| 词条 | People's Revolutionary Tribunal (Cambodia) |
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The People's Revolutionary Tribunal was a tribunal established by the People's Republic of Kampuchea in 1979 to try the Khmer Rouge leaders Pol Pot and Ieng Sary in absentia for genocide.[1] Trial and verdictThe tribunal began seven months after the overthrow of Khmer Rouge's Democratic Kampuchea and was staffed by both Cambodian and international lawyers. The tribunal was held at Phnom Penh's Chaktomuk Theatre and transcripts of the proceedings were made available in Khmer, French and English. The court heard testimony from 39 witnesses over five days. The verdict, handed down on August 19, 1979, found the two leaders of the Khmer Rouge guilty of genocide, sentenced them to death and ordered the confiscation of their property.[1] Defense
Perceptions of the trialAt that time many Western countries led by the United States dismissed the People's Republic of Kampuchea as a puppet of Vietnam and the tribunal as a show trial.[2] After the trialIeng Sary was granted a royal pardon by King Norodom Sihanouk in 1996 in exchange for his defection to the government. Pol Pot died in 1998 shortly after he was placed in house arrest by his deputy Ta Mok.[1] See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite news | title=The world's first genocide trial, 30 years on |date=2009-08-18 | publisher=The Phnom Penh Post | url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/worlds-first-genocide-trial-30-years | author=Robbie Corey Boulet}} 2. ^See Hurst Hannum, 'International Law and Cambodian Genocide: The Sounds of Silence', (1989) 11 Human Rights Quarterly 82 3 : 1979 in Cambodia|Cambodian genocide|Judiciary of Cambodia |
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