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Pailin
Public Forum on
Justice & Reconciliation
Pailin Municipality, 24 Oct. 2008
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The Challenges of the Pailin Forum
Threat of WAR
Impossible Road Conditions
Normally a 5-hr trip turned into a full a dangerous 12-14 hr adventure with concerns for security of staff and Phnom Penh guests, as several SUVs from Phnom Penh broke down along the way. Here the bus transporting CSD staff and equipment. With sporadic phone reception, it was impossible to keep track of where/ how the Phnom Penh guests (read: Judge Silvia Cartwright, British Ambassador Andrew Mace, Robert Petit etc.) were faring on the impossible road conditions. Not only did we fear the outbreak of fighting between Thai and Cambodian soldiers with Pailin the most dangerous of hamlet (straddling the 2 countries' borders) to be but at the moment, the concerns were getting everyone safely into Pailin without causing an international incident over the safety of say, British Ambassador or New Zealand former Head of State Judge Cartwright. I was so exhausted trying to keep tap of everyone that I skipped dinner altogether with the high-level guests to rest for the long forum the next day. These Phnom Penh guests were incredibly adventuresome and generous in their time in light of the fraught situation and the fact that Pailin, a hamlet on the border of Thailand, with only one road in-out to Battambang.
Tenor Khuon Sethisak and others (staff and interns) had to get off the bus and walk across the dilapidated bridge with the gaping holes, the only way into the Pailin hamlet, 23 Oct. 2008.
Pailin Deputy Governor Mey Mak signing in.
Pailin residents signing in.
KRT Monitor for OSJI Heather Ryan, Michelle Staggs-Kelsall, Thierry Cruvelier signing in.
German Development Service (DED) Andreas Selmeci, Stefan Kiesel, Silke Studzinsky signing in.
UN Co-Prosecutor Robert Petit's bodyguard conducting security checks.
Yes, that is really the newly-arrived British Ambassador Andrew Mace being searched by Robert Petit's bodyguard, as Helen Jarvis looks on with much amusement.
British Ambassador Andrew Mace, ECCC Public Affairs chief Helen Jarvis, Pailin Deputy Governor Mey Mak, former Head of State now ECCC judge Silvia Cartwright standing for the National Anthem sung by tenor Khuon Sethisak.
Helen Jarvis, Mey Mak, Silvia Cartwright, Robert Petit, tenor Khuon Sethisak, Theary Seng - National Anthem.
Standing for the National Anthem.
Theary Seng introducing the goals of the Public Forum, as non-Cambodian speakers listening to simultaneously translation on their headsets.
Pailin Deputy Governor Mey Mak, former Khmer Rouge commander
UN Co-Prosecutor Robert Petit listening on his headset simultaneous translation from the Khmer, in enemy territory.
Former Head of State (New Zealand) Silvia Cartwright explaining her role as a judge on the ECCC Trial Chamber.
British Ambassador Andrew Mace, a new arrival to Cambodia, explains why Great Britain and other countries are interested in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.
Dr. Helen Jarvis, ECCC chief of Public Affairs, explains the ECCC.
Heather Ryan, KRT monitor for Opens Society Justice Initiative, explains the need to monitor and follow the proceedings at the Extraordinary Chambers.
Former Khmer Rouge soldiers.
A former Khmer Rouge soldier courageously opposes the idea that the detained Khmer Rouge leaders committed these crimes as he only knew them as nationalists who cared for the community and people around them.
ECCC Ben Fleming explains the role of the Office of Co-Investigating Judges.
Nhem Samnang, chief of ECCC Witness Support Section, explains the protective measures available for witnesses.
French lawyer Pauline Baranes of the ECCC Defense Support Section explains the importance of fair trial rights.
A woman who continues to support the senior Khmer Rouge leaders, who had joined our tour to the ECCC, Tuol Sleng, Choeung Ek and had gone on our Voice of Justice radio program to explain her position.
Theary Seng moderating the back-and-forth conversations among participants and invited guests from Phnom Penh.
Theary Seng reflective as she moderates the difficult, often intense, sometime fraught dialogues.
Participants listening to the presentation from the Trauma handbook on symptoms of trauma.
Yim Sotheary and Om Chariya explaining symptoms of trauma as well as informing the public forum of availability of counseling throughout the day.
DC-Cam researcher EA Meng Try
Robert Petit
A student expresses his thoughts as Theary Seng looks on.
Mr. Ty expresses his doubts regarding the Extraordinary Chambers.
Civil party lawyer Silke Studzinsky
Theary Seng moderating.
Students asking questions.
Theary Seng chatting with Nhem Samnang during a coffee break.
Coffee break - Helen Jarvis speaking with Theary Seng; Judge Silvia Cartwright, Heather Ryan and Ben Fleming.
Sok Leang chatting with participants.
CSD staff prepares for coffee break.
Peter Manning taking a break from the London School of Economics to volunteer at CSD, here doing English transcription of the public forum.
Theary Seng, Thierry Cruvelier, Ben Fleming etc. after the public forum.
Mr. Ty being interviewed (Bophana Center film crew?) after the public forum.
Listen to the entire Pailin public forum on the
Voice of Justice radio program,
high-resolution approx. 6 hrs.
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
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