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Illiberal Transitional Justice and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Illiberal Transitional Justice and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Gidley, Rebecca

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide

General LawGeneral World HistorySoutheast Asian History

ISBN10: 3030047822
ISBN13: 9783030047825
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Mar 1 2019
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book examines the creation and operation of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), which is a hybrid domestic/international tribunal tasked with putting senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge on trial. It argues that the ECCC should be considered an example of illiberal transitional justice, where the language of procedure is strongly adhered to but political considerations often rule in reality. The Cambodian government spent nearly two decades addressing the Khmer Rouge past, and shaping its preferred narrative, before the involvement of the United Nations. It was a further six years of negotiations between the Cambodian government and the United Nations that determined the unique hybrid structure of the ECCC. Over more than a decade in operation, and with three people convicted, the ECCC has not contributed to the positive goals expected of transitional justice mechanisms. Through the Cambodian example, this book challenges existing assumptions and analyses of transitional justice to create a more nuanced understanding of how and why transitional justice mechanisms are employed.

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