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The Khmer Rouge Tribunal Must be Allowed to Finish its Work
By JusticeInfo.net, The Cambodia Daily
December 8, 2018

 

The Khmer Rouge Tribunal Must Be Allowed To Finish Its Work
By Sophal Ear, Nushin Sarkarati and Daniel Mclaughlin for JusticeInfo.net
December 7, 2018

 

Mixed Views on Khmer Rouge Tribunal Impact, Legacy Ahead of Genocide Verdict
by VOA Cambodia
November 16, 2018

 

Khmer Rouge’s Slaughter in Cambodia Is Ruled a Genocide
By Hannah Beech, The New York Times
November 15, 2018

 

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Criticized Over Suspect Case’s Dismissal
by Sok Khemara
July 3rd, 2018

 

Verdict in Cambodia: Too Little Too Late but Still Important

by Beth Van Schaack, Just Security
August 9th, 2014
Amidst all the developments in the Middle East, we could not allow the verdict rendered by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Case 002 to go unacknowledged. Case 002 involves two surviving Khmer Rouge defendants: Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea. As the evidence against these two was overwhelming, it comes as no surprise that the defendants were convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment—a penalty with limited meaning when it comes to octogenarian defendants.

 

Cambodia Verdicts Send a “Warning to War Criminals”
by Amanda Bronstad, The National Law Journal
August 7th, 2014

CJA Staff Attorney Nushin Sarkarati represents Khmer Rouge victims before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Sarkarati talked to The National Law Journal about the court’s decision to sentence two senior Khmer Rouge officials to life imprisonment.

 

Miles Away and Years On, Cambodians Relish Verdict
by Amy Taxin, Associated Press
August 7th, 2014

CJA client Sophany Bay and CJA Staff Attorney Nushin Sarkarati react to verdict for Case 002/1 against senior officials from the Khmer Rouge regime.

 

Cambodians in California Give Testimony on Khmer Rouge for Tribunal
by Josie Huang, NPR
August 1st, 2014

Thirty-five years after the Khmer Rouge regime terrorized Cambodia, judgements are coming for two former senior officials charged with war crimes.

 

Local Cambodians Give Testimony, Await Khmer Rouge Verdict
by Josie Huang, KPCC
July 25th, 2014

CJA attorney Nushin Sarkarati talks about the importance of testimonies from the Cambodian diaspora for Khmer Rouge trials.

 

Khmer Rouge survivor travels back to Cambodia to testify at regime leaders’ trial
by Rob Strauss, KPCC
June 4th, 2013

A California woman is the first Cambodian-American to testify in a trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders, traveling to the capital city of Phnom Penh to give her testimony before a United Nations-backed tribunal.

 

“If You Tell Them, You Will Be Killed”: Civil Parties’ Stories Heard
by Mary Kozlovski, Cambodia Trial Monitor
June 4th, 2013

On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, a fourth victim impact hearing was held in Case 002 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Since last Monday, civil parties have testified about the harm they suffered under the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) regime.

 

Given Difficulties, Tribunal Observers Worry Over Exit Strategy
by Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
April 15th, 2013

The death of former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary is a reminder that the UN-backed tribunal needs a proper exit strategy as it winds down its work, observers say.

 

Khmer Rouge: Death of ‘Killing Fields’ Defendant Ieng Sary During Trial for Cambodia’s Genocide Dismays Bay Area Survivors
by John Boudreau, Mercury News
March 14th, 2013

Bay Area survivors of Cambodia’s genocide are dismayed with Thursday’s death of a Khmer Rouge leader before he could face justice at the hands of an international tribunal for his role in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians in the 1970s.

 

Noun Chea’s Condition Worsens in Hospital
by Kong Sothanarith, VOA
January 16th, 2013

PHNOM PENH – Khmer Rouge leader Noun Chea remains in the hospital, and the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has announced no more hearings for this week.

 

“Absolute” Suffering: Former Khmer Rouge Solder Provides Further Details on the Evacuation of Phnom Penh
by Doreen Chen, Cambodia Tribunal Monitor
November 5th, 2012

In a day peppered with exchanges between the defense, prosecution, and bench on appropriate evidentiary procedures, the Trial Chamber in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) heard testimony on Monday, November 5, 2012, from former Khmer Rouge foot soldier Sum Chea on events during the evacuation of Phnom Penh.

 

Bay Area Cambodians seek justice in homeland
by John Boudreau, Mercury News
November 20th, 2011

Six from the Bay Area will be legally represented and could provide testimony during the second international tribunal of Khmer Rouge leaders charged with crimes against humanity.

