{"id":701,"date":"2011-10-13T12:27:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T12:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adhoc-press\/?p=701"},"modified":"2011-10-13T13:06:23","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T13:06:23","slug":"cambodian-civil-society-express-concerned-the-ongoing-prosecution-and-investigation-in-case-003-and-004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/cambodian-civil-society-express-concerned-the-ongoing-prosecution-and-investigation-in-case-003-and-004\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian Civil Society express concerned the ongoing prosecution and investigation in Case 003 and 004"},"content":{"rendered":"
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT<\/strong><\/div>\n
Civil Society Expresses Concern over Recent Developments in the<\/strong><\/div>\n
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and Urges the International Community to Speak Out<\/strong><\/div>\n
Phnom Penh, 19 May 2011<\/em><\/div>\n
We, the undersigned members of civil society, are deeply concerned over recent developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in relation to the ongoing prosecution and investigations in Cases 003 and 004.\u00a0\u00a0We are concerned that the mandate of the court \u2013 to bring to trial senior leaders and those most responsible for Khmer Rouge atrocities \u2013 is at risk of not being genuinely carried out.<\/div>\n
We urge all stakeholders \u2013 victims of Khmer Rouge atrocities, donors, the Cambodian government, and the United Nations \u2013 to ensure that justice is done and is seen to be done by the ECCC.<\/div>\n
We urge all those concerned to ensure that the goal of the ECCC is carried out and the overall legacy of the ECCC is serving as a model for rule of law development in Cambodia.<\/div>\n
All ECCC judges \u2013 whether Cambodian or international – are required to be persons of high moral character, to possess a spirit of impartiality and integrity, and to be fully independent in the performance of their functions. \u00a0They are prohibited from accepting or seeking any instructions from any government or any other source.\u00a0The ECCC\u2019s Co-Prosecutors are subject to the same standards. The recent developments at the ECCC pertaining to Cases 003 and 004 compounds our grave concerns that the impartiality, integrity, and the independence of ECCC judges are being tainted.<\/div>\n
Cambodians have a right to know<\/em> what happened at the hands of the Khmer Rouge.\u00a0Within this \u201cright to know\u201d implies access to the truth about what happened during the Khmer Rouge era.\u00a0One of the functions being fulfilled by the ECCC is to create an historical record about what happened.\u00a0It is imperative that this record is as complete and accurate as possible.\u00a0The ECCC must safeguard against any creation of negationist or revisionist records about what happened.<\/div>\n
Cambodians have a right to justice<\/em>.\u00a0This includes the right of victims to meaningful participation in the justice process \u2013 at all stages of the proceedings.\u00a0In order to effectively exercise this right, all Cambodians need access to publicly available information. Ample information can be provided to victims while safeguarding the rights of those alleged to have perpetrated Khmer Rouge atrocities according to the highest international standards.\u00a0International Co-Prosecutor, Andrew Cayley, provided some basic factual information about Case 003 in his press statement of 9 May 2011.\u00a0However, this information was not timely enough for civil society to effectively carry out its functions in respect of victim participation.\u00a0Cambodian civil society urgently requires additional information and time in order to be able to effectively represent the interests of the Cambodian people in Cases 003 and 004.<\/div>\n
We, the undersigned, remain hopeful of the promise the ECCC holds in setting and maintaining standards for rule of law development in Cambodia. \u00a0The rule of law, democracy, the principle of separation of powers and the independence and impartiality of judges are interconnected.\u00a0For Cambodians, therefore, it is absolutely imperative that the ECCC \u2013 a court within the domestic justice system, and applying both Cambodian and international law \u2013 serves as a real role model for the future.<\/div>\n
We urge all concerned individuals and groups to take appropriate action to ensure that the Case 003 and 004 investigations are full and genuine; to ensure that an accurate historical record is created by the ECCC; to ensure that Cambodians have access to justice, and to the truth about Khmer Rouge atrocities; and to ensure that the right of victims to meaningful participation in the proceedings is effectively guaranteed.<\/div>\n
Below are the names of NGOs and Associations supporting the Joint Media Statement:<\/em><\/div>\n
1. Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (\u201cADHOC\u201d)<\/div>\n
2. Cambodian Defenders\u2019 Project (\u201cCDP\u201d)<\/div>\n
3. Khmer Institute of Democracy (\u201cKID\u201d)<\/div>\n
4. Khmer Youth Association (\u201cKYA\u201d)<\/div>\n
5. Cambodian Women in Crisis Center (\u201cCWCC\u201d)<\/div>\n
6. Legal Aid of Cambodia (\u201cLAC\u201d)<\/div>\n
7. Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (\u201cCARAM Cambodia\u201d)<\/div>\n
8. Cambodian Center for Protection of Children\u2019s Rights (\u201cCCPCR\u201d)<\/div>\n
9. Cambodian Health and Human Rights Alliance (\u201cCHHRA\u201d)<\/div>\n
10. Cham Khmer Islam Human Rights and Development Association (\u201cCKIMHRDA\u201d)<\/div>\n
11. Mission of Generous Cambodian Alliance (\u201cGENEROUS\u201d)<\/div>\n
12. Human Rights Organization for Transparency and Peace (\u201cHROTP\u201d)<\/div>\n
13. Indradevi Association (\u201cIDA\u201d)<\/div>\n
14. Khmer Institute for National Development (\u201cKIND\u201d)<\/div>\n
15. Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights Association (\u201cKKKHRA\u201d)<\/div>\n
16. Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights and Development Association (\u201cKKKHRDA\u201d)<\/div>\n
17. People\u2019s Center for Development and Peace (\u201cPDP\u201d)<\/div>\n
18. Protection of Juvenile Justice (\u201cPJJ\u201d)<\/div>\n
19. Human Rights Vigilance of Cambodia (\u201cVIGILANCE\u201d)<\/div>\n
20. Center for Social Development (\u201cCSD\u201d)<\/div>\n
21. Center for Justice and Reconciliation (\u201cCJR\u201d)<\/div>\n
22. Building Voices of Community (\u201cBCV\u201d)<\/div>\n
23. Khmer Students Association (\u201cKSA\u201d)<\/div>\n
24. Cambodia Justice Initiative (\u201cCJI\u201d)<\/div>\n
25. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (\u201cCCHR\u201d)<\/div>\n
26. Youth for Peace (\u201cYfP\u201d)<\/div>\n
27. Youth Resource Development Program (\u201cYRDP\u201d)<\/div>\n
28. International Center for Conciliation-Cambodia (\u201cICfC\u201d)<\/div>\n
29. Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (\u201cLICADHO\u201d)<\/div>\n
30. Fine Arts Association (\u201cFAA\u201d)<\/div>\n
31. Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (\u201cCHRAC\u201d)<\/div>\n
32. Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (\u201cCOMFREL\u201d)<\/div>\n
33. Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (\u201cNICFEC\u201d)<\/div>\n
34. Star Kampuchea<\/div>\n
35. Secretariat of Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cambodian members of civil society, are deeply concerned over recent developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in relation to the ongoing prosecution and investigations in Cases 003 and 004. We are concerned that the mandate of the court \u2013 to bring to trial senior leaders and those most responsible for Khmer Rouge atrocities \u2013 is at risk of not being genuinely carried out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":743,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adhoccambodia.org\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}