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Buddhism under Pol Pot (English)
» 59 MiB - 28 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Year of publication 2007
This new book by Ian Harris, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Cumbria, UK, explores the fate of Buddhism before, during, and shortly after Democratic Kampuchea. Prum Phalla of the Documentation Center of Cambodia provided research assistance on this project.
Dr. Harris begins with an examination of Buddhism under Sihanouk and Lon Nol, and then traces the origins of Khmer Communism and its relationship with Buddhism in Cambodia. He then looks at the fate of Buddhism early in the regime, including monk evacuations and flights abroad, defrocking, forced marriage, military service, and executions. The practice of Buddhism during the regime is also examined, including Buddhist rites and the fate of pagodas, images, and religious texts. Dr. Harris weighs the claims of monk deaths and pagodas destroyed during Democratic Kampuchea against his findings from extensive interviews and documentary research. He concludes that there was no policy for the systematic liquidation of monks in Democratic Kampuchea.
Ian Harris and Prum Phalla:
Ian Harris is Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Cumbria, UK and Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Visiting Professor on Buddhism and Contemporary Society at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Co-founder of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies (UKABS) and author of many works on Buddhist ethics and politics, his previous book was Cambodian Buddhism: History and
Practice (2005). He is currently investigating the links between Buddhism and politics in pre-Pol Pot Cambodia.
For copies of Buddhism under Pol Pot, please visit the Documentation Center of Cambodia's Public Information Room or Monument Books in January, or contact the Center at dccam@online.com.kh or 023-211-875. Price: $15. We wish to thank the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) for funding this publication and USAID and SIDA for their core support to our center.
Night of The Khmer Rouge: Genocide and Justice in Cambodia (English)
» 1.6 MiB - 19 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Year of publication 2007
The task of preserving the memory of a horrific past is both difficult and necessary. Rutgers University located in New Jersey, America has accomplished this very task with their recent photo exhibition titled, “Night of the Khmer Rouge: Genocide and Justice in Cambodia” displayed at the Paul Robeson Gallery. The graphic photos tell a frightening story of what humanity can do to itself. The most ghastly chapter of Cambodia’s history began on April 17, 1975 when Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge forces stormed victoriously into Phnom Penh after years of civil war. Their victory meant the implementation of a radical social and economic plan that would transform Cambodia into a self-sufficient socialist society. The new government was called Democratic Kampuchea. Labeling their plan a failure is a gross understatement.
The terror and killing that enveloped Cambodia during the government of Democratic Kampuchea lasted under fours years and destroyed two million lives. Those who survived were left to make do in a ravaged country stripped of its schools, shops, temples, government structures, and sense of security. The photo exhibition at the Paul Robeson Gallery shed light upon the darkness that overcame Cambodia. In particular, attention is focused on the highest level security prison then known by its code name, S-21. Prisoner photographs taken at S-21 disturbingly reveal young faces, some as young as five years old. Immediately one wonders how a child could be a prisoner of S-21 which was intended for serious political offenses, but then again the Khmer Rouge considered a starving person “stealing” rice grains a crime worthy of execution. It has been estimated that 14,000-20,000 prisoners passed through the gates of S-21 from 1975-1979 where they died or were taken to Choeung Ek (a nearby field) for group extermination. The reflective essays at the gallery provide some understanding of what occurred inside Cambodia and the issues that face Cambodia now as it tries to reconcile with this tragic past. Together with the photographs, they expose a truth that must be told. This truth of what happened in Cambodia is now being dealt with in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) which seeks to prosecute former senior Khmer Rouge leaders. It is hoped that the legal justice delivered by tribunal will help Cambodia commence genuine healing and reconciliation. DQK.
Shown at Rutgers’ Paul Robeson Gallery in Newark, New Jersey from January 16 to February 22, 2007, this exhibition featured photographs from Democratic Kampuchea held in DC-Cam’s archives.
Funding for the exhibition and catalogue was provided by the Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute, the US Agency for International Development, the Swedish International Development Agency, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, the Cultural Programming Commission of Rutgers-Newark, and the NJ Commission on Holocaust Education.
The Khmer Rouge Tribunal (English)
» 1 MiB - 17 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Year of publication 2006
Between April 1975 and January 1979, the radical Khmer Rouge regime subjected Cambodians to a wave of atrocities that left over one in four Cambodians dead. For nearly three decades, call for justice went unanswered, and the architects of Khmer Rouge terror enjoyed almost unfettered impunity. Only recently has a tribunal been established to put surviving Khmer Rouge officials on trial. This edited volume examines the origins, evolution, and feature of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. It provides a concise overview of legal and political issues surrounding the tribunal and answers key questions about the accountability process. It explains why the tribunal took so many years to create and why it became a "hybrid" court with Cambodians and international participation. It also assesses the laws and procedures governing the proceedings and the likely evidence available against Khmer Rouge defendants. Finally, it discusses how the tribunal can most effectively advance the aims of justice and reconciliation in Cambodia and help to dispel the shadows of the past.
