Cambodian genocide tribunal judges to decide rules for trials

  • 12/15/2022
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PHNOM PENH, June 04, SPA _ Cambodian and foreign judges sat down together Monday for a weeklong meeting to confirm rules for the much-delayed genocide trials of former Khmer Rouge leaders, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people. In his opening remarks, Kong Srim, a Cambodian judge with the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal, urged his nationalcolleagues and foreign counterparts to work hard to adoptthe procedural rules by June 13, the Associated Press reported. The rules are necessary before the trials for crimesagainst humanity and genocide can be convened, hopefully by early next year.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/455732

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