Cambodia: Joint amici curiae submission to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Index Number: ASA 23/020/2009
Date Published: 25 September 2009
Categories: Cambodia

This document is the application of Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and The Redress Trust to present an amicus curiae submission pursuant to internal rule 33. The prohibition on the use of the contents of a statement obtained by torture as a source of information for courts to consider is absolute, reflecting as well as supporting the absolute prohibition on torture itself.