No justice in this world; Cambodia.(Cambodia's Khmers Rouges tribunal)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: December 23, 2006 | Copyright information

Pol Pot cheated justice

Death is more likely than the law to catch up with the Khmers Rouges

"THINGS are going well," says Robert Petit, a Canadian co-prosecutor at the UN-backed tribunal set up to try Khmers Rouges leaders for their atrocities. Five months after it started work, he says he is ready to recommend the first indictment as soon as the tribunal's Cambodian and international jurists have agreed on its rules of procedure. Sadly, no one is sure when, or even if, that will happen. Human Rights Watch, a lobby group, believes that "political interference has ...

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