Asian International Justice Initiative
The Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI) is a collaboration between the East-West Center and the U.C. Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center. AIJI builds on four year's experience in which the two Centers have worked closely to establish justice initiatives and capacity-building programs in the human rights sector in Asia. The two Centers continue to focus on projects and activities that combine their primary strengths: the regional expertise of the East-West Center and the transitional justice training and research capabilities of the War Crimes Studies Center.
The projects are directed by Professor David Cohen, a leading expert in international humanitarian law and international criminal law.
AIJI Launches its Khmer Rouge Tribunal Trial Monitoring Program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Kaing Guek Eav, alias “Duch”, is being tried by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia or ‘Khmer Rouge Tribunal’, which was established by agreement between the United Nations and the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia in 2003. Duch’s trial will commence on March 30, 2009, in Phnom Penh, and is anticipated to run for 3-6 months. PHOTO CREDIT: ECCC 2009
Coinciding with the start of the first trial at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, the Asian International Justice Initiative is launching its trial monitoring program in Cambodia on March 30, 2009. Its team of ten monitors from Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, China and Western Europe will have completed a two-week training course in anticipation for the start of trial. The team will be producing weekly reports detailing the key legal and factual issues that arise during the proceedings, as well as advising local film team, Khmer Mekong Films, on the highlights of the trial to be used for AIJI’s community outreach programs, click here.
For further information on the Khmer Rouge Tribunal and trial monitoring reports, click here. For further information on the film outreach program, click here.
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