Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Thursday, 05 August 2010
“The challenge now is to build on the successful conclusion of the first case in completing the remaining cases”International donors have praised the conclusion of the Khmer Rouge tribunal in the case against prison chief Duch. Many victims remain unsatisfied. Now international experts are beginning to look at the meaning of Duch’s verdict last week.
“Given the scale of the crimes and the fact that Duch represents the first and only step to date in addressing three decades of impunity, it is understandable that many victims are disappointed,” James Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, said in an e-mail this week. “This only underscores the need not to stop here, but for the [tribunal] to try its remaining cases to conclusion.”
The court took years to stand up. And Duch’s trial took months to complete. The commuted sentence of 19 years has left victims angered. But Goldston said the completion of one trial had implications for the others, as the tribunal prepares its next case.
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