaders who are accused of responsibility in the deaths of an estimated one-point-seven million people from 1975 to 1979.
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