Tum Teav: A Translation and Analysis of a Cambodian Literary Classic (English)
» 2.5 MiB - 20 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Year of publication 2005
Tum Teav is the tragic love story of a talented novice monk named Tum and a beautiful adolescent girl named Teav. Well known throughout Cambodia since at least the middle of the 19th century, the story has been told in oral, historical, literary, theatre, and film versions. This monograph contains the author’s translation of the Venerable Botumthera Som’s version. It also examines the controversy over the poem’s authorship and its interpretation by literary scholars and performers in terms of Buddhism and traditional codes of conduct, abuse of power, and notions of justice.
Reconciliation in Cambodia (English)
» 4.1 MiB - 17 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Year of publication 2004
For the first time, Cambodia’s struggle to deal with its tragic past is put into global context through an examination of the growing of literature in this area, and comparisons with the experiences of such countries as Chile, Argentina, Rwanda, South Africa, and East Timor. The heart of this study is analysis of the extensive data collected by DC-Cam’s magazine, Searching for the Truth, in the course of a public survey of its Cambodian readers in 2002. The author provides insight into the attitudes and perceptions of ordinary Cambodians on a range of issues relating to the Khmer Rouge: accountability, revenge, forgiveness, reconciliation, and their vision for the future.
Funding provided by the OSI Development Foundation, the United Kingdom, US Agency for International Development (USAID), and Sida (Sweden).
Seven Candidates for Prosecution: Accountability for the Crimes of the Khmer Rouge (English)
» 2.1 MiB - 13 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Year of publication 2004
153 pages in English (executive summary in Khmer)
247 pages in Japanese Language
This study examines the responsibility of seven senior officials for their roles in developing and implementing the murderous policies of the Communist Party of T Kampuchea (CPK), known to its enemies as the “Khmer Rouge”:
- Deputy Secretary of the CPK Central Committee Nuon Chea, who is implicated in devising and implementing the Party’s execution policies.
- Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs and Central and Standing Committee member Ieng Sary, who repeatedly and publicly encouraged and facilitated arrests and executions within his ministry and throughout Cambodia.
- Democratic Kampuchea State Presidium Chairman Khieu Samphan, who encouraged lower-level CPK officials to perpetrate executions and, at least in some instances, monitored and contributed to the implementation of Party policies by regional authorities.
- Zone Secretaries and Central Committee members Ta Mok and Kae Pok, who directed or otherwise facilitated their subordinates’ arrests of suspected traitors in their zones, and failed to prevent or punish atrocities perpetrated by their subordinates.
- CPK Military Division Chairmen Sou Met and Meah Mut, who played direct roles in the arrest and transfer of cadre from their divisions for interrogation and execution, and failed to prevent or punish atrocities perpetrated by their subordinates.
The Khmer Rouge Division 703: From Victory to Self-Destruction (English)
» 2.8 MiB - 16 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Year of publication: 2003
202 pages in English, 250 in Khmer
One of the most favored of the Khmer Rouge’s nine military divisions, Division 703 was composed of 5,000 to 6,000 peasants, primarily from Kandal province. At the end of 1975, its soldiers with “clean” backgrounds were given positions at Tuol Sleng (the central-level prison also known as S-21) or its branch office S-21D (Prey Sar prison) and various government offices. At least 567 of these men were later branded as “enemies” of the regime and executed at S-21.
This monograph examines the careers of 40 soldiers who worked in Division 703. Most of those who survived the 1979 defeat of the Khmer Rouge returned to their villages in the early 1980s, often after spending time in prison as a result of their involvement with the regime.
Funding provided by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
Oukoubah: Genocide Justice for the Cham Muslims under Democratic Kampuchea (English)
» 1004.3 KiB - 18 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Year of publication: 2002
This monograph explores the genocide of the Cham ethnic group, making a case that the Cham, who are Muslims, were killed a rate that was nearly double to triple that of the general Cambodian population during the Democratic Kampuchea regime. It provides evidence showing that the Cham comprised 10% of Cambodia’s population prior to 1975 (about 700,000 people), but numbered only 200,000 after the regime fell in 1979.
The author presents case studies of 13 Cham prisoners at S-21 (7 Khmer Rouge soldiers, 2 Lon Nol government officials, a student, a fisherman, a peasant, and an interrogator at S-21), all of whom were executed at the prison.
Funding provided by the Human Rights Project Funds of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom through the British Embassy, Phnom Penh.
Victims and Perpetrators: The Testimony of Young Khmer Rouge Cadres at S-21 (English)
» 2.3 MiB - 19 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Year of publication: 2001
In Democratic Kampuchea’s Region 31, the Khmer Rouge recruited children to serve as guards, “catchers,” and animal husbandry workers in Tuol Sleng Prison (S-21). This monograph explores how these and other Cambodian youth were forced to become Khmer Rouge cadres, how they were indoctrinated in the ideology of Democratic Kampuchea, how they were affected, and the violation of their rights.
