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Swearing in of interpreters and translators
Nineteen interpreters and translators sworn in, making a solemn declaration to work honestly confidentially and to the best of their ability.
DSS Training : The Trial Process
Describing the different stages of the investigation, Trial Chamber and Supreme Court Chamber.
First Project Board meeting
First Project Board meeting between the ECCC, UNDP, the UN Dept of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the European Commission on funds contributed to the ECCC through DESA and the EC.
DSS Training : International Crimes
Defining crimes against humanity, genocide and grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Convention.
Plenary Session of Judges
The next Plenary Session of judicial officers of the ECCC will be held in Phnom Penh from 31 May to 13 June 2007. The main objective is to adopt the Internal Rules for the ECCC (see press release).
DSS Training : International Tribunals
Presentation of the international and mixed criminal tribunals.
Review Committee meets to discuss draft Internal Rules
Review Committee meets to discuss draft Internal Rules for ECCC (see press release).
Judicial Police Training Seminar
Judicial Police Training Seminar organized by the International Institute for Criminal Investigation with support from the governments of Switzerland and New Zealand, OSJI and the ECCC budget.
Ground breaking ceremony
Ground breaking ceremony for construction of Detention Facility for ECCC, with funds from Government of India.
Review Committee meets to discuss draft Internal Rules
Review Committee meets to discuss draft Internal Rules for ECCC (see press release).
Plenary Session of Judges
Plenary Session of Judges meet in Phnom Penh to consider the Draft Internal Rules for the ECCC together with comments received from over 20 interested individuals and organisations.
The Internal Rules are being made available
The Internal Rules are being made available in the three official languages of the ECCC (Khmer, English and French) for comment from the general public over two weeks. They are posted on the internet at www.eccc.gov.kh, www.unakrt-online.org, and www.cambodia.gov.kh/krt/.
The Rules Committee concluded their draft Internal Rules (IRs).
The Rules Committee concluded their draft Internal Rules (IRs) for the ECCC and circulated them to the members of the Plenary of Judges, as well as to the Co-Prosecutors, the Principal Defender and the Office of Administration.
Training seminar on national and international law and procedure.
Staff of the Offices of the Co-Prosecutors and Co-Investigating Judges and the Office of Administration participate in week-long training seminar on national and international law and procedure at the ECCC premises. National and international legal experts join around 60 ECCC staff for the seminar, supported by the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) and the German Federal Foreign Office.
Rules Committee meets in Phnom Penh
The Rules Committee meets in Phnom Penh to prepare a final draft of Internal Rules. The Rules Committee was established during the Judicial Strategic Planning and Development Workshop held in early July, and is mandated to prepare a final draft of such Rules for the plenary’s consideration. It is composed of three national judges and two international judges, aided by as many experts as needed. The members of the Committee are judges You Bunleng, Mong Monichariya, Prak Kimsan, Agnieszka Klonowiecka-Milart and Marcel Lemonde. The committee is supported by a Secretariat in the Office of Administration.