A Change in Plans: First Civil Party Called Early Due to Nuon Chea’s Health

  • by Christine Evans, Clinical Fellow, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law (JD and LLM)
  • — 6 Dec, 2011

Following an early end to Monday’s proceedings due the health of elderly accused Nuon Chea, the second day of evidentiary hearings in Trial 002 in the ECCC saw still more changes to the trial’s schedule. By the beginning of the morning session, the Trial Chamber had already accommodated Nuon Chea’s request for more longer breaks by putting a civil party in the witness dock early but were forced to reschedule again just after the morning break. These scheduling changes and delays created a tense atmosphere in the courtroom, reflected in the terse and often irritated manner in which the judges interacted with all of the parties throughout the day’s proceedings…

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