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| Andrew Cayley (Photo: ECCC) |
By Yogesh Pawar
DNA (India)
International prosecutor at the United Nations Assistance to Khmer Rouge Trials, Andrew Cayley is an English barrister and writer who has spent 16 years as counsel for major international criminal trials since World War II.
He is currently based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at an UN-assisted court charged with prosecuting those responsible for the deaths of over two million during the Khmer Rouge reign. A former British army officer, University College, London graduate and Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst pass-out, Cayley has prosecuted those responsible for the murder of over 10,000 in Srebrenica in Bosnia Herzegovina in July 1995.
In the Srebrenica case, the prosecuting team secured the first conviction for genocide in Europe since the Nuremberg trials. Cayley also led the International Criminal Court’s investigation and first prosecution case for events in Darfur between 2002 and 2004. DNA caught up with Cayley when he was in Mumbai.
Aren’t UN-backed initiatives like the Khmer Rouge Trials past their ‘use-by-date’? Do they really make a difference?
I can completely understand this question. People who have suffered and are dealing with trauma want to see speedier justice and when that does not happen, cynicism and scepticism can creep in. But, if anything, the importance of these processes has only been heightened, especially after the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1995. While there is a case to build on that and do better, it may not be correct to write it off completely.
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He is currently based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at an UN-assisted court charged with prosecuting those responsible for the deaths of over two million during the Khmer Rouge reign. A former British army officer, University College, London graduate and Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst pass-out, Cayley has prosecuted those responsible for the murder of over 10,000 in Srebrenica in Bosnia Herzegovina in July 1995.
In the Srebrenica case, the prosecuting team secured the first conviction for genocide in Europe since the Nuremberg trials. Cayley also led the International Criminal Court’s investigation and first prosecution case for events in Darfur between 2002 and 2004. DNA caught up with Cayley when he was in Mumbai.
Aren’t UN-backed initiatives like the Khmer Rouge Trials past their ‘use-by-date’? Do they really make a difference?
I can completely understand this question. People who have suffered and are dealing with trauma want to see speedier justice and when that does not happen, cynicism and scepticism can creep in. But, if anything, the importance of these processes has only been heightened, especially after the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1995. While there is a case to build on that and do better, it may not be correct to write it off completely.
Please click here to read more...
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