Giving the Tribunal Shape, Form and Support
In an analysis piece for the Bangkok Post, Nathaniel Myers suggests that the Khmer Rouge tribunal now needs more than just money alone.
He says the consultative group of leading foreign donors should push for three key points when meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen later this month:
1/ the selection process for judges, lawyers and court staff to be made open and transparent;
2/ ask the government to explain how it plans to cover its share of the tribunal's budget (even after it rejected the idea of a national fund-raiser); and
3/ the need for an outreach campaign to educate people as to how the tribunal will work and who it will prosecute. Link
Donors have already done much for the tribunal, but their work is not done. In order for the tribunal to make good on its potential for the Cambodian people, it is now clear that these major donors will have to exercise their political influence on its behalf.
He says the consultative group of leading foreign donors should push for three key points when meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen later this month:
1/ the selection process for judges, lawyers and court staff to be made open and transparent;
2/ ask the government to explain how it plans to cover its share of the tribunal's budget (even after it rejected the idea of a national fund-raiser); and
3/ the need for an outreach campaign to educate people as to how the tribunal will work and who it will prosecute. Link
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