Cambodian War Crimes Tribunal
Dame Silvia has been appointed to sit as one of two international judges in the Trial Chamber of the Cambodia Tribunal. She was appointed by Cambodia's Supreme Council of Magistracy.
Multiple Defence requests that she stand down from this position have been consistently rejected by both the Trial Chamber and Supreme Court Chambers on their merits.
The Khmer Rouge was responsible for the deaths of 1.2 to 2 million people between 1975 and 1979. One in four Cambodians were killed. Whole families were wiped out.
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