Television Journalist and Producer Bill Kurtis Interviews Last …
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Nuremberg prosecutors Ben Ferencz, Henry King and Whitney Harris tell why
Cambodia Tribunal must go forward; tie to Nuremberg precedent
Exclusive video of Nuremberg interviews posted on http://www.CambodiaTribunal.org
CHICAGO, May 5 /PRNewswire/ — The Cambodia Tribunal Monitor Web site
today posted exclusive video interviews by TV journalist, producer and
former CBS news anchor Bill Kurtis with the last three surviving
prosecutors of post-World War II trials held in Nuremberg, Germany about
their perspective on the upcoming Cambodia Tribunal. Senior officials of
the Khmer Rouge regime are expected to be tried over the next several years
for atrocity crimes in Cambodia during their 1975-79 rule. The pre-trial
hearings of some of the regime leaders are currently underway.
Kurtis interviewed prosecutors Ben Ferencz, Henry King and Whitney
Harris, asking them to reflect on the significance of the Nuremberg trials
on international law, what lessons we learned, how far we’ve come and what
advice they have for the Cambodia Tribunal currently underway in Phnom
Penh.
Kurtis, with the consortium responsible for the Cambodia Tribunal
Monitor Web site, posted these exclusive interviews with the surviving
Nuremberg prosecutors on the Web site in an effort to raise awareness about
the need to punish war crimes and crimes against humanity, no matter how
long ago those crimes were committed.
Speaking about the significance of interviewing the Nuremberg
prosecutors, Kurtis said, “These are the voices of history speaking. They
provide an important historical context and precedent from the post-World
War II era that can be applied to today’s tribunal in Cambodia. I thought
it was especially important to draw from their experience and hear their
perspective, as their insights will inform the trials — and procedures of
those trials — for today’s alleged war criminals.”
When Kurtis asked if it is still worth it for Cambodia to have a
tribunal jigsaw after 30 years since the crimes …continue reading