My colleague, LIlian A. Barria,
and I were in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to survey local NGOs on various issues.
While there, we were asked by the U.S. Department of State as part of a Target-of-Opportunity
Grant to conduct workshops on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia
(ECCC). The ECCC is the last of the ad hoc war crimes tribunals, and our workshops
placed the development of the ECCC within the broader development of war crimes
tribunals. Based on our book, Designing Criminal Tribunals: Sovereignty
and International Concerns in the Protection of Human Rights, we discussed the evolution
from purely international to mixed or hybrid tribunals. We want to thank John
Daigle, Public Affairs Officer, of the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia for organizing
a series of very interesting events and workshops (click here for the write-up
of our visit on the Embassy's home
page). .
These photos were taken at a
workshop in which approximately 500 victims of the Khmer Rouge regime
attended, many from the Cham Muslim minority. The event was presided
over by the chair of the Cambodian
parliament's Commission for Legislation. We want to thank the Documenationt Center of Cambodia
(DC-Cam) for organizing the event and providing transportation to the
villagers.
This second group of
photos was taken at a workshop for the Cambodian Bar Association hosted
again by Documentation Center of Cambodia
(DC-Cam). One of the major issues
of concern to these domestic attorneys was allowing foreign attorneys
to represent clients in Cambodia. The Cambodian Bar Association has not
been very supportive of much of the procedures laid down by the ECCC.
Here is a report of the workshop issued by the
Public Affairs Office of DC-Cam.
The last set
of photos were taken at a training workshop for Cambodian journalists
at the U.S. Embassy. The journalists were part of a larger training
program organized by Internews
Cambodia and partially financed by the U. S. Embassy.
