218 柬埔寨参议院通过有关特等法庭的法律草案

218 柬埔寨参议院通过有关特等法庭的法律草案

Cambodian Senate Passes Draft Law on Genocide Tribunal
Eric Unmacht
Phnom Penh
23 Jul 2001 09:25 UTC

The Cambodian Senate has 1)unanimously passed a draft law to create a genocide tribunal to try leaders of the former Khmer Rouge¹, clearing the final 2)legislative 3)hurdle. It could still be a while before Cambodians see justice for the nearly two million people believed killed during the 4)regime's rule in the late 1970s.
Cambodia's 51 5)senators unanimously voted Monday to approve legislation that would allow the government to go ahead with long-awaited trials of senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge.
U.N. representatives brokered² a deal last year to set up a joint³ 6)tribunal 7)comprised of U.N. and Cambodian judges and 8)prosecutors. Both houses of Parliament approved the draft law earlier this year, but it had to be revised after the Constitutional Council had a problem with the penalty 9)provisions. The new version of the law 10)specifies that life imprisonment⁴ is the harshest punishment for those found guilty by the 11)genocide tribunal.
The law must now be again reviewed by the Constitutional Council and then signed by King Norodom Sihanouk. This could be completed by the end of August. Then the government and the United Nations will need to sign a deal to proceed.
U.N. officials have been critical of the time it has taken Phnom Penh to act and say they will only sign off on the tribunal if international standards of justice are met.
Senior cabinet minister, Sok An, who brokered the deal with the United Nations last year, is confident there will be no problems. "After the king signs it, then we are going to negotiate with the United Nations very actively⁵ on it. Not long after we sign an agreement with the U.N. will the court form and the trial process begin. We have to talk about the schedule, but if we can have an agreement fast, then we also can establish a trial quickly." The Khmer Rouge Maoist movement took power in 1975 and set about trying to create an 12)agrarian 13)utopia in Cambodia. Some 1.7 million people are believed to have been executed, 14)tortured, starved and died of disease in the four years the Khmer Rouge governed.
Decades later, the issue is extremely sensitive for the country, where many of the former Khmer Rouge leaders live freely after surrendering to the government. A number of former Khmer Rouge members hold positions in the government, including Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The prime minister has warned that the justice process must be handled carefully if Cambodia wants to protect its new found peace after decades of bloody⁶ conflict.

(1) unanimously 全体一致地,无异议地
(2) legislative[5ledVIslEtIv]adj.立法的, 立法机关的n.立法机关
(3) hurdle[5h:d(E)l]n.篱笆, 栏, 障碍v.用篱笆围住, 克服(障碍)
(4) regime[reI5Vi:m]n.政体, 政权, 政权制度
(5) senator[5senEtE(r)]n.参议员
(6) tribunal[traI5bju:n(E)l]n.法官席, 审判员席, (特等)法庭
(7) comprise[kEm5praIz]v.包含, 由...组成
(8) prosecutor[5prRsIkju:tE(r)]n.检举人
(9) provision[prE5vIV(E)n]n.供应, 预备, 防备, 规定
(10) specify[5spesIfaI]vt.指定, 详细说明, 列入清单
(11) genocide[5dVenEsaId]n.有计划的灭种和屠杀
(12) agrarian[E5^reErIEn]adj.有关土地的, 耕地的
(13) Utopia[ju:5tEJpIE]n.乌托邦,空想的社会改良计划
(14) torture[5tC:tFE(r)]n.折磨, 痛苦, 拷打vt.拷问, 曲解, 折磨, 使弯曲

 

1 rouge   

n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红

参考例句：

• Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
• She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。

2 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 imprisonment   

n.关押，监禁，坐牢

参考例句：

• His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
• He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。

5 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

6 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。