Cambodian Senate Passes Bill to Establish War Crimes Tribunal

On January 15, 2001, the Cambodian Senate passed a bill to establish a tribunal to prosecute former top members of the Khmer Rouge Government who are accused of genocide. Two weeks before the Cambodian lower house passed the same bill after months of delay. To become law, the Constitutional Council must ratify the bill and King Norodom Sihanouk must sign it…[more]