Observations of the Cambodian Trial of ‘Duch’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15309934 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Wilson (0000-0002-2657-5780, Professor and Chair of Criminology, Bond University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 473-482 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Issues in Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1034-5329 • E-ISSN: 2206-9542 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10345329.2011.12035899 |
| OpenAlex | W2902244324 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This article is an account of the trial of Duch, the Khmer Rouge prison chief who commanded S-21 where up to 14,000 men, women and children were incarcerated, interrogated, tortured and killed. The Extraordinary Chambers of the Court of Cambodia, a combined UN and Cambodian Government tribunal, conducted the trial. It is argued that despite many criticisms of the trial—no financial reparations for victims, an inadequate sentence, and delays between the detention of Duch and the trial itself—the tribunal convicting Duch achieved some historical successes including the fact that this was the first time a Khmer Rouge official was held accountable by an international court. The impact within Cambodia itself of this trial and the ones that follow it remains to be seen
Criminology · Government (linguistics · Political science · Prison · Sentence · Sociology · Tribunal · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |