Head of Tribunal’s Victims Unit To Retire

Helen Jarvis, far right, shakes hands with Peter Taksoe-Jensen, UN assistant secretary general for Legal Affairs. (Photo: AP)

Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh
Monday, 10 May 2010

The head of the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s Victims Unit announced Monday she was retiring, becoming the second person to leave the office in a little over a year.

The Victims Unit is responsible for coordinating testimony and other documentation from survivors and families of victims of the Khmer Rouge, as part of the UN-backed court’s efforts of national reconciliation.

Helen Jarvis, who had been head of the unit since April 2009, said she would leave June 30, as part of a “normal” retirement.

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