 

Three US Survivors To Attend Opening of Khmer Rouge Case
by Men Kimseng, Voice of America News – Khmer
November 17th, 2011

Three Khmer Rouge survivors will stay in Cambodia for one week to witness the first substantial hearing of the trial to date.

 

Khmer Rouge Trial Takes Shape
by Luke Hunt, The Diplomat
July 1st, 2011

The initial hearings in Cambodia’s Case 002 have closed. The lines of defence to be employed by the four accused of involvement in genocide are becoming clear.

 

With Help, Cambodian-Americans Filing at Tribunal
by Men Kimseng, Voice of America News – Khmer
July 1st, 2011

The Center for Justice and Accountability is helping Cambodian-Americans seeking a place at Khmer Rouge tribunal hearings. Under tribunal rules the victims have a right to file grievances and applications to be witnesses, even if they have fled overseas.

 

Local Cambodian-Americans play active role in trial of Khmer Rouge leaders
by Rob Strauss, 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio
May 13th, 2011

On a recent Saturday in Long Beach, survivors of the Khmer Rouge stepped to a microphone to tell stories that are hard to hear.

 

US Victims Add Calls for More Tribunal Cases
by Sophinarath Cheang, VOA Khmer
May 11th, 2011

Distance is perhaps one barrier that prevents US-Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge from participating in UN-backed trials underway in Phnom Penh. But that did not stop Chanthorn Pech or Roath Prom from becoming participants in the tribunal’s next case—002—an atrocity trial for four jailed Khmer Rouge leaders.

 

San Jose Cambodian community awaits justice
by Becky Palmstrom, KALW News
May 10th, 2011

One of the worst genocides of the 20th century happened in Cambodia, in the 1970s. The extremist Khmer Rouge party, led by Pol Pot tried to create a rural farming society, evacuating people from their homes and jobs in urban areas to the country, where many were killed by the government, starved, or were worked to death.

 

Long Beach residents’ recollections of Cambodian horror will be heard
by Greg Mellen, Contra Costa Times
April 30th, 2011

A year-and-a-half ago when refugee survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime gathered in Long Beach to fill out forms about atrocities they witnessed in the mid-’70 s in Cambodia, they had no idea whether it would make a difference. On Saturday, many of them got their answer.

 

Khmer Rouge Victims in US to Get Their Day in Court
The Mercury News
February 26th, 2011

Many Cambodians have lived the lives of ghosts in Silicon Valley, not seen or heard from much, quietly tormented every day and every night with unbearable memories of the genocide that wiped out entire families — parents, spouses, children, extended relatives.

 

In San Jose, Talk of Atrocity Reparations
by Pin Sisovann, VOA Khmer
February 23rd, 2011

Now an American, Sophany Bay is filing as a complainant in the upcoming Khmer Rouge tribunal for four regime leaders. She says she wants to have a monument erected, one where she can keep a photograph of her youngest daughter and where she might engrave the names of her two other children lost to the regime.

 

Cambodians in US Set to Meet Over Tribunal Case
Voice of America-Khmer
February 23rd, 2011

A group of Cambodian-Americans is meeting in California later this week to discuss their legal options for reparations under the Khmer Rouge tribunal as a case for four leaders of the regime moves ahead.

 

Press Releases

Senior Khmer Rouge Leaders Found Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide
November 16, 2018
Four years after the start of this historic case, nuon chea and khieu samphan are sentenced to life imprisonment.

 

Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea Found Guilty
August 7th, 2014

On August 7, 2014, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh, known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), found Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea guilty of crimes against humanity. The Court also awarded reparations to the 3,866 Civil Parties participating in the case. This is the tribunal’s first judgment against senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime for atrocities committed. CJA represents 45 U.S.-based Civil Parties before the ECCC. Click here to read more.

 

 

 

Community Forum for Khmer Rouge Survivors: Update on Final Verdict in Case Against former Khmer Rouge Leaders
July 9th, 2014

On July 26, 2014, CJA and the Applied Social Research Institute of Cambodia (ASRIC) will hold a forum for Cambodian survivors at the Khmer Arts Center in Long Beach, California, to update them on the progress of Case 002/01.

 

 

Civil Society Requests Expansion of More Charges in the Current Case 002 Trials

The passing of Ieng Sary and the dismissal of Ieng Thirith for mental unfitness—and the advanced age and poor health of the remaining two Khmer Rouge defendants (Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan)—make imperative the need for an efficient and exhaustive decision on the liability of Khmer Rouge era atrocities.

 

 

 

U.S. Cambodian Survivors See Death of Accused Ieng Sary as Missed Opportunity for Justice
March 14th, 2013

Co-founder of the Khmer Rouge, Ieng Sary, died before a verdict was reached in the trial against him and two other senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). His death at the age of 87 serves as a wake-up call to the UN backed Tribunal, which has been riddled with delays since its inception.

