Cambodia Tribunal Monitor Web Site to Host Video Footage of Khmer Rouge Trials Beginning...

Cambodia Tribunal Monitor Web Site to Host Video Footage of Khmer Rouge Trials
Beginning Today

Web site also provides latest news, information and commentary about the
trials

CHICAGO, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cambodia Tribunal Monitor web site -
www.CambodiaTribunal.org - will host ongoing video footage from the
long-awaited Khmer Rouge trials, which begin today. On trial will be senior
officials of the Khmer Rouge regime for atrocity crimes.

Launched in September 2007 in anticipation of the trials, the Chicago-based
Cambodia Tribunal Monitor web site is considered the primary source for
information on these historic proceedings. In addition to hosting
tape-delayed video footage of the trials, the site will also provide the
latest news updates, official documents regarding the trials and regular
commentary from leading international experts on the court proceedings as well
as on topics such as the recent history of Cambodia, politics, human rights
and international law.

From April 1975 to January 1979, an estimated 1.7 million Cambodian citizens
died under the Khmer Rouge regime. After nearly 10 years of negotiations, a
special war crimes tribunal has commenced near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The
first to face prosecution is Kaing Geuk Eav, also known as "Duch," who
allegedly oversaw mass torture and execution in prison camps, including
Cambodia's notorious Tuol Sleng, or S-21, camp. The Extraordinary Chambers in
the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), as the special Cambodian court is formally
known, will oversee the proceedings and is a joint partnership of the United
Nations and the Royal Government of Cambodia. The trials for additional
senior Khmer Rouge officials have not yet been set.

The Cambodia Tribunal Monitor was developed by a consortium of academic,
philanthropic and non-profit organizations committed to providing public
access to the tribunal and ensuring open discussions throughout the judicial
process. The site sponsors include Northwestern University School of Law's
Center for International Human Rights, the Documentation Center of Cambodia
and the J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation.

The web site concept was conceived by Illinois State Senator Jeff Schoenberg,
a Chicago-area legislator who also advises the Pritzker family on its
philanthropy.

For more information on the Cambodia Tribunal Monitor web site or to interview
internationally renowned legal experts, please call Patrick O'Connor at
312.573.5510 or 512.659.0858.

SOURCE Cambodia Tribunal Monitor

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+1-512-659-0858