19 August 2011
NTS Bulletin (Aug 2011 – Issue 2)
Abstract
On 30 June 2011, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) concluded the initial hearings for Case 002, in which the four surviving principal members of the ruling elite of the Khmer Rouge regime were indicted. These hearings, together with the trials of Case 001, represent the efforts of Cambodia and the international community to seek justice for the 1.7 million Cambodians who died of extrajudicial executions, starvation and overwork as a result of the social engineering policies under the Khmer Rouge.
Abstract
On 30 June 2011, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) concluded the initial hearings for Case 002, in which the four surviving principal members of the ruling elite of the Khmer Rouge regime were indicted. These hearings, together with the trials of Case 001, represent the efforts of Cambodia and the international community to seek justice for the 1.7 million Cambodians who died of extrajudicial executions, starvation and overwork as a result of the social engineering policies under the Khmer Rouge.