News Articles

The Khmer Rouge Tribunal Must be Allowed to Finish its Work
By JusticeInfo.net, The Cambodia Daily
December 8, 2018

The Khmer Rouge Tribunal Must Be Allowed To Finish Its Work
By Sophal Ear, Nushin Sarkarati and Daniel Mclaughlin for JusticeInfo.net
December 7, 2018

Mixed Views on Khmer Rouge Tribunal Impact, Legacy Ahead of Genocide Verdict
by VOA Cambodia
November 16, 2018

Khmer Rouge’s Slaughter in Cambodia Is Ruled a Genocide
By Hannah Beech, The New York Times
November 15, 2018

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Criticized Over Suspect Case’s Dismissal
by Sok Khemara
July 3rd, 2018
Verdict in Cambodia: Too Little Too Late but Still Important
by Beth Van Schaack, Just Security
August 9th, 2014
Amidst all the developments in the Middle East, we could not allow the verdict rendered by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Case 002 to go unacknowledged. Case 002 involves two surviving Khmer Rouge defendants: Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea. As the evidence against these two was overwhelming, it comes as no surprise that the defendants were convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment—a penalty with limited meaning when it comes to octogenarian defendants.

Cambodia Verdicts Send a “Warning to War Criminals”
by Amanda Bronstad, The National Law Journal
August 7th, 2014

CJA Staff Attorney Nushin Sarkarati represents Khmer Rouge victims before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Sarkarati talked to The National Law Journal about the court’s decision to sentence two senior Khmer Rouge officials to life imprisonment.

Miles Away and Years On, Cambodians Relish Verdict
by Amy Taxin, Associated Press
August 7th, 2014

CJA client Sophany Bay and CJA Staff Attorney Nushin Sarkarati react to verdict for Case 002/1 against senior officials from the Khmer Rouge regime.

Cambodians in California Give Testimony on Khmer Rouge for Tribunal
by Josie Huang, NPR
August 1st, 2014

Thirty-five years after the Khmer Rouge regime terrorized Cambodia, judgements are coming for two former senior officials charged with war crimes.

Local Cambodians Give Testimony, Await Khmer Rouge Verdict
by Josie Huang, KPCC
July 25th, 2014

CJA attorney Nushin Sarkarati talks about the importance of testimonies from the Cambodian diaspora for Khmer Rouge trials.

Khmer Rouge survivor travels back to Cambodia to testify at regime leaders’ trial
by Rob Strauss, KPCC
June 4th, 2013

A California woman is the first Cambodian-American to testify in a trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders, traveling to the capital city of Phnom Penh to give her testimony before a United Nations-backed tribunal.

“If You Tell Them, You Will Be Killed”: Civil Parties’ Stories Heard
by Mary Kozlovski, Cambodia Trial Monitor
June 4th, 2013

On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, a fourth victim impact hearing was held in Case 002 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Since last Monday, civil parties have testified about the harm they suffered under the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) regime.

Given Difficulties, Tribunal Observers Worry Over Exit Strategy
by Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
April 15th, 2013

The death of former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary is a reminder that the UN-backed tribunal needs a proper exit strategy as it winds down its work, observers say.

Khmer Rouge: Death of ‘Killing Fields’ Defendant Ieng Sary During Trial for Cambodia’s Genocide Dismays Bay Area Survivors
by John Boudreau, Mercury News
March 14th, 2013

Bay Area survivors of Cambodia’s genocide are dismayed with Thursday’s death of a Khmer Rouge leader before he could face justice at the hands of an international tribunal for his role in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians in the 1970s.

Noun Chea’s Condition Worsens in Hospital
by Kong Sothanarith, VOA
January 16th, 2013

PHNOM PENH – Khmer Rouge leader Noun Chea remains in the hospital, and the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has announced no more hearings for this week.

“Absolute” Suffering: Former Khmer Rouge Solder Provides Further Details on the Evacuation of Phnom Penh
by Doreen Chen, Cambodia Tribunal Monitor
November 5th, 2012

In a day peppered with exchanges between the defense, prosecution, and bench on appropriate evidentiary procedures, the Trial Chamber in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) heard testimony on Monday, November 5, 2012, from former Khmer Rouge foot soldier Sum Chea on events during the evacuation of Phnom Penh.

Bay Area Cambodians seek justice in homeland
by John Boudreau, Mercury News
November 20th, 2011

Six from the Bay Area will be legally represented and could provide testimony during the second international tribunal of Khmer Rouge leaders charged with crimes against humanity.

