REF: PRESS RELEASE

[Sambath Reach]

19 July 2010

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

 

The Victims Support Section wishes to communicate figures regarding Civil Party applications, Complaints, Powers-of-Attorney and supplementary information submitted by Victims of the Khmer Rouge regime.

 

3993 Civil Party applicants are currently in Case 002 after some of them have requested to withdraw their applications and others requested to change forms of participation since the deadline for receiving Civil Party applications, 29 January 2010, set by Office of Co-Investigating Judges (OCIJ). 

 

 3203 Powers-of-Attorney were received and 2136 applicants submitted supplementary information in support of their original Civil Party applications by the 30 June 2010 deadline set by OCIJ. The Victims Support Section is currently in the process of reviewing and analyzing all the documents received so as to ensure their speedy transmission to OCIJ who will then assess them in light of the upcoming admissibility decisions of the Civil Party applications.

 

4135 victims have submitted Complaints to the ECCC. The Victims Support Section will continue to receive and process any further Complaints and their supplementary information and forward them to the Office of the Co-Prosecutors (OCP).

 

Taking this opportunity, Victims Support Section would like to express thanks to other sections of ECCC, intermediary organizations and Civil Party lawyers for coordinated efforts to facilitate and assist in improving victims’ participation.