Cambodia: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia - New International Co-Prosecutor should commit to fulfilling the Tribunal’s mandate

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC STATEMENT

4th December 2009
AI Index: ASA 23/022/2009

Cambodia: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia - New International Co-Prosecutor should commit to fulfilling the Tribunal’s mandate

Amnesty International calls on the new International Co-Prosecutor of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, Andrew Cayley, to expand the prosecution strategy. He should also fully explain the strategy publicly.

Three years into the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), the Prosecution has identified only ten suspects as being “senior leaders” or “most responsible” for massive human rights violations that took place between 17 April 1975 and 6 January 1979.

Unless more cases are investigated and prosecuted, it is highly questionable whether the current caseload would fulfil the mandate of the Tribunal.

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