Reconstituting the “Un-Person”: The Khmer Krom and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Despite the grand promise of victim participation at the ongoing trials of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (“ECCC”), this article notes the plight of an undeserved ethnic community, the members of which have become forgotten victims of genocide. The Article argues that if the ECCC’s...

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Main Author: MOHAN, Mahdev
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-18432010-09-21T08:36:04Z Reconstituting the “Un-Person”: The Khmer Krom and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal MOHAN, Mahdev Despite the grand promise of victim participation at the ongoing trials of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (“ECCC”), this article notes the plight of an undeserved ethnic community, the members of which have become forgotten victims of genocide. The Article argues that if the ECCC’s trials are to have any resonance for the Khmer Krom, its affiliates and victims’ lawyers should avoid “othering” Khmer Krom victims of genocide, and instead adopt ethnographic approaches to lawyering that seek to ascertain communal desires for vindication. 2010-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/844 http://law.nus.edu.sg/sybil/downloads/articles/SYBIL-2008/SYBIL-2008-43.pdf Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Ethnography International Criminal Law Khmer Rouge Tribunal Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Genocide Victimology Ethnic Minorities Asian Studies Dispute Resolution and Arbitration International Law Legal History
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Ethnography
International Criminal Law
Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Genocide
Victimology
Ethnic Minorities
Asian Studies
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
International Law
Legal History
spellingShingle Ethnography
International Criminal Law
Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Genocide
Victimology
Ethnic Minorities
Asian Studies
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
International Law
Legal History
MOHAN, Mahdev
Reconstituting the “Un-Person”: The Khmer Krom and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
description Despite the grand promise of victim participation at the ongoing trials of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (“ECCC”), this article notes the plight of an undeserved ethnic community, the members of which have become forgotten victims of genocide. The Article argues that if the ECCC’s trials are to have any resonance for the Khmer Krom, its affiliates and victims’ lawyers should avoid “othering” Khmer Krom victims of genocide, and instead adopt ethnographic approaches to lawyering that seek to ascertain communal desires for vindication.
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author MOHAN, Mahdev
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title Reconstituting the “Un-Person”: The Khmer Krom and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
title_short Reconstituting the “Un-Person”: The Khmer Krom and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
title_full Reconstituting the “Un-Person”: The Khmer Krom and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
title_fullStr Reconstituting the “Un-Person”: The Khmer Krom and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
title_full_unstemmed Reconstituting the “Un-Person”: The Khmer Krom and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
title_sort reconstituting the “un-person”: the khmer krom and the khmer rouge tribunal
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2010
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/844
http://law.nus.edu.sg/sybil/downloads/articles/SYBIL-2008/SYBIL-2008-43.pdf
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