Article
In Need of Prosecution: The Role of Personal Jurisdiction in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Stanford Journal of International Law
(2019)
Abstract
During its reign from 1975 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge became responsible for decimating approximately twenty percent of the Cambodian population. Forty years later, only three leaders of the deadly regime have been held criminally responsible for the deaths of almost two million individuals. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (the “ECCC” or “Tribunal”) is a unique “hybrid” international criminal tribunal jointly established by the Cambodian Government and the United Nations in 2006, with the stated purpose of prosecuting those “most responsible” for the Khmer Rouge’s mass atrocities. Yet, after more than a decade of proceedings, it has become increasingly likely that the ECCC will not fulfill its stated mandate.
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 3, 2019
Citation Information
Sara Ochs. "In Need of Prosecution: The Role of Personal Jurisdiction in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal" Stanford Journal of International Law Vol. 55 (2019) p. 117 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sara-ochs/2/