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| Emblem of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Image: Wiki Commons) |
By Luke Hunt
What is the future of the United Nations-backed war crimes court?
The international co-investigating judge at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, Mark Harmon, has resigned casting further doubts over whether fresh trials will proceed at the United Nations-backed war crimes court, now in its ninth year.
Harmon had built himself an enormous reputation for hard work and dedication in his pursuit of justice for the victims of Pol Pot’s regime and attracted his fair share of critics who claimed he had expanded the remit of the tribunal beyond the court’s initial scope.
He said it was “with considerable regret that I have tendered my resignation, for strictly personal reasons.”
“It was an honor to have been selected to serve … along with my international and Cambodian colleagues, to pursue justice on behalf of the many victims who suffered at the hands of the Khmer Rouge,” he said.
The resignation will become effective once his successor has been sworn into office.
Read the full story at The Diplomat