002/19-09-2007-ECCC-OCIJ ЮŲŠ / No: D427 Conventions of 12 August 1949, genocide and crimes under the 1956 Penal Code of Cambodia. 7. 7 On 14 November 2007, Ieng Sary was detained by order of the Co-Investigating Judges and transferred to the ECCC detention facility. In the course of the judicial investigation he was charged with crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, genocide and crimes under the 1956 Penal Code of Cambodia. 8. 8 On 14 November 2007, Ieng Thirith was detained by order of the Co-Investigating Judges and transferred to the ECCC detention facility. In the course of the judicial investigation she was charged with crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, genocide and violations of the 1956 Penal Code of Cambodia. 9. 9 On 19 November 2007, Khieu Samphan was detained by order of the Co-Investigating Judges and transferred to the ECCC detention facility. In the course of the judicial investigation he was charged with crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, genocide and violations of the 1956 Penal Code of Cambodia . 10. 10 In the course of the judicial investigation, the Victims Support Section submitted 4,128 Civil Party applications to the Co-Investigating Judges. Later, one hundred and four (104) Civil Party applicants requested to change their mode of participation to that of complainants; 11 applicants withdrew their applications; 19 duplicate Civil Party applications were found to have been filed; and 6 Civil Party applications were re-submitted at the victims’ request. Accordingly, the Co-Investigating Judges have issued orders in respect of the admissibility of 11 a total of 3,988 applications pursuant to Internal Rules 23 and 23 bis . In so doing, they noted that 18 applicants had deceased after having filed their application. 11. Nearly 40% of the applicants live in the provinces of Kampot, Kampong Cham, Kandal and Kampong Speu. In addition to those in Cambodia, 133 applicants reside abroad, mainly in the United States and France. More than 60% of all the Civil Party applicants are women. Half of the applicants were between the ages of 18 and 35 on 17 April 1975; more than one third were minors at the relevant time, and 24 were born after the fall of the Democratic Kampuchea regime. 12 82 per cent of the Civil Party applications were filed with the assistance of intermediaries, including associations and non-governmental organizations; more than half of these were filed by the Association des droits de l’homme au Cambodge (ADHOC). Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, National Road 4, Choam Chao, Dangkao Phnom Penh Mailing address: P.O. Box 71, Phnom Penh; Tel: +855(0)23 218914 Fax: +855(0) 23 218941. 13 10

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