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Article: RIGHTS-CAMBODIA: ROCKY ROAD AHEAD IN EFFORTS TO TRY KHMER ROUGE

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March 4, 1999
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Farhan Haq
Inter Press Service English News Wire
03-04-1999
UNITED NATIONS, Mar. 3 (IPS) -- A United Nations panel that
studied atrocities committed in Cambodia has recommended that a
U.N. tribunal be set up try Khmer Rouge officials on charges of
genocide and crimes against humanity.
But officials acknowledged a tribunal would face many challenges
and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he will make a decision
on establishing such a body on Mar. 15, when he officially releases
the report of the three-member panel.
A copy of the findings, obtained by IPS today, indicated that
the panel, chaired by Ninian Stephen, strongly favored setting up
a court to try Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide ...

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