Professor Hall Quoted on ECCC
October 21, 2011
Voice of America quoted Professor John Hall in an article entitled, “Concern Mounts Over Credibility of the Court.” The article covered the recent resignation from the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal of one of its investigation judges, Siegfried Blunk. Professor Hall explained to Voice of America how he saw the resignation as an opportunity for the Court to regain some credibility. “If those investigations are carried out by the co-investigating judges in a transparent, honest, and thorough fashion, that will do much to restore credibility of the ECCC,” said Professor Hall. “If the co-investigating judges simply sit on their hands and fail to carry out adequate investigations, then I think there it is a strong reason for the entire legitimacy of the tribunal to be called into question.” Read more from Professor Hall in the Voice of America article.