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Promoting
Accountability
2000-present
Our PA Project focuses on
fact-finding in advance of the tribunal and seeks to build a better
historical understanding of the workings of the Democratic Kampuchea (DK)
regime. One of our main activities in this vein is to draw a picture
of subordinate-superior relationships during DK and to identify
survivors (victims and former Khmer Rouge) who may be helpful in the
tribunal. With the tribunal drawing near, we will accelerate the pace
and expand the scope of this project.
Our main activity is
conducting interviews with former Khmer Rouge cadres in the field.
Using information from our files, our team locates and interviews
individuals who served in the DK regime. Our normal procedure is to
identify and investigate all relevant biographies from a given
geographic area using our Cambodian Genocide Biographical Database. By
the end of 2004, we had conducted over 4,300 interviews (totaling
nearly 29,000 pages) through our field offices in Kandal, Takeo,
Kampong Cham and Kampot provinces, thus completing our work in these
four provinces.
In 2004, we also began a
major new activity with Dr. Stephen Heder of the
School of Oriental and African Studies at the
University
of London, who is one of the world’s leading experts on modern
Cambodian history. Dr. Heder analyzed nearly 1,590 interviews (about
30,000 pages) we conducted with Khmer Rouge cadres to determine if
they provide information relevant to the cases of the former Khmer
Rouge officials most likely to stand trial. Dr. Heder wrote English
summaries of the historically salient points in selected interviews,
while preparing the materials for legal analysis and presentation to
the Extraordinary Chambers. In addition, he accompanied our field
teams to conduct several follow-up interviews with cadres who may be
important in providing indications of the leadership chain of the
Khmer Rouge. His analysis was completed in December 2004.
In 2005, we plan to
interview 1,050 victims and former Khmer Rouge in Kampong Thom,
Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Speu, Pursat, and Prey Veng provinces. We
plan to add staff to our PA Project in order to complete the large
amount of field work required. We will also continue to enter
information about interviewees into our database, which provides the
names, whereabouts, and basic biographical information on each of the
former cadres we interview. This database is likely to be very
important to prosecutors in the tribunal proceedings.
In 2006, Please see
2006 Work Plan for details.
In 2007, Please see
2007 Work Plan
for details.
Reports
Photos by province
Contact:
Dany Long
Team Leader
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