Authors: Kevin Boreham and Harry Hobbs, ANU

The trial of three senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge — Ieng Sary, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan (known as Case 002) — began in November in Phnom Penh before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).

Each is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. The ECCC has the jurisdiction to try the ‘senior leaders of Democratic Kampuchea’ and ‘those who were most responsible’ for the atrocities committed between 17 April 1975 and 6 January 1979. Read more…

Author: Kevin Boreham, ANU

The Security Council’s authorisation in Resolution 1973 of 17 March of ‘all necessary measures to protect Libyan civilians and civilian populated areas’ applied the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

The application of this mandate by the American- and European-led coalition in Operation Odyssey Dawn has exposed R2P to attack as a cover for regime change. Read more…