Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has been shaken by the battle over the appointment of International Co-Investigating Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, even as the court achieves important milestones, including issuing a final verdict in its first case and opening substantive hearings in its second.

This report examines these recent events, as well as the continuing controversy over Cases 003/004, and offers recommendations for action by the UN, the Royal Government of Cambodia, and donors to the court.

It is the latest in a series of reports on the ECCC by the Open Society Justice Initiative, which has maintained a court monitor in Phnom Penh since the befor the tribunal began proceedings.