OFFICE OF CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE INVESTIGATIONS
EAP/CGI
Bureau of
East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S.
Department of State
I.
BACKGROUND
-- Cambodian
Genocide Justice Act sponsored by Senator Charles Robb of Virginia in
April 1994; legislation signed into law by President Clinton.
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Legislation limits focus of CGI activities to Khmer Rouge period,
1975-79.
-- CGI office
formally established in State Department/Bureau of East Asian and
Pacific Affairs in July 1994.
-- Grant
program publicly announced in September 1994, with submission date for
applications at end of October 1994.
Grant
applications evaluated and award to Yale University announced in
January 1995.
-- Legal
study, separate from cooperative agreement with Yale, to update case
against Khmer Rouge began in January 1995; initial report to be
submitted to State Department in July 1995.
II. YALE
CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE PROGRAM
A. Program
Management: Involved are
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Dr. Helen
Jarvis, Senior Lecturer at the University of New South
Wales, Sydney, Australia, is Program Consultant for Documentation.
B.
Documentation Survey and Index: Objectives –
C. Research and Training:
Activities
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Develop
curriculum in three languages (Khmer, English and French) regarding
research and investigative techniques, evidentiary standards,
forensic science familiarization, case preparation.
III. LEGAL
RESEARCH (CONSULTANCY)
-- Review
recent international juridical developments (Rwanda, Bosnia, Iraq,
Ethiopia, international criminal court) to identify options for legal
redress against Khmer Rouge for atrocities committed during 1975-79
period, as provided in CGI legislation.
-- Specify
possible rules of evidence and judicial procedure in light of
currently accepted international legal standards and practice.
-- Recommend
approaches for development of cases to be brought in future legal
tribunal of accepted international standard.
Clarifications:
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