Civil Parties Engaging in Inter-Personal Dialogue
On November 11-14, 2017, fifteen students and pre-service teachers took part in an educational tour to Anlong Veng, the final stronghold of the Khmer Rouge movement. Ten pre-service teachers travelled from Battambang Regional Teacher Training Center to Anlong Veng to join five other students of Anlong Veng High School to embark upon a four-day study […]
ANLONG VENG PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS STUDY TOUR October 2017
From October 18-21, 2017, a new round of the Anlong Veng Peace and Human Rights Study Tour began with 15 (11 female) university and Anlong Veng high school students participating. This program is designed to promote inter-personal and inter-community dialogue as part of our broader objectives of promoting memory, peace, and reconciliation. Students of various […]
ANLONG VENG PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS STUDY TOUR
From October 18-21, 2017, a new round of the Anlong Veng Peace and Human Rights Study Tour began with 15 (11 female) university and Anlong Veng high school students participating. This program is designed to promote inter-personal and inter-community dialogue as part of our broader objectives of promoting memory, peace, and reconciliation. Students of various […]
RECONCILIATION PROCESS IN CAMBODIA: 1979-2007 Before the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, Dr. Ly Sok-Kheang (2017)
This dissertation attempts to fill some gaps in the reconciliation literature by presenting evidence that both state and non-state actors initiated practices to restore relationships between former adversaries after Cambodia’s 1975-1979 genocide ended. Their wide-ranging methods included exercising forgiveness, promoting peaceful co-existence, seeking justice, and acknowledging contrition and other expressions of individual culpability. Both primary […]
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF CAMBODIA, Ambassador Julio A. Jeldres, Ph.D (2017)
A new book on The Royal House of Cambodia by Ambassador Julio A. Jeldres Ph.D, a former Senior Private Secretary and Official Biographer to His Late Majesty the King Father Norodom Sihanouk, launched by His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, at the Royal Palace on 19 December 2017. The 300+ pages book is an updated version […]
Remnants of War and Peace
Anlong Veng Peace Center Experience Part One: Connecting CMAC, the Preah Vihear Temple, and the Anlong Veng Peace Center Remnants of war and reminders of past conflicts are ubiquitous throughout Cambodia. Some serve to educate or to honor lives lost while others have inflicted ongoing hardship throughout the country. Among the latter, are the leftover […]
Peace Study Tour and Classroom Forum
From 11 to 13 June, I had the honor of joining a group of students and educators from Pursat province visiting the Anlong Veng Peace Center. Guided by DC-Cam staff, we embarked on a multi-day exploration of Cambodia’s living past, probing the legacy of the Khmer Rouge in a region heavily impacted by conflict in […]
Peace Study Tour and Classroom Forum June 2017
From 11 to 13 June, I had the honor of joining a group of students and educators from Pursat province visiting the Anlong Veng Peace Center. Guided by DC-Cam staff, we embarked on a multi-day exploration of Cambodia’s living past, probing the legacy of the Khmer Rouge in a region heavily impacted by conflict in […]
An initiative with the Victims Support Section of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia
On Wednesday, 19 April 2017, five civil parties (henceforth CP’s) from Oddar Meanchey visited the Anlong Veng Peace Center in order to learn about the Center and it’s work – Mr Hov Teng, Mr Srang Saroem, Mr Khien Ram, Mr Chea Chhauet and Mr Morn Mao. It is recommended that this project will be incorporated […]
CAMBODIA’S HIDDEN SCARS: Trauma Psychology and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia, Second Edition, Edited by Beth Van Schaack, Daryn Reicherter Managing, Editors by Gillian Reierson (2016)
The first edition of this volume was originally produced in parallel with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) process with an eye toward compiling the current research on the enduring mental health sequelae of the Khmer Rouge’s crimes—including intergenerational harm—and presenting concrete recommendations to the Royal Government of Cambodia to address the […]