Civil Parties' Regional Forum

MEDIA ALERT

Fifth Regional Forum for 300 Civil Parties in Case 002

to be Organized in Siem Reap

The Victims Support Section (VSS) of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

(ECCC) organizes its Fifth Regional Forum for 300 Civil Parties in Case 002, from Paillin, Banteay

Meanchey, Kampong Thom, Kampong Cham, Kampong Speu, and Siem Reap Provinces. The Forum

is to be held at

Allson Angkor Paradise Hotel, Siem Reap Town, on Thursday, 19 May 2011 from

7:30 a.m;

(Civil Party’s identity is protected).

The Regional Forum is one of the means through which the VSS implements its project on wider

Victims’Improved Participation in the Proceedings of ECCC 2011 for empowering Civil Parties in

judical proceedings of Case 002. The purpose of the Regional Forum is to promote victims’ articipation by providing a safe venue and opportunity dialogue for CPs from those provinces:

- To meet Civil Party Lawyers to discuss their rights at the trial stage, as well as, to generate ideas

from Civil Parties on collective reparations in order to formulate their civil claim ;

- To meet officials from various offices of the ECCC and civil society representatives in order to

learn about recent progress of ECCC; and

- To meet CPs of Case 001 in order to learn about their experiences for a better involvement in

Case 002.

Regional Civil Party Forums had been successfully organized respective in 2011: Kratie, Kampot,

Svay Rieng, Kampong Chhnang and now in Siem Reap Province. From 2009 to 2011, the VSS had

organized 9 Regional Forums for 2,615 Civil Party applications and Civil Parties, who are from the 24

provinces of Cambodia.

For further information, please contact:

IM Sophea

Outreach Coordinator of VSS/ECCC

Mobile: +855 (0) 77 777 367

Land line:+855(0) 23 219 814 ext. 6602

Email:

im.sophea@eccc.gov.kh

Lars OLSEN

Legal Communications Officer, ECCC

Mobile: +855 (0) 12 488 023

Land line: +855 (0) 23 219 814 ext. 6169

Email:

olsenl@un.org