Does "Genocide" matter? International Justice and Cambodia
A Holocaust Education Series Lecture
A roundtable event with Robert Petit and Payam Akhavan on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, the challenges of prosecuting mass crimes 30 years after the events and the semantics of victimization.
Robert Petit is a Canadian lawyer who was co-prosecutor for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia from 2006 to 2009. The Chambers are aiming to try Khmer Rouge leaders for violations of international criminal law in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. In 2009, the trial of Duch (pictured on left), the infamous former director of Tuol Sleng (S21) prison, began. Ma卯tre Petit will share his experiences in the Chambers and tell us about the effects the Chambers have had on聽 Khmer Rouges victims and the larger population.
Payam Akhavan is a professor at 秀色直播's Faculty of Law.
Reception to follow.
courtesy of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.