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| |  | | Thirith Ieng | | | context : | Cambodia  | | judgement place : | Cambodia | | status : | Investigations underway | | particulars : | Charged by the ECCC for crimes against humanity; arrested on 12 November 2007; first court appearance on 21 May 2008 | | position : | Minister of Social Affairs under the Khmer Rouge regime |
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| | | | On 13 May 2003, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution approving a proposed agreement reached between the UN and Cambodia concerning the prosecution of those holding major responsibility for the crimes committed between 1975 and 1979 (A/RES/57/228/B). The agreement provides for the setting up of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), integrated into the existing judicial system, and in which International judges would also preside.
On 4 October 2004, the Cambodian Nation Assembly ratified this treaty. On 27 October, the treaty was proclaimed into law by the King.
The ECCC has jurisdiction with respect to the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the violations of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property.
In October 2006, the court, now consisting of 17 Cambodian and 10 foreign judges and prosecutors, informed that it is aiming to have its work concluded within three years, due to budgetary constraints.
On 18 July 2007, the Co-prosecutors of the ECCC announced that they had transferred to the ECCC judges the files of five suspects, likely to be tried notably for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The investigating judges (a foreign and a Cambodian judge) will examine the cases and decide whether and which of the suspects will be tried by the ECCC. The proceedings are scheduled to begin in 2008. | |    | |  |  | | last time seen : | | | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | | | period of charges : | | | 17.04.1975 - 07.01.1979 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity | | | profile last modified : | | | 10.07.2008 |
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