Duch on Trial: Episode 1, Part 2

DUCH ON TRIAL (Film Series)

Cambodia

This is Part 2 of the first episode in a series of weekly video updates about the Khmer Rouge trial proceedings currently underway in Cambodia. This episode covers the first week of substantive proceedings in the case against Kaing Guek Eav, alias “Duch,” who has admitted that he ran the Khmer Rouge’s notorious S-21 torture center.

The films, produced for a prime-time Cambodian television audience, endeavor to explain the complex legal proceedings in an accessible and informative manner through the use of trial footage, expert commentary and interviews.

The films were commissioned by the Asia International Justice Initiative (AIJI) with funds provided by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office through the British Embassy in Phnom Penh. The Asian International Justice Initiative is a collaborative project between the East-West Center, Honolulu and the UC Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center. Since 2003, the two Centers have been collaborating on projects relating to the establishment of justice initiatives and capacity-building programs in the human rights sector in South-East Asia.