International Community’s Interest in KR Tribunal
Quite a few reasons why the international community is interested in the KR tribunal court.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) is, in other words, called “The Khmer Rouge Tribunal” established under the negotiation between the Cambodian government and the worldly-famous United Nations (UN). For sure, the international criminal courts around the world are a source of political interest from the international community everywhere.
What’s special about this KR tribunal is that both the national and international legal systems are used whereas the previous international courts in Yugoslavia and Rwanda adopted only the international legal system. People who are interested to see how the court is going to proceed with two different legal systems like that will keep watching the future procedure.
What is necessary to be mentioned is that most of the financial assistance to the tribunal is given by the United Nations and other governments. The UN and donor community wants to find out what will happen to their aids. Sending people to observe the court process for them is important. Furthermore, many international NGOs and some donor NGOs are determined to help Cambodia find justice and reconciliation. Since the establishment of the ECCC, there have been many significant steps made in the reconciliation process in Cambodia.
It is essential to point out that justice for the whole nation is never too late to be found.