POLI 369 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Serbian Language, Nuon Chea, Suharto
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Poli 369: lecture 14: transitional justice: cambodia and e. timor. Transitional justice addressing the crimes/violence against humanity of auth. regimes once in democratic transition. 2 assoc. with khmer rouge earlier in career not collar with courts in cambodia tried to stall process. Cambodia one of the most tragic cars in terms of history b/w thai and vn much more powerful. 10th 11th c. no longer powerful then thai and siam. Am. bombed heavily s. vn to stop vm to enter s. vn through cambodia bombing of border. Us bombing = extensive --> deaths of many civilians (penetrated by vm in effort to attack s. vn) Khmer rouge takes over phnom penh and overran civilians. 4 years. of fear (about 1. 7 m. ppl dead) = 1/4 --> auto-genocide = perpetrated by one"s own ethnic group --> murder/torture/forced labour/starvation. 1978 = killing frenzy until vn take over after vn take over cam period of geopolitics.