(Kyodo) - International judges on the Khmer Rouge tribunal expressed satisfaction Monday with the Cambodian Bar Association's decision to cut a controversial fee it imposed on foreign defense lawyers appearing before the court.
The tribunal, officially known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, released a statement saying the international judges were pleased to learn of the decision by the association to institute a flat registration fee of $500 for all international lawyers.
"The international judges express their hope that Extraordinary Chambers can move forward without further delay, so as to discharge its historic responsibility to find justice for the Cambodian people," it said.
On Friday, the association agreed to slash the fee to $500 from $4,900 after active lobbying by Japan.
The association earlier stated that foreign lawyers could take part in defense work, but only on condition each pays a $500 registration fee, a $2,000 client representation fee, and $200 a month in additional fees.
The international judges protested that the fees would severely limit the number of foreign lawyers who are able to appear before the ECCC and would allow the accused to argue that they have not been afforded the right to have counsel of their choice, in breach of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights.
In Monday's statement, the international judges also said that a successful plenary session will be called to adopt the international rules of the ECCC, expected to be held in the last week of May.
The plenary session was originally slated to be held this month but boycotted by the judges over the fee row.
The ECCC is a hybrid court being put together by the United Nations and the Cambodian government to try surviving Khmer Rouge leaders over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge reign.
Discussions on the special court have dragged on since 1997.
The tribunal, officially known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, released a statement saying the international judges were pleased to learn of the decision by the association to institute a flat registration fee of $500 for all international lawyers.
"The international judges express their hope that Extraordinary Chambers can move forward without further delay, so as to discharge its historic responsibility to find justice for the Cambodian people," it said.
On Friday, the association agreed to slash the fee to $500 from $4,900 after active lobbying by Japan.
The association earlier stated that foreign lawyers could take part in defense work, but only on condition each pays a $500 registration fee, a $2,000 client representation fee, and $200 a month in additional fees.
The international judges protested that the fees would severely limit the number of foreign lawyers who are able to appear before the ECCC and would allow the accused to argue that they have not been afforded the right to have counsel of their choice, in breach of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights.
In Monday's statement, the international judges also said that a successful plenary session will be called to adopt the international rules of the ECCC, expected to be held in the last week of May.
The plenary session was originally slated to be held this month but boycotted by the judges over the fee row.
The ECCC is a hybrid court being put together by the United Nations and the Cambodian government to try surviving Khmer Rouge leaders over atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge reign.
Discussions on the special court have dragged on since 1997.
7 comments:
ahahahhahahahaha!
Is this another grand opening???Why are there such a discount in price all of sudden???You see in Cambodia, Cambodian people bargain for all most everything!!!I didn't know that Cambodian law can be so flexible when dealing with money!!!aahhahhahah!
IF KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL IS A COMMERCE FOR AH KY TECH,
IT MEANS KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL REMAINS THE TRAGEDY OF CAMBODIAN PEOPLE.
IT ALSO MEANS AH KY TECH DOES NOT SUFFER ABOUT THE KILLING OF ABOUT 1.7 MILLIONS OF CAMBODIANS DURING 1975-1979 AND ABOUT 700,000 CAMBODIA PEOPLE DURING 1979-1989 UNDER VIETNAM'S DOMINATION AND DURING 1989-2007 UNDER CPP RULE
Yep, and between 1989 and 2007,
the CPP stop all the Killing!
Thank You to all CPP. We (Khmers)
are forever at your debt.
To 7:46AM Vietcong in disguise!!
Sure the CPP clan stop all the killing that is why they created
K-5 plan with Vietcong( the bamboo wall) to killed more Cambodian people!!!ahahhahaha
The killing of the 1997 coup,the grenade attack, the assassination of three Cambodian trade union leaders in a row,...
Cambodian people ain't forever in debt to anybody including the Vietcong!!!!How can Cambodian people do anything if they are forever in debt??? ahahhahhahhah
Take your fuck debt back to Hanio!!
Oh, who care about a few con artists? It is the CPP duty to
protect the citizen.
listen to the music to relax :
http://chumnap.tripod.com
Relax my ass. It is 100%
propaganda.
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