Do Not Call it a “Mini-Trial”: Objections to Documents and Arguments over Video-Link Testimony Consume Thursday’s Case 002 Hearings

  • by Randle DeFalco, Legal Advisor, Documentation Center of Cambodia
  • — 15 Mar, 2012

On Thursday, March 15, 2012, the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) continued trial proceedings in Case 002 against accused Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and Khieu Samphan. Scheduled for the morning session were the replies of the defense teams to the responses to their objections to specific pieces of documentary evidence by the prosecution and civil parties. Following the completion of oral arguments concerning evidentiary issues, the Chamber planned to hear arguments related to the proposed testimony via video link of Khmer Rouge researcher and expert witness, Professor Ben Kiernan. The planned return to the hearing of testimony and other substantive evidence was a welcome development for court observers and audience members, many of whom had struggled to understand and remain interested in the repetitive and technical legal arguments raised by the parties during recent oral arguments on evidentiary issues…

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