UN Prosecutor Vows To Work Quickly, Justly

Andrew Cayley (Photo: Courtesy of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)

He has sharp eyes and graying hair, and he says his experiences as a prosecutor for other war crimes have given him a strong commitment to finding the truth.

Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh
Wednesday, 28 April 2010

As the Khmer Rouge tribunal moves closer to a trial of more senior leaders, the UN-backed court’s international prosecutor, Andrew Cayley, says he is balancing pressure from the Cambodian people to find justice with the need to properly carry out his duties.

“I’ll do all I can with my national colleague to make sure that things run smoothly and efficiently, and also to satisfy the donors that we are doing everything we can to spend their money wisely and prudently,” Cayley, who is 64, told VOA Khmer in a recent interview in Phnom Penh. “We have to work efficiently, and we have to work quickly.”

Cayley, who served as prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and for the International Criminal Court in cases brought against Sudan, was appointed to the Khmer Rouge tribunal in November 2009.

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