The UN-Cambodia Agreement Concerning the Prosecution of Crimes Committed During the Democratic Kampuchea

My previous article for the International Enforcement Law Reporter discussed, on the one hand, the negotiations between the United Nations and Cambodia aiming at the establishment of a criminal court to try those most responsible for the crimes committed during the Khmer Rouge regime (Democratic Kampuchea) and, on the other hand, the domestic Cambodian law dealing with the setting up of the court (namely, the Law of August 2001 on the Establishment of the Extra-Ordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the Prosecution of Crimes Committed during the Period of the Democratic Kampuchea). As I mentioned there, in February 2002 the UN Secretary General resolved to terminate negotiations on the ground that it was not possible to reconcile the differences with the Cambodian side. The purpose of the present article is to give a follow up of events and to examine the recently concluded UN-Cambodia Agreement?[more]