The trial of former Khmer Rouge commander Kaing Guek Eav (alias Duch) is set to being on 17 February 2009 in Cambodia. The long-awaited trial will the first to take place in the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), established to try those accused of genocide and other crimes committed in Cambodia during the 1970s.Duch, 66, is one of five former Khmer Rouge leaders currently in detention in Phnom Penh facing charges associated with the regime. Duch was indicted in August 2008 and is accused of directing the infamous Security Prison S-21 in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. Under Duch’s authority, countless abuses were allegedly committed against the civilian population, including murder, enslavement, rape and torture.
Kaing Guek Eav (Duch)
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
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