On December 12, 2013, the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor (CTM) Project of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) has conducted a workshop at Dewey International University, Battambang province. The workshop focuses on the history of Democratic Kampuchea, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and the resources provided by the CTM website. The workshop was being conducted from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. with the participation of approximately 100 students. To date, the CTM team has successfully conducted workshops at more than 30 universities, reaching almost 7,000 students.

 

Almost three decades after the collapse of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime (1975- 1979), a hybrid tribunal known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) was established by the Royal Government of Cambodia and the United Nations to address serious human rights violations and crimes committed during the DK regime. The ECCC continues to prosecute the senior leaders of the DK regime, and is helping Cambodian citizens to achieve a measure of reconciliation. Yet, judicial measures alone cannot bring justice to the victims. There is a need to update the public and especially students—who will be the future leaders of this country— on Khmer Rouge history and the legal process for prosecuting the senior leaders who are most responsible for the horrors committed during the regime. The CTM hopes to use this workshop as a platform for disseminating information on the history of the Khmer Rouge, the trials of the Khmer Rouge leaders, and the research tools available for accessing these important topics. It is through this awareness and greater access to resources that the CTM Project hopes to preserve memory, and to enhance the access to (and understanding of) justice.

 

For more information please contact:

Chea Phalla at 023 211 875

Or Kim Sovanndany: truthdany.k@dccam.org www.dccam.org | www.cambodiatribunal.org | www.cambodiasri.org

 

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