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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> United States Institute of Peace
[<a href="mailto:info@usip.org" target="_blank">info@usip.org</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 07, 2009 3:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bridget Welsh<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Event: The Khmer Rouge Trials: Boon or Bane for Cambodia?</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The
U.S. Institute of Peace cordially invites you to a public event:</span></b></p>
<p><a href="http://www.usip.org/events/2009/0414_khmer_rouge.html." target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">The
Khmer Rouge Trials: Boon or Bane for Cambodia?</span></b></a></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Date</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">: Tuesday,
April 14, 2009</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Time</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">: 2:00 PM -
3:30 PM</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Location</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">: Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace<br>
Choate Room<br>
1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW<br>
Washington, DC 20036</span><br>
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=1779+Massachusetts+Ave+NW+Washington,+DC+20036&fb=1&geocode=3975919503207852708,38.908683,-77.040650&oi=manybox&ct=14&cd=1&resnum=3" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Get
Directions</span></a></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Overview</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Thirty
years after the Khmer Rouge were ousted from power in Cambodia, and more
than a dozen years after Cambodia and the UN agreed to prosecute the
Khmer Rouge leaders for war crimes, the first trial in the Extraordinary
Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has begun. Duch, the head of
the infamous detention center Tuol Sleng is currently facing charges for
crimes against humanity, and four senior leaders have been indicted to
face trial in the Fall. But with so much time elapsed since the
atrocities were committed, it is reasonable to ask what benefit the
trials will bring for the people of Cambodia?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Please
join us for a discussion of the progress the ECCC has made so far in the
quest to bring Khmer Rouge leaders to justice and the substantial
obstacles that remain. The ECCC is unique among war crimes tribunals in
that it allows victims to join proceedings as civil parties to receive
"collective and moral reparations". So far, thousands have
expressed interest, but little is known about how they will participate
or what, exactly, they will receive. The ECCC is also struggling to
overcome the low capacity and prevalent corruption in the Cambodian court
system. Given the substantial allegations of corruption and numerous
bureaucratic delays, critics question whether the Cambodian courts will
benefit at all from the ECCC experience. In the discussion, panelists
David Tolbert, Caitlin Reiger, and Scott Worden will elaborate on the
prospects for the ECCC to bring about positive change to the people of
Cambodia and the rule of law there.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Panelists</span></b></p>
<p><a href="http://www.usip.org/specialists/bios/current/tolbert.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">David
Tolbert</span></b></a><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><br>
is a Senior Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, and previously served
as UN Assistant Secretary General and Special Advisor to the Khmer Rouge
trials.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ictj.org/en/about/staff/215.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Caitlin
Reiger</span></b></a><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><br>
is Deputy Director, Prosecutions Program and head of the Cambodia Program
at the International Center for Transitional Justice and just returned
from an assessment mission to the ECCC in Cambodia.</span> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.usip.org/specialists/bios/current/worden.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Scott
Worden</span></b></a><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><br>
is a Senior Rule of Law Advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace, and
visited the ECCC in October 2008. He was also legal advisor to the
Cambodian Defenders Project on ECCC issues from June 2003 until June
2005.</span> </p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Media
Inquiries</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Please
contact Lauren Sucher (<a href="mailto:lsucher@usip.org" target="_blank">lsucher@usip.org</a>) in the Office of Public Affairs
and Communications.</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">RSVP</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt;">To
RSVP, please send your name, affiliation, daytime phone number, and name
of the event to Rachel Steele at <a href="mailto:rsteele@usip.org%20" target="_blank">rsteele@usip.org
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