Khmer Rouge chiefs can be charged as jointly responsible for crimes

Dec 9, 2009
DPA

Phnom Penh - Investigating judges at Cambodia's war crimes tribunal have ruled that surviving Khmer Rouge leaders can be charged with the controversial legal concept of joint criminal enterprise (JCE) when they appear as defendants, likely in 2011.

In the ruling made public on Wednesday, the investigating judges said JCE was applicable to crimes committed under international law, but not to crimes committed under Cambodian law.

It has been used against defendants at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and substantially enhances the prosecution's ability to prove its case.

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