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Justice after
Genocide: A
Personal JourneySophal Ear, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
25 October 2011"New Frontiers in Human Rights Law"
Bard College
The views expressed in this presentation do not
represent the views of the U.S. Government.
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A Journey in Five Acts
1. Start2. Story
3. Genocide
4. Responsibilities
5. Justice
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Act 1: Start
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THREE weeks ago,
Bard Trustee Peter
Maguire asked me
to join you today…
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This was as much planning as th
invasion of Iraq!
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(I can say this with some autho
because I teach courses to jun
military officers on how to reb
countries after conflict.)
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In February 2009, I’d given a t
that had just gone online.
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I had six minutes to tell my st
Today, I have a little more time andwider scope to reflect on justice aftegenocide.
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MY WIFE, 8 MONTHS PREGNANT
MOM
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Act 2: Story
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There are no American combat
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There are no American combat
troops in Cambodia. There are no
American combat advisers in
Cambodia. There will be noAmerican combat troops or
advisers in Cambodia. We will aid
Cambodia. Cambodia is the Nixon
doctrine in its purest form.
—President Richard Nixon,
November 1971
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Act 3. Genocide
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April 17th, 1975
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Evacuation of 2 million people fPhnom Penh in three days
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Once upon a time ... there was a regime so evil that it cr
antisociety where torture was currency and music, book
were abolished. This regime ruled for four years and mu
nearly 2 million of its citizens, a quarter of the populatio
CAMBODIA
M
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Up to 16
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Up to 16
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One day in mid-1975, circa sunse
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On the third day of our journeyfake Vietnamese…
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1935-1975
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A VIETNAMESE CITIZEN,
A GOOD SAMARITAN
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MEMY UNCLE AND AUNT
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A FRENCH CITIZEN,
A GOOD SAMARITAN
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To those whom much
is given, much is
expected.
—John F. Kennedy
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The Responsibility to Protect is a ne
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international security and human ri
norm to address the internationalcommunity’s failure to prevent and
genocides, war crimes, ethnic clean
and crimes against humanity.
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HOLOCAUST: 11-17 MILLIO
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RWANDA: 800,000-1,000,0
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BOSNIA: 200,000+
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DARFUR: 300,000+
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Act 5: Justice
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Returning to Cambodia and tKhmer Rouge Tribunal
Tuol Sleng Torture Center
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TUOL SLENG’S DIRECTOR, “DUCH”, CONFESSED
AT KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL IN CAMBODIA, 2009.
VERDICT: GUILTY
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DEATHS: 12,273+
SENTENCE: 35 YEARS
(REDUCED TO 19 FOR
TIME ALREADY SERVED)
APPEALING.
MADOFF: 15
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KILLED: 0; US$65 BILLION
NOT APPE
“Judge Denny Chinthat 20 or 25 years
effectively be a life
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effectively be a life
sentence, but he re
that the symbolism
longer term was imp
given the enormity o
crimes.”
—New York Times
28 June 2011
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My mom, Cam Youk Lim
June 1936-October 2009
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IF WE HAVEN’T FORGIVEN
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Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery - Unive
CREATING AN IDENTITY A
PAIN, AND THAT IS WHATTHAT IS WHAT SUFFERS.
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20 Lives Saved
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Steven Ear, born March 2009
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Caitlyn Lim Ear, bo