Bomborra Media
Khmer Rouge Trial in High Gear

Published on Jul 2, 2011 by Luke Hunt

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Ieng Thirith

FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — A U.N.-backed court in Cambodia has begun its initial hearings into war crimes allegations with mixed success and predictions of a long and bumpy road ahead for a tribunal described by legal experts as more complex than the Nuremberg trials held immediately after World War II. Its importance was underscored by the United States ambassador at large for war crime issues, Stephen Rapp, who called the Khmer Rouge tribunal “the most important trial in the world.” Read more at World Politics Review.