Five California lawyers began teaching a week-long seminar to Cambodians on prosecuting war crimes, as a Khmer Rouge tribunal continues to falter.
Foreign and Cambodian jurists have failed three times to fully iron out issues related to rules governing a tribunal and over the role of foreign lawyers, but observers warn that failure to begin trials soon will lead to the sinking of a tribunal.
No full agreement has been reached on foreign lawyers and internal rules, and UN-appointed judges have said in recent days they were still willing to walk away from a tribunal that didn't meet international standards.
The seminar, meanwhile, was designed to teach Cambodian lawyers from the experiences of Americans, a leading US law professor told VOA Khmer Monday.