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New International Civil Party Lead Co-Lowyer Nominated

Thursday, 02 December 2010 09:21 By Soy Sophea

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, Dec 2, 2010--UN-back Khmer Rouge Tribunal has appointed Elisabeth Simonneau Fort, France lady as international Civil Party Lead Co-Lawyer at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).

ECCC statement dated December 2 stated that Simonneau Fort obtained her law degree from studies at Paris II Assas and Paris X Nanterre universities. She has more than 30 years of experience as a lawyer based in Montpellier. She has devoted a significant part of her legal practice defending the rights of victims, with a special focus on children and women, in criminal courts.

Simonneau Fort is a founding member of the association “The Lawyer and the Child” (l`Avocat et l’Enfant), and she has been a member of a group of lawyers providing voluntary services to juvenile offenders.

Simonneau Fort will work together with the national Civil Party Lead Co-Lawyer Pich Ang. The Civil Party Lead Co-Lawyers shall ensure the effective organization of Civil Party representation during the trial stage and beyond. Their core responsibilities will include representing the interests of the consolidated group of Civil Parties, overall advocacy, strategy and in-court presentation of the interests of the Civil Parties.

Conference of Asian Political Parties Urges Stability of Korean Peninsula

Thursday, 02 December 2010 08:03 DAP NEWS / VIBOL

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, Dec 2, 2010-The 6th general assembly of Asian Political parties which hosted by Cambodia in Phnom Penh on Tuesday urged the stability in Asia especially Korean Peninsula, which is hot area for the region.

“We all want to live with sustainable development and prosperity in region, “Jose De Venecia, founding chairman and co-chairman of the ICAPP standing committee said in forum.

We need to join together to deal the common issue in region and our region is free from the nuclear weapon, He added.

Over 40 countries and joined by 90 political parties in Asian region, which have central concept in their leading the policy committed to push the regional growth, and work for humanitarian affairs.