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Khmer Rouge Trials Related
Vocabulary |
Description |
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Chhit Choeun (Ta Mok) |
Former Chief of the General Staff of Armed
Forces of the Khmer Rouge. Detained, alongside with Kang Kek Ieu
(Duch), until his death in July 2006. DC-CAM article "Anlong Veng Residents Believed Ta Mok did not
Commit Crimes" (p. 28-29) available
here. |
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DC-Cam |
Documentation Center of Cambodia. Largest
repository of Khmer Rouge documentary materials likely to serve as
documents of evidence in ECCC. Founded in 1995 by Yale Cambodian Genocide
Project as a field office; in 1997, gained an independent research
institute status. For DC-Cam website,
click here. |
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ECCC |
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of
Cambodia. For an overview of ECCC, click
here. |
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Kang Kek
Ieu (Duch) |
Former schoolteacher; from June 1976 until
January 1979, Head of S-21 (Tuol Sleng prison), an interrogative facility
that sentenced approximately 14 000 people to death. Currently detained,
together with Chhit Choeun (Ta Mok). |
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Michelle Lee |
The
Deputy Director of the Office of Administration of the ECCC, appointed by UN Secretary-General. Responsible for
international staff and administration of resources provided through UN
Trust Fund. |
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RGC |
Royal Government of Cambodia.
Click here
for government sponsored Khmer Rouge Trial Task Force website (Task Force
for Cooperation with Foreign Legal Experts for the Preparation of the
Proceedings for the Trial of Senior Khmer Rouge Leaders website).
Agreement between United Nations and Royal Government of Cambodia
regarding the ECCC available
here. |
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S-21 (Tuol Sleng prison) |
Former high school situated in Phnom Penh,
which served as an interrogation center and prison from May 1976 until
January 1979. Around 14 000 people that entered the facility were later
executed. Since 1980, it functions as a Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. For
official brochure of museum,
click here. Organizational chart of S-21 available
here. |
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Sean Visoth |
The Director of the Office of Administration
of ECCC, appointed by Royal Government of Cambodia for a two-year term.
Responsible for overall management of Office of Administration other than
in matters subject to UN rules and procedures. |
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SOC |
State of Cambodia. |
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Supreme Council of Magistracy |
Independent judicial body. |
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UNTAC |
United Nations Transitional Authority in
Cambodia. |
