Communicating Justice: Cambodian Press Coverage of the ECCC’s Final Judgment

Forthcoming, International Criminal Law Review. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10160

31 Pages Posted: 19 Sep 2023

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Rosemary Grey

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

Rachel Killean

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law; Queen's University Belfast School of Law

Date Written: August 30, 2023

Abstract

This article explores Khmer-language media reporting of the final appeal judgment at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Case 002/02). Media reports are interesting for two reasons. First, as a source of opinions expressed in Cambodia’s official language (Khmer), which often remain beyond purview of international observers. Second, as one of the few sources of information about the ECCC available to the Cambodian public now that official Court outreach has largely ceased. Yet, free media is significantly curtailed in Cambodia, and reporting on the ECCC is likely to be shaped by what is politically safe to print, as well as what is deemed publicly interesting. Against this backdrop this article explores: the press’s tendency to downplay Cambodian political interference in the ECCC proceedings; its (mis)representation of the ECCC’s genocide findings; its reporting on its prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes; and its use of ‘justice for victims’ rhetoric.

Suggested Citation

Grey, Rosemary and Killean, Rachel, Communicating Justice: Cambodian Press Coverage of the ECCC’s Final Judgment (August 30, 2023). Forthcoming, International Criminal Law Review. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10160 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4556376

Rosemary Grey

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law ( email )

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The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia

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Rachel Killean (Contact Author)

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law ( email )

New Law Building, F10
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia

Queen's University Belfast School of Law ( email )

School of Law
Belfast BT7 1NN, BT7 1NN
Ireland

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