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Illiberal Transitional Justice
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Chambers in the
Courts of Cambodia
Rebecca Gidley
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Rebecca Gidley
Illiberal Transitional
Justice and the
Extraordinary
Chambers in the
Courts of Cambodia
Rebecca Gidley
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide
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To my parents, for always believing there would be a book to dedicate to them.
A
cknowledgements
I have received help, guidance, and support from many sources over the
course of this research journey and I gladly acknowledge many of them
here.
First and foremost, I thank Professor Robert Cribb for his probing
comments that challenged me to write with clarity and precision, for
always interesting conversations, and for the fact that I always left his office
feeling better than when I went in. I am grateful to Dr Tyrell Haberkorn
for being unfailingly enthusiastic and inspiring about the writing process
and many other things. Her involvement helped me to consider more
deeply the principles and concepts that underpin my research. Dr Deborah
Mayersen provided early encouragement in the publishing process and I
am indebted to her and to the staff at Palgrave.
During my fieldwork I benefitted from generous engagement with my
project from formal interviews through to incidental conversations. I am
grateful to everyone with whom I had such fruitful conversations, whether
they can be named in this book or not. The staff at the Documentation
Center of Cambodia assisted with access to important documents. Dr
Steve Heder unstintingly provided documents and contacts during my
time in Phnom Penh. I have benefitted greatly from immensely patient
Khmer teachers: Sam Samnang, Chanroeun Pa, Soda Sea, Y Socheat, and
all the staff at LINK. They were kind enough to only occasionally laugh at
my mispronunciations of their beautiful language. Y Socheat also assisted
with the translation of some documents used in this book, helping me to
develop the unusual set of vocabulary I needed for this work.
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viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The history writing group at the Australian National University School
of Culture, History, and Language was a bastion of intellectual support. I
am grateful to Chris Park, Dr Bryce Kositz, Mark Jones, Judith Pabian,
Lina Koleilat, Andrew De Lisle, Yu-Hua Chen, Qin Yang, Orion
Lethbridge, and Dr Philip Taylor for reading and commenting on some of
these chapters. Professor David Chandler kindly offered to read several of
the central chapters and provided fast and encouraging feedback. I also
thank the thesis examiners and anonymous reviewers of this manuscript
for their helpful suggestions and generous engagement with my work. I
gratefully acknowledge the earlier editorial input of Maxine McArthur
from the School of Culture, History, and Language.
Attempting to list all those who have provided emotional support, wel-
come distractions, or joyous moments is daunting but I am privileged to
thank Ellen, Ruth, CC, Fa, Lina, Bec, Bruma, Joyce, Jewel, Sana, William,
Annie, other Annie, Ros, Jodie, Meg, Maria, Evi, Keren, Maureen,
Damien, Jess, Jesse, Laura, and Cristine. I am grateful for the love and
support of my family and for the warmth (literal and figurative) of my
escapes to Brisbane to visit them. My life is vastly enriched by my parents,
Philip, Jeff, Kazue, Jeremy, Tracey, Jack, Hiromi, Hanna, and Mei. Finally,
I would like to thank all those who have, in any capacity, had the patience
to teach me.
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ontents
1 Introduction 1
2 The State of Transitional Justice 17
3 Confronting the Past, 1975–1996 43
4 The Development and Evolution of the ECCC, 1997–2003 79
5 The ECCC in Action, 2003–2018 119
6 Breaking the Mould: Cambodia and the Transitional
Justice Literature 157
7 Distinguishing Cambodia and Explaining the Existence of
the ECCC 187
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8 C onclusion 211
Bibliography 219
Index 247
