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This article explores Khmer-language media reporting of the final appeal judgment at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Case 002/02). Media reports are interesting for two reasons. First, as a source of opinions expressed in Cambodia’s official language (Khmer), which often remain beyond purview of international observers. Second, as one of the few sources of information about the eccc available to the Cambodian public now that official Court outreach has largely ceased. Yet, free media is significantly curtailed in Cambodia, and reporting on the eccc is likely to be shaped by what is politically safe to print, as well as what is deemed publicly interesting. Against this backdrop this article explores: the press’s tendency to downplay Cambodian political interference in the eccc proceedings; its (mis)representation of the eccc’s genocide findings; its reporting on the prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes; and its use of ‘justice for victims’ rhetoric.
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While about 1,900 Dutch prisoners are detained abroad annually, current knowledge on this group of prisoners is often limited to descriptions about their background characteristics and conditions in foreign detention. Previous research has highlighted the relatively high average age of Dutch prisoners at entrance in foreign detention. The current study examines whether reoffending behavior differs across three groups of prisoners: younger prisoners (aged between 18–30 years), middle-aged prisoners (aged between 31–45 years), and older prisoners (46 years or older). Using registration and reconviction data, the results demonstrate that middle-aged prisoners form the largest group. Furthermore, the results indicate that younger prisoners are more likely to reoffend after release from foreign detention compared to other subgroups.
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This article analyses the scope of the responsibility of the State to ensure access to criminal justice for child victims of parental violence from a children’s and human rights perspective and how this would serve the best interests of the child before, during and after criminal proceedings. The purpose of this article is to establish a human rights framework to promote better understanding of the multi-faceted problems inherent in the combat of parental violence by means of the criminal justice system, articulate obligations imposed upon States and facilitate a holistic approach. The article also explores to what extent the Netherlands, presented as a case study, meets the obligation to provide child victims of parental violence with access to criminal justice and whether there is a need to re-evaluate the role of criminal law in combating parental violence in the Netherlands.