Transitional justice in Cambodia (Transitional Justice)
Channel: ThinkTech Hawaii
Date: 2021-02-16

Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.  The host for this episode is Jay Fidell.  The guests for this episode are Sam Oeun SOK and Sopheakmonica (Monica) SOK.

During the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, at least 1.7 million people died from starvation, torture, execution, genocide, and forced labour. The end of the Khmer Rouge regime brought further civil war that lasted until 1998 when the Khmer Rouge political and military structures were dismantled. Mr. Sam Oeun SOK, who lived through the Khmer Rouge, and Ms. Monica SOK, who worked at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, provide an overview of the transitional period after the regime ended and the establishment of the Khmer Rouge Court (also known at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia or ECCC), including: Objectives in establishing the Court; bringing the top leaders of the Democratic Kampuchea to trial; deterrence, reconciliation, and truth-seeking; using the ECCC as a model court for justice reform in Cambodia; and the importance of education and outreach to the public.

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