The authors used Khmer Rouge biographies and interviews with 73 people to collect information on these youths. Eighteen of those interviewed were Khmer Rouge cadres at S-21, 22 are family members of deceased S-21 cadres, and 33 are survivors of the regime. The authors conclude that these children were victims as well as perpetrators.
Funding provided by the Human Rights Project Funds of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom through the British Embassy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the Government of Norway.
Brother Enemy (in Khmer)
» 1.9 MiB - 22 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book translated from French is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Translated into Khmer by Tep Meng Khean in 2007
This book by the bureau chief for the Far Eastern Economic Review examines the third Indochina War and offers an explanation for the Cambodian genocide. Chanda posits that the Khmer Rouge built their revolution at breakneck speed to prepare for a life-and-death struggle against the Vietnamese, and the means they used to do this was ideological “purification.”
When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution (Khmer)
» 2 MiB - 19 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book translated from French is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Translated into Khmer by Sokha Irene
Reporter Becker, who covered Cambodia for the Washington Post, examines the historical patterns of violence and authority in Cambodia that allowed the Khmer Rouge to ascend to power and made the genocide possible. She also examines the roles of the United States and other members of the United Nations in betraying Cambodia. The book is based on the author’s personal experiences and interviews with Cambodian leaders and ordinary citizens.
Hitory of Cambodia (Khmer)
» 1.2 MiB - 22 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book translated from French is stored on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) for free download.
Author: Adhemard Leclère
Publication date: 1914
Translted into Khmer by Tep Meng Kheang in 2005
Voices from S-21 (Khmer)
» 5 MiB - 13 hits - July 3, 2008
In pdf format, the book is stored for free download on the server of the Documentation Center of Cambodia.
Historian Chandler examines the Khmer Rouge regime through S-21, a secret prison in Phnom Penh where over 14,000 people died and less than a dozen survived. Using archival materials and interviews with survivors, he traces the culture of obedience and its attendant dehumanization, which made it easier for the Khmer Rouge to torture and kill their “enemies.”
How to negotiate your salary
» 44 KiB - 23 hits - July 3, 2008
No author and date found but may serve as a quick note of suggestions. Take them or not, its up to you.
From Funix to Phonics: Foundations for the Future
» 55.2 MiB - 24 hits - July 3, 2008
This book was designed as part of a first year curriculum for Kindergarten or First Grade students studying English as a Foreign Language. It employs the “Crawl, Walk, Run” methodology of instruction.
Khmer Leaders
» 3.5 MiB - 37 hits - June 21, 2008
A book in Khmer written by Doc. Sar Thorm Raingsey in Washington in 2007. It attempts to teach us how to be good leaders and is critical about the current leadership in Cambodia.
Preah Vihear Related Docs
International Boundary Study - Cambodia-Thailand
» 267.4 KiB - 20 hits - July 23, 2008
Date: Nov 23, 1996
Published by: US Department of State
International Boundary Study - Cambodia-Thailand
» unknown - 9 hits - July 23, 2008
Date: Nov 23, 1996
Published by: US Department of State
Preah Vihear Case - Summary of ICJ judgment regarding the merits of the case - 16 June 1962
» 307.9 KiB - 12 hits - July 23, 2008
Proceedings in the case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear, between Cambodia and Thailand, were instituted on 6 October 1959 by an Application of the Government of Cambodia; the Government of Thailand halving raised two preliminary objections, the Court, by its Judgment of 26 May 1961, found that it had jurisdiction.
In its Judgment on the merits the Court, 'by nine votes to three,found that the Temple of Preah Vihear was situated in territory under the sovereignty of Cambodia and, in consequence, that Thailand was under an obligation to withdraw any military or police forces, or other guards or keepers, stationed by her at the Temple, or in its vicinity on Cambodian territory.
By seven votes to five, the Court found that Thailand was under an obligation to restore to Cambodia any sculptures, stelae, fragments of monuments, sandstone model and ancient pottery which might, since the date of the occupation of the Temple by Thailand in 1954, have been removed from the Temple or the Temple area by the Thai authorities.
Judge Tanaka and Judge Morelli appended to the Judgment a Joint Declaration. Vice-President Alfaro and Judge Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice appended Separate Opinions; Judges Moreno Quintana, 'Wellington Koo and Sir Percy Spender appended Dissenting Opinions.
Preah Vihear Case - Summary of ICJ judgment regarding the preliminary objections by Thailand
» 296.3 KiB - 13 hits - July 23, 2008
Proceedings in the case concerning the Te:mple of Preah Vihear (Preliminary Objections) between Camtdia and Thailand, which relates to the territorial sovereignty over the Temple of Preah Vihear, were instituted by an Application by the Government of Cambodia dated 30 September 1959. The Government of Thailand raised two preliminary objections to the jurisdiction.
The Court held, unanimously, that it had jurisdiction. Vice-President Alfaro and Judges Wellington Koo, Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice, and Tanaka appended declarations to the Judgment and Judges Sir Percy Spender and Morelli appended separate opinions.
