Cambodias Trials (Paperback)

Robin Biddulph

ISBN 10: 8776943313 / ISBN 13: 9788776943318

Published by NIAS Press, Copenhagen, 2023

Paperback. More than four decades have passed since the end of Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia in 1979. Even so, the country is still coming to terms with the destruction wrought in the decade when the Khmer Rouge won and held power and, thereafter, during their guerrilla resistance to the new regime in Phnom Penh until 1998. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal (or Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia, ECCC), established in 2006 to bring the Khmer Rouge leadership to justice, has long been the focus of scholarly attention in Cambodias recovery. In many ways a product of the 1990s, a time when liberal democracy appeared to be on the rise both in Cambodia and internationally, the ECCC was imagined as a Transitional Justice initiative while delivering justice it should also ease the transition to liberal democracy. This compelling study argues that approach is dated. The political circumstances in which the ECCC was born have changed profoundly, both globally and locally. No longer can Cambodias current situation be analysed solely in terms of transitional justice narratives or the work of the ECCC. Other ways in which Cambodians have come to terms with their past, and built new lives, must also be considered. Decentring the ECCC in the scholarly narrative of Cambodias recovery, the volumes authors offer fascinating new insights into the Khmer Rouge period and more recent years of social, cultural and political change in Cambodia. Decentring the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in the scholarly narrative of Cambodias recovery, the volumes authors offer fascinating new insights into the Khmer Rouge period and subsequent years of social, cultural and political change in Cambodia. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9788776943318

Synopsis:

More than four decades have passed since the end of Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia in 1979. Even so, the country is still coming to terms with the destruction wrought in the decade when the Khmer Rouge won and held power and, thereafter, during their guerrilla resistance to the new regime in Phnom Penh until 1998. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal (or Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia, ECCC), established in 2006 to bring the Khmer Rouge leadership to justice, has long been the focus of scholarly attention in Cambodia’s recovery. In many ways a product of the 1990s, a time when liberal democracy appeared to be on the rise both in Cambodia and internationally, the ECCC was imagined as a ‘Transitional Justice’ initiative – while delivering justice it should also ease the transition to liberal democracy. This compelling study argues that approach is dated. The political circumstances in which the ECCC was born have changed profoundly, both globally and locally. No longer can Cambodia’s current situation be analysed solely in terms of transitional justice narratives or the work of the ECCC. Other ways in which Cambodians have come to terms with their past, and built new lives, must also be considered. Decentring the ECCC in the scholarly narrative of Cambodia’s recovery, the volume’s authors offer fascinating new insights into the Khmer Rouge period and more recent years of social, cultural and political change in Cambodia.

About the Author: Robin Biddulph is an associate professor in human geography at the University of Gothenburg. He is mainly interested in the relationships between land tenure and social justice, which he has explored in Cambodia, Tanzania and Sweden. Earlier, he lived in Cambodia where he worked as a lecturer, conducted humanitarian mine-clearance and was a policy researcher. Alexandra Kent is an associate professor in social anthropology at the University of Gothenburg. She has explored the relationship between religion, politics, gender, healing and security in India, Malaysia and Cambodia, her most recent research being on Cambodians’ understandings of justice in the aftermath of conflict.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cambodias Trials (Paperback)
Publisher: NIAS Press, Copenhagen
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new