Three US Survivors To Attend Opening of Khmer Rouge Case
by Men Kimseng, Voice of America News – Khmer
November 17th, 2011

Three Khmer Rouge survivors will stay in Cambodia for one week to witness the first substantial hearing of the trial to date.

Khmer Rouge Trial Takes Shape
by Luke Hunt, The Diplomat
July 1st, 2011

The initial hearings in Cambodia’s Case 002 have closed. The lines of defence to be employed by the four accused of involvement in genocide are becoming clear.

With Help, Cambodian-Americans Filing at Tribunal
by Men Kimseng, Voice of America News – Khmer
July 1st, 2011

The Center for Justice and Accountability is helping Cambodian-Americans seeking a place at Khmer Rouge tribunal hearings. Under tribunal rules the victims have a right to file grievances and applications to be witnesses, even if they have fled overseas.

Local Cambodian-Americans play active role in trial of Khmer Rouge leaders
by Rob Strauss, 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio
May 13th, 2011

On a recent Saturday in Long Beach, survivors of the Khmer Rouge stepped to a microphone to tell stories that are hard to hear.

US Victims Add Calls for More Tribunal Cases
by Sophinarath Cheang, VOA Khmer
May 11th, 2011

Distance is perhaps one barrier that prevents US-Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge from participating in UN-backed trials underway in Phnom Penh. But that did not stop Chanthorn Pech or Roath Prom from becoming participants in the tribunal’s next case—002—an atrocity trial for four jailed Khmer Rouge leaders.

San Jose Cambodian community awaits justice
by Becky Palmstrom, KALW News
May 10th, 2011

One of the worst genocides of the 20th century happened in Cambodia, in the 1970s. The extremist Khmer Rouge party, led by Pol Pot tried to create a rural farming society, evacuating people from their homes and jobs in urban areas to the country, where many were killed by the government, starved, or were worked to death.

Long Beach residents’ recollections of Cambodian horror will be heard
by Greg Mellen, Contra Costa Times
April 30th, 2011

A year-and-a-half ago when refugee survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime gathered in Long Beach to fill out forms about atrocities they witnessed in the mid-’70 s in Cambodia, they had no idea whether it would make a difference. On Saturday, many of them got their answer.

Khmer Rouge Victims in US to Get Their Day in Court
The Mercury News
February 26th, 2011

Many Cambodians have lived the lives of ghosts in Silicon Valley, not seen or heard from much, quietly tormented every day and every night with unbearable memories of the genocide that wiped out entire families — parents, spouses, children, extended relatives.

 

In San Jose, Talk of Atrocity Reparations
by Pin Sisovann, VOA Khmer
February 23rd, 2011

Now an American, Sophany Bay is filing as a complainant in the upcoming Khmer Rouge tribunal for four regime leaders. She says she wants to have a monument erected, one where she can keep a photograph of her youngest daughter and where she might engrave the names of her two other children lost to the regime.

 

Cambodians in US Set to Meet Over Tribunal Case
Voice of America-Khmer
February 23rd, 2011

A group of Cambodian-Americans is meeting in California later this week to discuss their legal options for reparations under the Khmer Rouge tribunal as a case for four leaders of the regime moves ahead.

 

Press Releases

Senior Khmer Rouge Leaders Found Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide
November 16, 2018
Four years after the start of this historic case, nuon chea and khieu samphan are sentenced to life imprisonment.

 

Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea Found Guilty
August 7th, 2014

On August 7, 2014, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh, known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), found Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea guilty of crimes against humanity. The Court also awarded reparations to the 3,866 Civil Parties participating in the case. This is the tribunal’s first judgment against senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime for atrocities committed. CJA represents 45 U.S.-based Civil Parties before the ECCC. Click here to read more.

 

Community Forum for Khmer Rouge Survivors: Update on Final Verdict in Case Against former Khmer Rouge Leaders
July 9th, 2014

On July 26, 2014, CJA and the Applied Social Research Institute of Cambodia (ASRIC) will hold a forum for Cambodian survivors at the Khmer Arts Center in Long Beach, California, to update them on the progress of Case 002/01.

Civil Society Requests Expansion of More Charges in the Current Case 002 Trials

The passing of Ieng Sary and the dismissal of Ieng Thirith for mental unfitness—and the advanced age and poor health of the remaining two Khmer Rouge defendants (Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan)—make imperative the need for an efficient and exhaustive decision on the liability of Khmer Rouge era atrocities.

 

U.S. Cambodian Survivors See Death of Accused Ieng Sary as Missed Opportunity for Justice
March 14th, 2013

Co-founder of the Khmer Rouge, Ieng Sary, died before a verdict was reached in the trial against him and two other senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). His death at the age of 87 serves as a wake-up call to the UN backed Tribunal, which has been riddled with delays since its inception.