Genocide Trials
I would like to read more about the trials happening currently in Cambodia. How has it taken over 30 years for charges to be pressed against the Khmer Rouge regime? What actions have been taken to help the country of Cambodia reconcile with their past? Physiologically, how can persecutors and victims live side by side? How will these trials impact the collective mentality of Cambodia?
In my opinion, the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 is comparable to the Cambodian genocide in the fact that neighbors and friends were killing each other. How has a place like Rwanda responded to a similar form of genocide and could this approach be used in Cambodia? What does the process of reconciliation in Cambodia say about the cultural values there?
I think I will try to watch the film "Enemies of the People" before we leave and read some articles on the current trials. I hope we can see the trials first hand while in Phnom Penh.
This is also an area I am very interested in. Important development today at the trials, the Supreme Court Chambers overturned a sentencing decision for Duch, the commander of Tuol Sleng Prison. Check out the link!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.eccc.gov.kh/en/articles/kaing-guek-eav-alias-duch-sentenced-life-imprisonment-supreme-court-chamber-0