Diana Ellis, International Co-Lawyer of Defense Support Unit (Ieng Thirith’s Case)

https://dccamdemoproject.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/eccc-48-Diana-Ellis.mp3 Primary Interview Questions: Diana Ellis VOICES FROM THE ECCC (Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia)/THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL. Could you tell us your name, your position at the ECCC, and a brief summary of your responsibilities? What challenges did you, and the defence counsel more generally, face at the ECCC? Were there areas of […]

HUOT Vichheka (ហ៊ួត វិច្ឆិកា), National Translator/Interpreter

https://www.dccam.org/wp-content/uploads/02_Justice/Voice_From_Khmer_Rouge_Tribunal/Audios/HUOT-Vichheka.mp3 Primary Interview Questions: HUOT Vichheka VOICES FROM THE ECCC (Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia)/THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL 1.Can you state your position and provide a brief summary of your basic responsibilities? Can you provide any insight into what brought you to the ECCC? Did you receive any specialized training by the UN or […]

Democratic Kampuchea History: Classroom Complementary to Daily Narratives

On June 19th, 2019, the Peace Center hosted a community forum at O-Sramar Secondary School. Forty-eight students, twenty-nine male and nineteen female, participated in an event which highlighted topics in the study of the history of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979) and its particular relevance to Anlong Veng. The forum was the third in a series, following […]

Nicholas Koumjian, International Prosecutor of Office of Co-Prosecutors

https://dccamdemoproject.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/14075606/Nicholas-Kounmijan-prosecutor2.mp3 Primary Interview Questions: Nicholas Koumjian VOICES FROM THE ECCC (Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia)/THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL. You have over 35 years experience as a prosecutor, including 20 years in the field of international criminal justice. Can you provide any insight into what brought you to the ECCC? What are your thoughts on […]

Khav Chanla: Oppression Breeds Resistance May 2019

Eighteen-year-old Khav Chanla grew up and studies at Anlong Veng High School, the first high school of its kind in the final stronghold of the Khmer Rouge movement, Anlong Veng. Born to a father of hill tribe Tumpuon and a Laotian mother, Chanla is confident to say he has not been stigmatized and shamed because his parents […]

Khav Chanla: Oppression Breeds Resistance

Eighteen-year-old Khav Chanla grew up and studies at Anlong Veng High School, the first high school of its kind in the final stronghold of the Khmer Rouge movement, Anlong Veng. Born to a father of hill tribe Tumpuon and a Laotian mother, Chanla is confident to say he has not been stigmatized and shamed because his parents […]

Anlong Veng Walking Trails: A Bold Step to Peace January 2019

“Walking Trails” hit a milestone on January 5, 2019 for the Anlong Veng Peace Center’s work to promote memory, reconciliation, and peace building. The event attracted more than one thousand people who gathered together, to chat, wear the same sport T-Shirt, participate in a fun run, and to walk on the Dangrek mountain. This was […]

Ou Saran: I Am a Part of the Past Mistake

Ou Saran was the only guest speaker who shared his personal experience about his time with the Khmer Rouge movement with 15 pre-service teachers from the Institute of Regional Teacher Training-Battambang and Anlong Veng High School in December 2018. Making no attempt to hide his background as a former KR soldier, the 65-year-old of Koh […]

Ou Saran: I Am a Part of the Past Mistake December 2018

Ou Saran was the only guest speaker who shared his personal experience about his time with the Khmer Rouge movement with 15 pre-service teachers from the Institute of Regional Teacher Training-Battambang and Anlong Veng High School in December 2018. Making no attempt to hide his background as a former KR soldier, the 65-year-old of Koh […]

CHAM CULTURE & HISTORY STORY OF CAMBODIA (2018)

The destruction of cultural property during times of conflict can amount to a war crime, a crime against humanity or genocide. Cultural property can include land, buildings, monuments, artistic works and other objects of ‘great importance to the cultural heritage of every people’.1 International law also protects things that are not physical, such as language, […]